uk boss, brad smith, said the new offer was substantially different and he expected it to be approved. under the new offer, microsoft won t buy the rights for activision s existing or new games stored in the cloud. let s get more on this first from our gaming correspondent stefan powell. the burst there saying this, he is confident, will get the go ahead. it all rests with what happened here in the uk. for this deal to go through, the uk. for this deal to go through, the biggest deal in gaming history, one of the biggest deals in entertainment history, to give you some context as to how big this is, it was 2012, essentially disney bought star wars for 4 billion. this needs to be approved in the uk, us and the eu for it to go through. there have been some legal challenges in the us, but it is essentially done there. it all rests with the uk. they wanted some changes. the issue in the uk came down to write some cloud gaming. this is about streaming games to any device as oppo
pressure that will be sending in loads of showers across the uk. and saturday is going to be one of those days where most places will see several showers during the day, some of them heavy with hail. and across the northern half of the uk it will be cold enough over the hills to see a bit of sleet mixed in. temperatures a bit below average, but feeling chilly, particularly factoring in the wind. now the same area of low pressure pulls away on sunday, but we ll continue to see a feed of showers affecting northern and eastern scotland and eastern areas of england. bigger gaps between the showers, ao of the two days of the weekend, sunday looks like bringing us slightly better weather, if you like. but then into monday, we get some colder air moving in, bumping into a weather system, and that could bring a spell of hill snow into parts of scotland. based hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. we are two years into the scoping plan sent but there a
and we start with the uk chip designer, arm. its owner, japan s softbank, has finally filed the paperwork for a new york market listing. this highly anticipated floatation should net its japanese owner tens of billions of dollars and will be the biggest initial public offering in almost two years. arm is based in cambridge and plans to make its american stock market debut in early september, selling its shares on the nasdaq exchange. our north america business correspondent, michelle fleury, has the details. arm didn t reveal the number of shares that were selling or pricing of the offering but is reportedly for evaluation of between 60 $70 billion. ahead of the ibo the cambridge company revealed revenue was down 1% from a year earlier. the company, currently owned by japan s softbank is a chip designer whose technology powers most smartphones around the world including iphones. in 2020 silicon valley chipmaker nvidia tried to buy arm but the deal fell through because of reg
you have warned me not to get too close, it does look a bit hazardous! this roadblock dog has not been programmed to war, it is learning by itself, it is called reinforcement learning. what we have done here is given at this task to try to stand up and move forward. at this task to try to stand up and move forward. when it does well, and move forward. when it does well. one and move forward. when it does well. one of and move forward. when it does well, one of the and move forward. when it does well, one of the computer- well, one of the computer scientist gives it the digital equivalent of a pat on the head. it s doing better and better. is strong, i tried to put that in its way and it s stronger i am. have you trained it to make a beeline for me? i feel like i m battling the ai here and the aia is winning! in just a few hours it s moving around by itself, even coping with the unexpected. i m really feeling and instincts to help it but that of course is not good. i5 it
it s estimated that could cost more than $5 billion. one of the buildings which was destroyed was the grace baptist church. our correspondent sophie long is in hawaii and spoke to some of the congregation. the fire left more than a city devastated, and charred black buildings behind. questions hover above the emptiness. how can you rebuild from this? what will exist here in the future? a now churchless congregation gathers at a coffee shop to share their pain. one of the police officers sent me pictures. it used to be my house. i wept, but weeping is not a lack of faith. thank god that he gave us tears. # amazing grace.# there are so many questions that remain without answers. why did one survive to sit in a makeshift church when their neighbour didn t? what will become of their community so crippled by a loss that s still being counted? i don t think it will ever be the same. i hope it will be better. that s my prayer. and i believe that, i think one day, you know, it can be