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On February 14, FTC Bureau of Competition Director Holly Vedova said the termination “of what would have been the largest semiconductor chip merger will preserve competition for key technologies and safeguard future innovation.” “This result is particularly significant because it represents the first abandonment of a litigated vertical merger in many years,” Vedova commented. Nvidia announced the purchase of Arm from SoftBank in 2020 for $12 billion in cash and $21....

Twentieth Century Fox is finally showing Channing Tatum some love by giving Gambit a Valentine’s Day 2019 release date. Tatum first joined the X-Men world a few years back and has been working to get his solo film off the ground ever since. But, the project has continued to see directors leave, only recently finding a potential guiding hand with director Gore Verbinski. The positive moves come after months of Tatum saying the project was starting over in the wake of Deadpool and Logan’s success....

Arya Stark is arguably the character on Game of Thrones with the most compelling arc. She started off as an innocent young girl who clearly had bigger aspirations than sewing, cooking, and tending house. Once she witnessed the beheading of her father, a strong sense of revenge took over and she was out for blood. Arya became a fierce warrior thanks to training by a number of people she met along the way....

Tyrion Lannister, portrayed by the marvelous and award-winning Peter Dinklage was a fan favorite on Game of Thrones since his initial appearance in the pilot episode of the eight-season HBO hit. “I drink and I know things,” the youngest Lannister was known to say, and he was right. Viewers certainly got to watch Tyrion drink and, for the most part, he seemed to know things. Perhaps he wasn’t as enveloped in secrets as his friend Varys, but he certainly had quite the mind and was wise enough to both almost control his nephew Joffrey as well as to lead and win The Battle of the Blackwater....

The World Health Organization (WHO) has voted to officially classify gaming addiction as a disease in the International Classification of Diseases in 2022. Many who are not well versed in the gaming world might find the idea difficult to believe, but the truth of the matter is, gaming has come a long way in recent years. Players have endless options, from console and computer games to mobile games, and many multiplayer games are played while communicating with an online streaming community, connecting people across the world like never before....

A GDPR-style privacy law in California is serving as a blueprint for other states, suggests a report today. Following the example of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which takes effect on January 1, two further states have passed privacy laws and almost 20 more are considering it… CNET reports. CCPA is in turn modeled on Europe’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the gold standard for privacy laws so strict that even Apple had to beef up its protections to comply....

Borderlands 3 seems like it’s being rocked by a new controversy every week. Ranging from voice actor pay disputes to misunderstandings around microtransactions, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford seems to find himself indelibly caught up in the week-to-week drama. The latest edition of this has seen him square up against former Borderlands Claptrap voice actor, David Eddings, about why the latter isn’t returning to Borderlands 3. Eddings had previously tweeted about why Gearbox Software allegedly didn’t want him portraying Claptrap again in the latest Borderlands title....

In a few days, Game of Thrones final season begins. After years of rising popularity, becoming one of the most-watched and beloved series ever, the bid for Westeros is finally coming to an end. With White Walkers on the rise and several possible grand leaders in the running, who knows where things will end. All that’s certain is that it’s been an exhilarating ride. One of the reasons Game of Thrones has become so popular is its characters....

It’s coming, and we all know it. One way or another, the Wall is coming down. Or maybe the Night King will circumvent it somehow. However it happens on Game of Thrones, the White Walkers will invade Westeros, and when they do, the real war — the conflict viewers have been waiting for from the very first episode — will finally begin. So how do you bring down a gigantic Wall made of ice?...

The General Commander trailer teases Steven Seagal’s latest action vehicle. Seagal, of course, rose to prominence in Hollywood after making his acting debut in 1988, appearing in successful films such as Hard to Kill and Under Siege. After headlining 2001’s Exit Wounds, Seagal’s career largely shifted to starring in direct-to-video endeavors, and he’s since added dozens of credits to his résumé. Despite his advancing age (Seagal is now 66), the actor remains as busy as he’s ever been....

