OpenAI has publicly announced the purchase of the domain 'Chat.com', which looks like a logical fit for the company.
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Ubisoft founders the Guillemot Brothers is reportedly in talks with Chinese conglomerate Tencent to take the video game company private.
Intel has reportedly rejected Arm Holding's offer about a potential acquisition of Intel's product division.
AMD announced it will acquire ZT Systems for $4.9 billion to enhance its AI infrastructure capabilities. ZT Systems will become part of AMD's existing Data Center Solutions Business Group.
The security company Wiz has decided to back out of acquisition talks with Google and will instead prioritize an eventual IPO. The company was apparently concerned with a potential antitrust case.
GitLab, a prominent rival of GitHub, is allegedly looking for a buyer, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. One potential buyer is Datadog but there is no agreement yet.
T-Mobile is set to move forward with its acquisition of Ka'ena Corp, the parent company of budget mobile service providers Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile, after receiving the green light from the FCC.
Nvidia has announced its decision to acquire Run:ai, a company which offers a GPU orchestration platform for managing AI workloads across cloud, edge, and on-premises data centre infrastructure.
Apple has reportedly acquired France-based AI startup Datakalab, specializing in AI and computer vision technology. It is expected to help Apple bolster the AI features it is readying for iOS 18.
Proton has announced the acquisition of Standard Notes, a privacy-focused note-taking app. With this merger, Proton aims to expand its service ecosystem, which includes mail, VPN, storage, and more.
Yahoo has acquired Artifact, the news aggregating app that was created by Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Kreiger. Artifact was known for its AI-driven personalized news feed.
Canva has made its biggest acquisition till date and acquired Affinity suite of creative software products, providing stiff competition to market leader Adobe for its creative suite.
Vodafone Group has announced the sale of its Italian branch to Swisscom for €8 billion. Vodafone said the move will allow it to focus on growing markets to increase its return on capital.
Sony has acquired deep learning company iSIZE to enhance its video streaming capabilities with high-quality, low-bandwidth technologies as it expands its PlayStation cloud and mobile gaming platforms.
Arm has acquired a minority stake in Raspberry Pi. The organizations have been working together since 2008 and this cements that partnership. Arm didn't mention any future plans it may have in mind.
The UK has approved Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. Both companies welcomed the regulator's decision. Microsoft will complete its $68.7 billion purchase of the video game publisher.
AMD acquired Nod.ai, an open source AI software company known for projects such as the SHARK ML distribution. Its expertise in model optimization is expected to help AMD in the AI space with Nvidia.
The UK's competition regulator has launched an investigation into Qualcomm's acquisition of Autotalks. It wants to find out if the deal will hurt competition in the United Kingdom.
A blog post from Microsoft has detailed how 38 signatories filed nine "friend of the court" briefs, showing support for Microsoft's position against the FTC in its bid to buy Activision Blizzard.
Microsoft may be at the finish line of acquiring Activision Blizzard. The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally agreed to the buyout following Microsoft's deal with Ubisoft.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has ended its investigation into Broadcom's $69 billion acquisition of VMware and published a final report. It has said the acquisition can go ahead.
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Adobe's acquisition of Figma is coming under more scrutiny, the European Commission has announced. The body said that it's concerned about the implications the deal could have on the market.
Corsair announced today that the company is acquiring boutique keyboard manufacturer Drop as the company plans to improve its mechanical keyboard and accessories offering for gaming enthusiasts.
Soon after Microsoft's win against the FTC Phil Spencer had sent an internal memo addressing the company's efforts to get it over the line as well as the belief that it would be good for the industry.
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has said that it's not happy with Adobe trying to buy Figma. It has asked the companies to provide legally-binding remedies within five days.
IBM has announced that it's acquiring Apptio for $4.6 billion. Apptio has more than 1,500 clients, including more than half of the Fortune 100 companies. The deal is expected to close in a few months.
Despite the CMA, the UK antitrust regulator, clearing the suspicions towards Amazon's acquisition of iRobot corporation, the European Commission is still unsure about its effects on the industry.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK initially expressed concerns over the purchase of Roomba vacuum cleaner maker iRobot by Amazon. But, it has now greenlighted the decision.
The Korea Fair Trade Commission has approved Microsoft's plan to acquire Activision Blizzard with no conditions, due in part that the game publisher's titles are not very popular in the country.
Shutterstock has agreed to acquire GIPHY for $53 million from Meta after a UK regulator forced the sale. Meta is taking a huge loss as a result of the sale as it paid around $400 million for GIPHY.
China's regulatory body has reportedly approved Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, becoming the second major economy to do so after the European Union approved it earlier this week.
Welcome back to another edition of Microsoft Weekly where we recap all the important events that happened in the Redmond technology giant's universe in the past few days. Dive right in!
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has been doing the media rounds today. He said the UK's CMA had made a mistake to block the acquisition by Microsoft and said the company will appeal.
Makers of an upcoming AAA live service game is the latest developer to join Sony's PlayStation Studios lineup. Firewalk Studios is helmed by veteran developers formerly from Bungie.
Sega Sammy, the Japanese video game company, has announced its acquisition of Rovio Entertainment, the creator of the popular mobile game, Angry Birds, in a €706 million takeover deal.
Rovio Entertainment, the Finland-based studio behind the Angry Birds franchise, is set to be purchased by Sega in a deal worth $1 billion by early next week, if talks don't break down.
Japan has become the latest country to approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard for a whopping $68.7 billion. It seems like the tides are finally turning in Microsoft's favor.
The UK Competition & Markets Authority's provisional conclusion says Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard "will not result in a substantial lessening of competition" for UK console gaming.
The popular navigation app, Citymapper, has been acquired by NYC-based Via for an undisclosed sum. Citymapper said all of its employees will be retained to continue working on their improvements.
The e-commerce giant Amazon is reportedly in talks to acquire MX Player, as per sources. The famous OTT streaming app has a strong foothold in India with over 300 million users globally.
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