Podcast Episodes

Microsoft's deal to buy Activision boosted by US judge

A US court has given Microsoft the green light to buy the videogame maker Activision Blizzard in a deal worth $69bn. Microsoft said after the US win,…

2 years, 10 months ago

Threads app signs up 100m users in less than a week

Threads, the social media app aimed at rivalling Twitter, has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days. The platform, launched by…

2 years, 10 months ago

Blinken visit to Beijing seeks to ease US-China tension

The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, is heading to Beijing to restore the line of communication between the two countries after a persistent e…

2 years, 11 months ago

Africa peace making mission aimed at aiding global economy

Leaders and representatives from various African countries are traveling to Eastern Europe in an effort to broker peace between Ukraine and Russia – …

2 years, 11 months ago

US Fed leaves interest rates unchanged

Roger Hearing looks at how the Federal Reserve has left the United States interest rates unchanged and steady for the first time in more than a year.…

2 years, 11 months ago

EU votes on ways to regulate AI

This week the EU votes on ways to regulate AI. Vice-President Margrethe Vestager leads the charge against threats posed by artificial intelligence. S…

2 years, 11 months ago

Major setback in Microsoft’s bid to buy Activision Blizzard

The U.S watchdog has asked a judge to block a $69 billion bid by Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard.

The gaming company makes ‘Call of Duty’ and ma…

2 years, 11 months ago

Biden and McCarthy ‘closer to deal’ on debt ceiling

President Biden has said that he should know by the end of Friday whether there is a deal with Republicans to raise the government debt ceiling, so i…

3 years ago

Nvidia earnings make chip maker AI superpower

Nvidia, a US firm which specializes in chips powering artificial intelligence, surged as much as 27% on Thursday, putting the company on course for r…

3 years ago

China is the focus on the second day of G7 summit

It's day two of the G7 summit, and the leaders of the group of major developed economies are in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. So far the focus of t…

3 years ago