Blizzard will require Overwatch 2 and Modern Warfare 2 players to use SMS Protect, a 2FA system, to combat toxicity, but won’t accept prepaid and VOIP numbers (Andy Chalk/PC Gamer)

October 8, 2022

Andy Chalk / PC Gamer:
Blizzard will require Overwatch 2 and Modern Warfare 2 players to use SMS Protect, a 2FA system, to combat toxicity, but won’t accept prepaid and VOIP numbers — Just like Overwatch 2, you’ll need to attach a phone number to your Battle.net account to play Modern Warfare 2—and prepaid phones aren’t allowed.

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Signal will start phasing out SMS and MMS support from its Android app; users have a few months to transition away from SMS and export messages to another app (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Signal will start phasing out SMS and MMS support from its Android app; users have a few months to transition away from SMS and export messages to another app — Signal says it will start to phase out SMS and MMS message support from its Android app to streamline the user experience and prioritize security and privacy.

October 13, 2022

Activision Blizzard reports Q3 net bookings down 3% YoY to $1.83B vs. $1.7B est., and MAUs down 6% YoY to 368M; Modern Warfare II made $1B+ in its first 10 days (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Activision Blizzard reports Q3 net bookings down 3% YoY to $1.83B vs. $1.7B est., and MAUs down 6% YoY to 368M; Modern Warfare II made $1B+ in its first 10 days — Activision Blizzard reported that its bookings for the third quarter ended September 30 fell 3% to $1.83 billion compared to a year ago.

November 8, 2022

NetEase and Blizzard plan to end their 14-year partnership after January 2023, leaving Chinese players’ access to games like Diablo and Overwatch in question (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
NetEase and Blizzard plan to end their 14-year partnership after January 2023, leaving Chinese players’ access to games like Diablo and Overwatch in question — NetEase Inc. and Blizzard Entertainment Inc. plan to end their 14-year partnership after January, depriving the Chinese firm …

November 17, 2022

Blizzard President Mike Ybarra says Overwatch 2 is “experiencing a mass DDoS attack” on its servers, preventing hundreds of users from joining the game’s launch (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Blizzard President Mike Ybarra says Overwatch 2 is “experiencing a mass DDoS attack” on its servers, preventing hundreds of users from joining the game’s launch — Overwatch 2’s early access launch has been marred by a few bugs and a massive DDoS attack preventing players from getting into the game.

October 5, 2022

OneSignal, which helps businesses automate SMS, in-app, and email campaigns, raised a $50M Series C led by BAM Elevate, bringing its total funding to $80M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OneSignal, which helps businesses automate SMS, in-app, and email campaigns, raised a $50M Series C led by BAM Elevate, bringing its total funding to $80M — OneSignal, a platform that powers notifications for mobile apps and more, today announced that it raised $50 million in a Series C round led …

September 1, 2022

Elon Musk says Twitter will soon add the ability to attach long-form text to tweets, followed by creator monetization for all forms of content (Elon Musk/@elonmusk)

Elon Musk / @elonmusk:
Elon Musk says Twitter will soon add the ability to attach long-form text to tweets, followed by creator monetization for all forms of content — Twitter will soon add ability to attach long-form text to tweets, ending absurdity of notepad screenshots

November 5, 2022

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