#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Jon Fingas House, Senate Democrats ask FTC to fight Amazon's acquisition of iRobot Amazon might face some political opposition in its bid to acquire iRobot . Democrats including Senator Elizabeth Warren and House Representatives Jesus Friday, September 30, 2022 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Mariella Moon Adobe vows to continue offering Figma's free plan if its buyout is approved In an interview with Bloomberg , Adobe Chief Product Officer Scott Belsky has reassured worried Figma users that the online collaborative design platfo Thursday, September 29, 2022 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Jon Fingas Adobe acquires collaborative design platform Figma for $20 billion Adobe just made a big move into team-based creative work. The company is acquiring the online collaborative design platform Figma for roughly $20 bill Thursday, September 15, 2022 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Steve Dent Ethereum completes the 'merge' that will make its crypto transactions greener Ethereum has completed its much-anticipated "Merge" to a far more energy efficient method of minting new coins, the cryptocurrency's co- Thursday, September 15, 2022 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Karissa Bell Twitter shareholders vote to approve Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition A majority of Twitter’s shareholders have voted to approve Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover. During a special meeting of shareholders that lasted abou Tuesday, September 13, 2022 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Steve Dent Sony and Tencent now own almost a third of ‘Elden Ring’ studio FromSoftware Sony has joined forces with Tencent to purchase a 30.34 percent share of FromSoftware, the developer behind titles like Elden Ring , Dark Souls 3 and Bl Wednesday, August 31, 2022 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #Arts & Entertainment Embracer snaps up the rights to 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' Embracer, the mega game publisher that's been snapping up new properties left and right, has made a deal to acquire the intellectual property cata Thursday, August 18, 2022 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Mariella Moon Microsoft is giving Xbox Insiders free access to classic Bethesda first-person shooters Microsoft is giving select PC gamers free access to four classic games by Bethesda and id Software, which it acquired as part of its $7.5 billion Zeni Wednesday, July 20, 2022 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Daniel Cooper Geely buys majority stake in troubled phone maker Meizu Chinese car giant Geely has purchased a majority stake in the now-small smartphone maker Meizu. Bloomberg reports that Meizu will be run as an indepen Tuesday, July 05, 2022 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Igor Bonifacic Twitter will reportedly give its full data stream to Elon Musk Twitter could comply with Elon Musk’s demand for more data about its users as soon as this week. According to The Washington Post , the company plans t Wednesday, June 08, 2022 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Jon Fingas Twitter investors sue Elon Musk over stock manipulation claims Elon Musk is facing yet another lawsuit over his planned Twitter acquisition . Reuters reports investors have sued the Tesla CEO for allegedly manipulat Thursday, May 26, 2022 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Kris Holt NYC targets CEO Bobby Kotick in latest Activision Blizzard lawsuit Activision Blizzard has been hit with another lawsuit, this time from New York City officials. The suit, which was first obtained by Axios , takes aim Wednesday, May 04, 2022 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #Arts & Entertainment Embracer is buying Tomb Raider, Deus Ex and three Square Enix game studios Swedish game company Embracer Group has just made a blockbuster deal to acquire Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal and Square Enix Montréal for what see Monday, May 02, 2022 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Igor Bonifacic Twitter is reportedly re-examining Elon Musk’s $43 billion takeover bid Twitter may be warming up to the idea of selling itself to Elon Musk . According to The Wall Street Journal , the company is re-examining Musk’s takeove Sunday, April 24, 2022 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Kris Holt Twitter initiates 'poison pill' to block Elon Musk's takeover bid The Twitter board isn't willing to let Elon Musk buy the company without a fight. The board members unanimously approved a limited duration shareh Friday, April 15, 2022 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Kris Holt Microsoft completes its $19.7 billion purchase of voice-tech company Nuance Microsoft has closed its $19.7 billion takeover of speech-tech company Nuance Communications. It announced the acquisition last April and cleared the Friday, March 04, 2022 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Jon Fingas UK will reportedly investigate NVIDIA's purchase of ARM over security concerns The UK government apparently isn't satisfied with its initial probe of NVIDIA's ARM purchase . As Reuters reports , The Sunday Times has heard Dig Sunday, November 14, 2021 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Igor Bonifacic Microsoft buys Two Hat to improve Xbox community moderation On Friday, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Two Hat , a company best known for its AI content moderation tools . Financial details have not been d Friday, October 29, 2021 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Steve Dent PayPal confirms it isn't trying to acquire Pinterest right now PayPal has stated that it's "not pursuing an acquisition of Pinterest at this time," effectively denying rumors of an imminent $45 billi Monday, October 25, 2021 Share
#Acquisitions & Takeovers, #author_name|Mariella Moon FTC set to keep a closer eye on smaller acquisitions made by tech giants FTC Chair Lina Khan wants the commission to identify potential loopholes in its merger reporting guidelines that allowed some acquisitions to "fl Thursday, September 16, 2021 Share