Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM Microsoft, Viasat Internet access partnership Microsoft and satellite operator Viasat have agreed a new partnership to help deliver Internet access to 10 million people around the globe, including 5 million across Africa. ADVERTISEMENT Viasat is the first satellite partner to work with Microsoft’s Airband Initiative, and together they will deepen Airband’s work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Guatemala, Mexico, and the United States, as well as prioritise expanding the programme to Egypt, Senegal and Angola to deliver much-needed Internet connection, often for the first time. ADVERTISEMENT The global partnership for Airband is an important step in reaching the Initiative’s expanded goal of delivering Internet access to a quarter of a billion people across the world, including 100 million people on the continent of Africa,

Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM US seeks to block Microsoft, Activision Blizzard deal The US Federal Trade Commission is preparing a legal battle with Microsoft to block its plan to purchase the Activision Blizzard video game studio. ADVERTISEMENT Regulators cited competition concerns, saying they feared that if the deal went through, Activision Blizzard’s games would stop being offered on non-Microsoft gaming consoles. ADVERTISEMENT The Activision Blizzard purchase was set to cost $69 billion (€65.4bn) – the biggest in Microsoft’s history. ADVERTISEMENT Brad Smith, Microsoft president, said on Twitter: “We continue to believe that our deal to acquire Activision Blizzard will expand competition and create more opportunities for gamers and game developers. ADVERTISEMENT We have been committed since Day One to addressing competition concern