In brief: Xerox’s attempt to acquire HP has been rejected by the latter’s board of directors, but a deal could still take place in the future if Xerox hands over due diligence information about its business.

Earlier this month, HP Inc., which is separate from Hewlett Packard Enterprise after the company split a few years ago, confirmed that Xerox Holdings had made a takeover offer for a “potential business combination.” Xerox had offered to buy HP for $22 per share, or $3

Why it matters: Blizzard is another gaming giant to have fallen out of favor in recent times—even the original creators of Diablo agree. In a new new interview, David Brevik, Erich Schaefer, and Max Schaefer say the company has “completely changed” over the years, and not for the better.

Speaking to PC Gamer at the Path of Exile’s ExileCon fan convention, the trio was asked about some of the controversies to plague Blizzard in recent times, which began with the Diablo: Immortal reveal last

Cutting corners: You may not think there's a market for hacked streaming accounts, but the hijacked Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime accounts that regularly show up for sale within hacking communities paint a different picture. With the recent launch of the highly-anticipated Disney+ streaming service, there's now a new commodity: hacked Disney+ accounts.

Disney's long awaited streaming service launched last week to much fanfare, notching an impressive 10 million subscribers on its first day . However, of those 1

Big quote: “Cortana is an integral part of our broader vision to bring the power of conversational computing and productivity to all our platforms and devices” …and because it’s so fantastic and important we’ll be “…ending support for the Cortana mobile app on Android and iOS.”

Microsoft’s flawed reasoning betrays the embarrassing reason Cortana is on its deathbed: it sucks, and no one is interested. On January 31, 2020, Microsoft will be ending support for the Cortana

In a nutshell: The Pixel 4 XL is an excellent smartphone for those who love stock Android, but its high price relative to direct competitors could make it less attractive to a lot of people.

I've been an iPhone owner since 2012. I have owned an iPhone 5, iPhone 6, iPhone 6S Plus, and iPhone X. My primary reasons for sticking with Apple were the general ease of use, yearly updates, iMessage and FaceTime. However, I've always been a fan

In a nutshell: AMD has finally admitted to the existence of the thoroughly leaked Ryzen 5 3500. Sliding into the line-up just a notch under the 3600, the 3500 has 6 cores/6 threads, clocks of 3.6/4.1 GHz, a 16 MB L3 cache and a 65W TDP. It won’t be for sale except for OEMs, but if you want a comparable processor, a 2600 should

The big picture: In a move that sets a new precedent, a German parliamentary committee rushed to vote a new law during a late-night session that would force tech giants like Apple to open up NFC functionality to its competitors in the mobile payments space.

By now it's no secret that Apple has restricted the use of NFC functionality on the iPhone and Apple Watch to its Apple Pay mobile