✅ EU approves Microsoft's $7.5 billion Bethesda acquisition
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EU approves Microsoft's $7.5 billion Bethesda acquisition. The European Commission has approved Microsoft’s $7.5 billion deal to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Doom and Fallout studio Bethesda Softworks. Microsoft’s deal has been approved by the EU without conditions, as it “does not raise serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common market.” (Tom Warren via The Verge)
Tesla Is Plugging a Secret Mega-Battery Into the Texas Grid. Elon Musk is getting into the Texas power market, with previously unrevealed construction of a gigantic battery connected to an ailing electric grid that nearly collapsed last month. (Dana Hull via Bloomberg)
Young people looking to spend almost half of their stimulus checks on stocks, Deutsche survey finds. A survey from Deutsche Bank has given an insight into how much cash from U.S. stimulus checks might find its way into the stock market. (Holly Ellyatt via CNBC)
Pandemic Fog Is Real. I first became aware that I was losing my mind in late December. It was a Friday night, the start of my 40-somethingth pandemic weekend: Hours and hours with no work to distract me, and outside temperatures prohibitive of anything other than staying in. (Ellen Cushing via The Atlantic)
Google unveils $25 million in grants aimed at empowering women and girls. Google announced a range of programs as well as grants worth $25 million on Monday to fund works of nonprofits and social enterprises that are committed to empower women and girls.I (Manish Singh via TechCrunch)
Meghan Markle Tells Oprah Winfrey 'It's Nothing Like What It Looks Like'. As an American, Meghan Markle said her views of royalty were shaped by fairy tales. She seemed to step into that fantasy when she wed Prince Harry in 2018. But the reality she allegedly encountered — one of racism, and an official stoicism that silenced her and her closest friends —led the first royal of color to consider taking her own life. (Dawn Chmielewski via Forbes)
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, Ex-Wife of Jeff Bezos, Marries Seattle School Teacher. MacKenzie Scott, the philanthropist formerly married to Jeff Bezos, has married again following her 2019 divorce from the Amazon.com Inc. founder, according to a person familiar with the matter. (Dana Mattioli via Wall Street Journal)
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