Wednesday’s top tech news: Section 230 on trial

• Feb 22, 2023, 12:42 AM UTCAlex Heath

  Elon Musk keeps laying off Twitter employees after saying cuts were done

  Meanwhile, he is still giving aggressive deadlines to make sweeping changes, like revamping how ad targeting works in a week.

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• Feb 22, 2023, 12:02 AM UTCAdi Robertson

  The Supreme Court is deciding the future of the internet, and it acted like it

  The oral arguments for Gonzalez v. Google covered a surprisingly nuanced series of real-world concerns.

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• Feb 21, 2023, 7:55 PM UTCTom Warren

  Microsoft recruited Nintendo and Nvidia to help fight Sony over the Activision deal

  Microsoft is hoping two gaming giants will help get its Activision Blizzard deal across the line with regulators in Europe.

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• Feb 21, 2023, 5:58 PM UTCTom Warren

  Microsoft is bringing Xbox PC games to Nvidia’s GeForce Now service

  Microsoft says it will bring its Xbox PC games to Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud streaming service. If its Activision deal is approved, it will also bring Activision Blizzard’s games to Nvidia’s service.

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