According to a news site, Electronic Arts is courting buyers, or another company willing to merge with it. Major players Disney, Apple and Amazon are said to have been in talks with the video game company.

Since Microsoft announced it was buying Activision for $68.7 billion, the company has been more proactive in its search for a sale. It shows that some companies are willing to spend a lot of money to buy a gaming giant.

The company, best known for its legion of sports games, recently parted ways with the publisher of the soccer/ football series. Going forward, it will be calledEA Sports FC. No, it is not interesting.

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Leica’s latest smartphone collaboration is with Xiaomi

The camera brand has already worked with Sharp and Huawei.

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The long-term strategic cooperation with Leica was finally confirmed byXiaomi, and they will be launching a flagship phone in July 2022. Chinese phone manufacturers have done a lot of teaming up with camera companies. The Find X5 series and the OnePlus 10 Pro were developed with the help of Hasselblad.

It's harder to stand out when everyone is doing the same thing.

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Amazon beamed its new Prime Video sci-fi show into outer space

Why?

The first episode of Night Sky was beamed by Amazon. It is the first-ever premiere for a TV series.

The transmission won't be caught by broadcast satellites and sent back to terra firma, as is usually the case.

It's possible.

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Watch the first 8 minutes of 'Stranger Things' season 4

The last episode will be longer than some movies.

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The first eight minutes of the season four premiere of Stranger Things will be shared by the streaming service. There should be enough to hook interested parties.

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The FCC has a plan to boost rural broadband download speeds to 100 Mbps

Some users could get a 20-fold speed increase.

The FCC wants to boost rural broadband internet speeds through changes to the A-CAM program. In areas that receive A-CAM support, it wants to increase download and upload speeds to 100-20 Mbps. The baseline is 25/3 Mbps.

The Biden administration launched a project last week to bring all Americans online.

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