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Germany's sovereign AI hope changes hands

If Aleph Alpha’s shareholders agree, it will soon merge with Cohere.

By Maxwell Cooter

25 Apr 20262 mins

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HPE cuts 2,500 jobs, expects Juniper buy to close year-end 2025

HPE’s 1Q 2025 revenue rose 16% year-over-year, but challenges lie ahead.

By Michael Cooney

8 Mar 2025 1 min

HPEMergers and AcquisitionsNetworking

Microsoft acquisitions: A timeline of growth (and a few missteps)

Strategic acquisitions over the years have helped Microsoft both diversify its revenue streams and strengthen its position in different markets. Here's a rundown of the company's buying history.

By Dan Muse and Computerworld Staff

25 Sep 2024 8 mins

Mergers and AcquisitionsMicrosoft

Microsoft-Inflection deal is a merger, but that’s OK, says UK

Microsoft only bought Inflection’s IP and hired away its key staff, but that’s still enough to constitute a merger, a UK regulator ruled.

By Lynn Greiner

5 Sep 2024 3 mins

Generative AIMergers and AcquisitionsMicrosoft

UK regulators probe Microsoft’s hiring of former Inflection staff

The UK joins the US in reviewing the move, in which Microsoft scooped up Inflection’s founder and CEO along with other key personnel.

By Lynn Greiner

17 Jul 2024 2 mins

Mergers and AcquisitionsMicrosoft

Omnissa downplays its VMware past in official launch

The move makes sense, as the firm now has an opportunity to lay out a whole new vision, say analysts.

By Paul Barker

3 Jul 2024 5 mins

Mergers and AcquisitionsTechnology IndustryUnified Endpoint Management

SoundHound AI buys online food ordering platform Allset

Drive-thru AI dreams live on despite the recent McDonald’s reversal.

By John Leyden

22 Jun 2024 4 mins

Generative AIMergers and AcquisitionsRetail Industry

Adobe, Figma pull the plug on $20 billion merger

Regulatory resistance to a blockbuster merger between Adobe and web-based design tool maker Figma prompted the companies to pull out of the deal today.

By Jon Gold

19 Dec 2023 3 mins

Graphics and Photo EditingLaws and RegulationsTechnology Industry

UK says Adobe's $20B deal for Figma would hurt graphic design market

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has objected to Adobe's acquisition of graphic design company Figma, adding to the EU and US concerns about the deal.

By Sascha Brodsky

29 Nov 2023 2 mins

Graphics and Photo EditingLaws and RegulationsTechnology Industry

EU Commission issues objections to Adobe's $20B Figma acquisition

The EU Commission has published a Statement of Objections, outlining the ways in which an Adobe-Figma merger could potentially reduce competition in the global interactive product design software market.

By Charlotte Trueman

21 Nov 2023 2 mins

Graphics and Photo EditingLaws and RegulationsTechnology Industry

UK regulator provisionally clears Microsoft's $69B Activision acquisition

Five months after the UK’s Competition and Market’s Authority (CMA) blocked Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a newly proposed agreement has addressed the regulator's concerns.

By Charlotte Trueman

26 Sep 2023 3 mins

Laws and RegulationsMergers and AcquisitionsTechnology Industry

Intel’s Tower Semiconductor acquisition fails, as China withholds OK

Intel's planned $5.4 billion acquisition of Israel-based Tower falls apart, as China fails to approve the deal before the companies' agreement deadline.

By Anirban Ghoshal

17 Aug 2023 3 mins

Computer ComponentsMergers and AcquisitionsTechnology Industry