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Fox agrees to buy Roku. Here’s what investors are missing

By Stacey D. WallsJune 16, 2026

Fox Corp. headquarters is seen on June 15, 2026 in New York.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesThe media industry has…

Technology

Sources: Software private equity firm Hg agrees to acquire Rightsline, whose software helps Disney, BBC, WBD and others manage IP licensing, for $500 million (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 27, 2026

Financial Times: Sources: Software private equity firm Hg agrees to acquire Rightsline, whose software helps Disney, BBC, WBD and others…

Technology

GM agrees to pay $12.75 million to resolve a California investigation into allegations it illegally sold OnStar subscribers’ location and driving data to brokers (David Shepardson/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 9, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: The unlikely marriage of Anthropic and SpaceX, the revelations of the OpenAI trial, the AI…

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Lattice Semiconductor agrees to acquire AMI for $1.65 billion in cash and stock; Georgia-based AMI offers firmware and infrastructure management for cloud and AI (Mike Rogoway/Oregonian)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 4, 2026

Mike Rogoway / Oregonian: Lattice Semiconductor agrees to acquire AMI for $1.65 billion in cash and stock; Georgia-based AMI offers…

Technology

Palo Alto Networks agrees to acquire Portkey, which develops AI gateway technology to manage and secure AI agents; sources say the deal values Portkey at between $120 million and $140 million (The Economic Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 3, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI Missed User Growth, Musk vs. Altman, Prediction Market Ban The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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Cloud computing provider Nebius agrees to buy Eigen AI, which optimizes the performance of chips running AI inference tasks, for $615 million in stock and cash (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 1, 2026

Dina bass / Bloomberg: Cloud computing provider Nebius agrees to buy Eigen AI, which optimizes the performance of chips running…

Technology

Cognizant agrees to acquire Astreya, which helps manage data center infrastructure, AI lab environments and enterprise networks, for about $600 million, expected to close in the second quarter (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 29, 2026

Reuters: Cognizant agrees to acquire Astreya, which helps manage data center infrastructure, AI lab environments and enterprise networks, for approximately…

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Lyft agrees to buy London-based black cab app Gett, its third acquisition in the past year, as the company expands its presence beyond the United States (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 23, 2026

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: Lyft agrees to buy London-based black cab app Gett, its third acquisition in the past year,…

Politics

Mike Johnson gives in and agrees to pass Democratic bill to open DHS without funding for ICE

By Frank M. EverettApril 1, 2026

House Speaker Mike Johnson tried to play tough after the Senate passed a bill to defund DHS without any funding…

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Zendesk agrees to acquire Forethought, which makes AI-based customer support software, for an undisclosed amount; Forethought raised $115 million (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 15, 2026

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: Zendesk agrees to acquire Forethought, which makes AI-based customer support software, for an undisclosed amount; Forensight…

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Australia-based Firmus partners with Nvidia to build its first data center in Batam, Indonesia; Nvidia DSX AI 360MW Factory Campus Developed with DayOne (Bloomberg)

Brazil, which has struggled to standardize soccer talent searches, is adopting AI-based search apps that evaluate players by analyzing video clips and more (New York Times)

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Sources: Google told Meta around March that it could not offer all of the Gemini capacity that Meta wanted to purchase, disrupting and delaying some of Meta’s internal AI projects (Financial Times)

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Fox agrees to buy Roku. Here’s what investors are missing

Sources: Software private equity firm Hg agrees to acquire Rightsline, whose software helps Disney, BBC, WBD and others manage IP licensing, for $500 million (Financial Times)

GM agrees to pay $12.75 million to resolve a California investigation into allegations it illegally sold OnStar subscribers’ location and driving data to brokers (David Shepardson/Reuters)

Lattice Semiconductor agrees to acquire AMI for $1.65 billion in cash and stock; Georgia-based AMI offers firmware and infrastructure management for cloud and AI (Mike Rogoway/Oregonian)

Palo Alto Networks agrees to acquire Portkey, which develops AI gateway technology to manage and secure AI agents; sources say the deal values Portkey at between $120 million and $140 million (The Economic Times)

Cloud computing provider Nebius agrees to buy Eigen AI, which optimizes the performance of chips running AI inference tasks, for $615 million in stock and cash (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Cognizant agrees to acquire Astreya, which helps manage data center infrastructure, AI lab environments and enterprise networks, for about $600 million, expected to close in the second quarter (Reuters)

Lyft agrees to buy London-based black cab app Gett, its third acquisition in the past year, as the company expands its presence beyond the United States (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Mike Johnson gives in and agrees to pass Democratic bill to open DHS without funding for ICE

Zendesk agrees to acquire Forethought, which makes AI-based customer support software, for an undisclosed amount; Forethought raised $115 million (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)