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Business
Microsoft Closes $69 Billion Activision Deal, Overcoming Regulators’ Objections
The megadeal could strengthen Microsoft’s standing in the video game industry, after a year and a half of negotiations with…
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Business
Microsoft Finally Closes In on Activision Deal After Key Approval
The $69 billion video game acquisition is expected to be finalized soon after the sign-off from British regulators.
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News
Tony Hawk Showed Me What’s Sacred About Cities
The games remind you of the endless possibilities that they possess, the antithesis of how we have sometimes been encouraged…
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Arts
Sparks Fly When the N.F.L. and Pop Collide. So Does Coverage.
When two worlds — one dominated by the N.F.L. and the other by Taylor Swift — collided, so did culture…
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News
The Liberty Are Giving New Yorkers Something to Cheer For
The W.N.B.A. team, now in the finals, is a bright spot during a rough year for local sports.
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News
These Women Could Make New York Champions Again
The Mets are out. The Yankees are out. The Jets’ new star Aaron Rodgers’s poor tormented Achilles’ tendon is out.…
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Arts
Dancers and Video Game Characters Merge in the Uncanny Valley
Some dancers have found a niche on TikTok and other platforms imitating video game characters — moving like a machine’s…
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News
Baseball Has Become Micromanaged, Like Everything Else in Our Lives
The playoffs are upon us, and this year Major League Baseball likes to think of itself as having a lot…
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News
How to Become a Cricket Expert Just in Time for the Cricket World Cup
A game that is somewhat impenetrable to outsiders can, on occasion, reveal its joys to all.
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News
Inside New York’s Least Competitive Bowling League
The noise of the onlookers rose to a crescendo of screams as the ball hurtled toward the pins: Strike! A…