Created by J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci, the sci-fi series Fringe premiered on Fox in 2008 and finished its 100-episode run in 2013. At first, met with lukewarm critical reception, Fringe gradually gained the critics’ approval. Though it never reached the fame of other prominent sci-fi shows like The X-Files and Lost, Fringe developed a cult following despite its move to the so-called “Friday night death slot” and low ratings....

[This is a review for season 1 of Fuller House. There will be SPOILERS.] – The concept of a Full House revival may have started out as a joke, but Netflix brought the Tanner family back to the forefront of pop culture with the sequel series Fuller House. Most of the cast of Full House signed on to return for the Netflix series, but throughout the show’s production rumors circulated about the involvement of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen - who shared the role of youngest Tanner daughter Michelle - though it was eventually confirmed they wouldn’t appear....

Game of Thrones returns to the small screen this summer, and Jorah Mormont actor, Iain Glen, discusses his own potential involvement. Game of Thrones’ seventh, and second-to-last, season is the beginning of the end for the show, as all the remaining contenders for the Iron Throne start to come together for a final showdown, with Jon Snow (Kit Harrington), Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) being the three major players right now....

Warning: MAJOR spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones up to episode 608 – Game of Thrones is a series that features literally the biggest cast in television history, ranging from the heavy-hitters of Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage), Jon Snow (Kit Harington), and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) to the dearly departed, such as Eddard Stark (Sean Bean), Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance), and Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane). Taken in the aggregate, the show does a remarkable job of balancing all of these various characters, giving each a handful of substantive moments each season....

Fans have known Gears of War 4 was coming for a long time. Most knew no matter how much Epic Games claimed the third instalment was the final chapter, there was no way the studio was walking away from the franchise for good – or that the fictional war at the heart of the series was truly over. Those pesky locusts may have been wiped out, but it would surprise no one if some had somehow survived, or if a new threat surfaced out of nowhere....

I’ve used a handful of NLEs on macOS, and each has their strength, but Final Cut Pro X gets so many of the little things right that my appreciation for the app grows a little bit each time I use it. Final Cut Pro X may not be the most powerful way to edit videos, but it blends ease-of-use with power user features like no other app in its class. One such example of this graceful balance can be seen by observing the app’s many media management functions....

Today’s best deals include the latest iPad and iPad Pro, along with Meross HomeKit accessories, and more. You’ll find all that and more below in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Apple’s all-new 8th Gen. iPad sees very first price cut Walmart is currently offering Apple’s new 10.2-inch iPad 8th Generation Wi-Fi 32GB for $299 in various colors. Down from the usual $329 list price, today’s offer is the very first discount we’ve seen on the just-launched iPad and even $10 below the student pricing....

In addition to opening up the world of Frozen in the sequel, the Frozen 2 cast has also been expanded with new voice actors and actresses. Frozen 2 takes Anna and Elsa on a journey out of Arendelle and into an enchanted forest, as Elsa tries to discover where her powers came from. It’s a darker, more emotionally complex movie than Frozen, but that should fit nicely with its target audience, many of whom have matured since the release of the first movie....

As avid viewers of science-fiction films and television series, the fictional practice of space travel fascinates us. Seeing how different sci-fi universes handle faster-than-light travel is endlessly entertaining. What is so great about this particular aspect of sci-fi is how different franchises will handle it. They’ll call FTL travel by different names, use varying pieces of technology to utilize it, and be totally unique in how they make it appear. For today, we’re going to go over the best sci-fi methods of FTL travel....

Gabrielle Union’s firing controversy is tarnishing America’s Got Talent’s reputation. That seems to be the consensus following a tumultuous 14th season of the hit show. In November 2019, it was first reported that judges Union and Julianne Hough were unceremoniously fired from their posts. This was not the first time that the show burned through personnel, but the terminations did raise an eyebrow or two. Weeks later in December, news broke that the aforementioned firings had less to do with impropriety on the parts of Hough and Union, and more to do with a toxic workplace....