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Magic: The Gathering officially recognizes a new multiplayer format, Oathbreaker
The Commander-adjacent multiplayer format uses planeswalkers instead of legendary creatures
Universal and Deezer’s alliance to find “potential new economic models for streaming” officially announced
Xbox Officially Confirms No E3 2023 Show Floor Presence
E3 2023 is set to return to Los Angeles this June, and now Microsoft has officially confirmed that Xbox will not be involved in the event with an booth on the show floor.
In a statement to IGN, an Xbox spokesperson said the company will co-stream its June 11 Xbox Games Showcase as part of E3 2023’s digital component. However, Xbox confirmed that it “will not be on the E3 show floor.”
None of this is a surprise, as it was reported recently that Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo would not be officially involved with E3 2023.
Our Common Hellscape Is Officially a Thing, and Other New Dictionary Words – CNET
Justin Bieber officially cancels remaining Justice World Tour dates amid health issues
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Expansion Is Officially In Development
Amazon officially becomes a health care provider after closing purchase of One Medical
Amazon’s months-long effort to acquire One Medical is finished — for now, at least. The company has officially completed its $3.9 billion purchase, giving it a primary healthcare provider with in-person and virtual treatment as well as lab tests. The successful buyout isn’t leading to any immediate changes in One Medical’s services beyond a temporary $55 discount on a one-year membership (now $144), but Amazon said last July that it planned a “reinvention” of healthcare with the takeover.
The completion comes just a day after the Federal Trade Commission said it wouldn’t contest the buyout. However, the regulator also says it’s still investigating the deal to explore potential anti-competitive effects and privacy concerns raised by Amazon’s access to health data. An FTC official toldCNN the agency will warn Amazon it’s closing the purchase at its own risk, and might still face a government challenge later.
Amazon has spent years making deeper forays into healthcare. It bought PillPack in 2018 and used the provider to launch an in-house pharmacy service. The online shopping heavyweight also introduced an app-based health service for employees in 2019 that it later offered to other companies. In 2021, the company introduced a custom Alexa for healthcare. The One Medical move theoretically completes the picture by letting Amazon handle everything from minor doctor’s appointments through to prescriptions.
Whether or not Amazon could endure an FTC challenge isn’t clear. Commission chair Lina Khan is known to be wary of Big Tech, and her stance even prompted Amazon to ask for her recusal from antitrust cases. There’s no certainty the FTC might succeed, though, and it recently lost an effort to block Meta’s purchase of Within. One Medical is considerably larger than Within, though, and its healthcare focus brings up privacy concerns that aren’t always present in tech acquisitions.
A Second Hellboy Reboot is Officially on the Way
Perhaps most interesting is that the comics’ original creator Mike Mignola has written the script for the upcoming film alongside Chris Golden. Both were reported to have worked on the script for the 2019 reboot by The Hollywood Reporter, though Andrew Cosby ultimately ended up with sole credit for writing the screenplay. The 2019 reboot is widely considered to have been both a commercial and critical failure, bringing in roughly $55 million at the box office on a budget of $50 million.
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