Twitter has ratified and formally adopted a “Crisis Misinformation” policy to cleanse the platform of misleading or fake news and propaganda during emergencies such as armed conflicts and disasters.
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Popular chat platform Discord has reportedly rejected Microsoft offer to buy the service for $10 billion. Last month, it was reported that Discord was in talks for a potential acquisition.
The Government of UK has taken interest in the matter of Nvidia's $40bn Arm acquisition. The Secretary of State under it has issued a public interest intervention notice (PIIN) questioning the deal.
A new acquisition, new content for games, and even new Surface devices were all unveiled this week. If you haven't had time to catch up, make sure to do so via our handy weekly recap.
Salesforce today confirmed that it will be buying collaboration service Slack for $27.7 billion, calling it a "match made in heaven". The deal is yet to be approved by shareholders and regulators.
DIsh today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Boost Mobile for $1.4 billion from T-Mobile, which now owns Boost's parent company, Sprint. Boost also has a new logo as part of the deal.
Google today announced that it is acquiring smart glass maker North. The details of the deals were not provided. North also announced that it will not be shipping the second-generation Focals 2.0.
The renowned purveyor of peer-to-peer sharing software such as BitTorrent and μTorrent has been sold to blockchain entrepreneur Justin Sun's Tron, allegedly for a dazzling $140 million price.
