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Renowned games publisher Activision Blizzard is purchasing King Digital, the maker of the popular Candy Crush Saga videogame series, in a transaction valued at a whooping $5.9 billion, the two companiesannouncedTuesday. Activision, best-known for the World of Warcraft, Diablo and Call of Duty videogame series, said ABS Partners, a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, will acquire all of the outstanding shares of King for $18 in cash per share, for a total equity value of $5....

Alienware Aurora R15 Picks Up RTX 40 Series Cards Alongside New Gaming Monitor Dell’s Alienware subsidiary is adding a new member to its gaming desktop lineup. Say hello to the Aurora R15, one of the first pre-built desktops on the market to come equipped withNvidia’s GeForce RTX 40 series GPUsbased on the Ada Lovelace architecture. In addition, this model is also the first to adopt Intel’s yet-to-be-announced 13th Gen Raptor Lake processors....

The Apple Watch will be available in some additional locations in France beginning tomorrow, August 21, French blog iPhoneAddictreportedThursday. In addition to Apple’s own brick-and-mortar and online stores which have been carrying the device in the country since its April 24 unveiling, customers in Paris will be able to pick up the device through the Fnac online store and its flagship retail outlet at the famous Champs Elysées. Tomorrow’s expansion into theFnac retail store at the Champs Elyséeswill mark the first time the device has been available in the country via a non Apple Store location....

Dealing with change is hard, but having that change forced upon you is even harder. This is something that happens all the time with your technology, but oftentimes, a big change is something that you’re able to avoid dealing with, such as not purchasing the new version of the device you love. If you aren’t a huge fan of thelatest laptop, keep yours for a little while longer. When it is the software that changes for, say, youriPhone, you usually have to pay full attention to be in the know about what those changes will be....

Apple has been granted an interesting new patent today that covers a personal shopping application. The app provides retail and pricing information based on user location and scanned barcodes. The patent was published this morning by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. And if it’s any indication of what Apple’s working on, it could mean we’re in for some nice surprises on the iWallet front… PatentlyApplemade the find: “Apple has received their first granted patent relating to methods for conducting shopping-related transactions with a handheld electronics device....

It’s beennearly a yearsince Apple began removing all VPN apps from the App Store in China, and now the iEmpire is bringing down the hammer onanother type of app. Following the enforcement of new regulation from the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Apple is removing apps that use the CallKit framework. This allows developers to integrate their calling services with other call-related apps, providing the calling interface but allowing developers to handle the back-end communication with their own VoIP service....

Appleremains aggressivein picking up new content for its video streaming serviceApple TV+, and now it has landed a new limited comedy series for good measure. Apple on Thursdayofficially announcedthat it has picked up the new original, limited comedy seriesThe Shrink Next Door, which is based on a podcast and will star Will Ferrell (Anchorman) and Paul Rudd (Ant-Man) in the leading roles. According to the announcement, Apple has already ordered a straight-to-series order, which means all eight episodes will be developed without Apple waiting to see a pilot....

The Russo Brothers shot five different endings forAvengers: Endgame. Mark Ruffalo revealed the different ending situation during a new interview he participated in with Chris Evans and Karen Gillan. This isn’t really too much of a surprise considering how seriously Marvel Studios takes its secrecy. During the production ofInfinity War, the cast were not given full scripts and some of the information placed in the bits of script they received was fake....

Maybe it’s just us, but we can’t be the only ones who’ve almost got a hoard of board games at this point, taking up storage that simply doesn’t exist in our flat. Whether our board game box is under the stairs or in the living room, there’s nothing like a family trove of great games to bail you out on a rainy day. Whether that means the titanic repetition of Monopoly, the “is this actually even a game” bafflement of Ludo or the cerebral brilliance of Settlers of Catan, truly great board games tend to stick around....

Night Sight on the Pixel 3.Julian Chokkattu/Digital Trends If you are looking toupgrade your phone without breaking the bank, check out Best Buy’s 43% discount on the Google Pixel 3. That is a massive $350 discount on our currentbest camera phone. To make the offer even sweeter, the retail giant is throwing in a free Google Nest Hub. Get great value for your money with this incrediblesmartphone deal. Usually $800, the Just Black Google Pixel 3 with 64GB memory is down to $450 when you choose to activate today....

In FIFA 23, finding the proper players to build a team can make a massive difference in game modes like Ultimate Team and Career Mode. You may not have the resources to buy high-rated players. Instead, try purchasing promising young players. The young players with high potential evolve quickly over the season to become first-team choices in their respective positions. FIFA 23 has a range of young Center Midfielders and Central Defensive Midfielders....

Christopher Nolan is a filmmaker who is known for making heady action-thrillers that make you question what you are seeing on screen. And yet, for someone who indulges so frequently in reality-bending plots, Nolan is famed for his devotion to capturing real-world action instead of relying on CGI. Perhaps there is no greater example of this devotion than the fact that Nolan bought and crashed a real-life 747 jet plane into a hangar for the upcoming movieTenet....

Diablo 4 First Campfire Discussion focuses on player feedback and future plans for the coming weeks. Diablo 4 News Update: Exciting Changes in the Weeks Ahead In this Diablo 4 update, we’re going to be talking about the new updates coming to Diablo 4. These were revealed on the campfire chat held by the Diablo 4 development team today. Blizzard has revealed some thrilling updates for Diablo 4, aimed at enhancing gameplay and addressing player feedback....