Microsoft is not buying Valve and Counter-Strike for £12 billion - eviltoast
Microsoft is not buying Valve & Counter-Strike for £12 billion - unsurprisingly
metro.co.uk
A rumour that Microsoft wants to take over the PC market with a £12 billion acquisition of Valve is being ridiculed on social media.
  • Donut@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    6 months ago

    They are just covering what a rando on Xitter is saying. Sadly this is the news cycle nowadays:

    Unverified / unknown person posts a claim on X > “news” websites write a 6 paragraph article about this single post

    And instead of being critical, people just gobble up anything as if it was true.