AI
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11/20/2024
McDonald’s Is a Tech Company, and Chicago Should Say So
McDonald's runs one of the most used consumer AI platforms on the planet from its Chicago HQ, and the city should claim it as…
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CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
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05/07/2024
Xbox Shuts Down Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks
On May 7, 2024, Microsoft's closure of several gaming studios, including those from the Bethesda deal, sent shockwaves through the gaming community, raising concerns…
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CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
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10/13/2023
Microsoft Just Bought Activision Blizzard for $69 Billion to Feed Game Pass
Microsoft has completed its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, transforming the company into the largest games publisher in the West. This shift focuses…
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CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
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10/13/2023
The Activision Blizzard Acquisition Closes
The Activision Blizzard acquisition closed October 13, 2023 after a two-year regulatory war, cloud rights going to Ubisoft, and Bobby Kotick's exit. What changed.
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CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
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09/01/2023
Sarah Bond Named Xbox President as Spencer Leads Microsoft Gaming (2023)
In 2023, Sarah Bond was named President of Xbox under Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, the leadership structure that carried Xbox through its most…
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AI
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06/26/2023
Databricks: The $1.3B MosaicML Deal That Made It an AI Company
Databricks is acquiring MosaicML for $1.3 billion, marking its commitment to generative AI. MosaicML's tools make training AI models more cost-effective, enabling companies to…
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CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
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02/25/2021
Teenage Engineering Joins Nothing: The Partnership That Defined the Aesthetic
On February 25, 2021, Nothing announced Teenage Engineering as its founding design partner. The Stockholm studio behind the OP-1 synthesizer would shape Nothing's entire…
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02/15/2021
Nothing Acquires Essential Products’ IP: The First Strategic Move Nobody Noticed
On February 15, 2021, nineteen days after announcing its existence, Nothing acquired the trademarks and brand assets of Essential Products. The price was undisclosed.…
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AI
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06/24/2020
Databricks: The $28B Year, a Pandemic Boom, and the Redash Acquisition
This is the year Databricks crosses from promising growth company into one of the most valuable private tech firms in the world, reaching a…
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AI
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10/03/2018
When Two Hadoop Rivals Merged to Survive the Cloud
The two fiercest rivals in the Hadoop world, Cloudera and Hortonworks, have announced they are merging. For anyone who followed the big-data scene in…
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GAMING
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06/25/2017
Ubisoft appeals the Paris Commercial Court’s ruling of May 16th, 2017
Ubisoft appeals the Paris Commercial Court’s ruling of May 16th, 2017 on the litigation dispute against Havas-BETC to recognize the agency’s capital links with…
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06/01/2017
Xbox Game Pass Launches: The 2017 Subscription Bet
Xbox Game Pass launched June 1, 2017: a flat monthly fee for a games library, with first-party titles day one. The subscription bet that…
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GAMING
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04/19/2017
Ubisoft Expands Its Creative Force With The Opening Of Two New Studios
New Studios in Berlin and Bordeaux Focusing on AAA Game Development Paris – April 19, 2017 – Today, Ubisoft announced that it will increase its…
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GAMING
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02/28/2017
UBISOFT ACQUIRES MOBILE GAME GROWTOPIA
Today, Ubisoft announced it has acquired Growtopia, the beloved massively multiplayer and social game that gives players the framework and tools to create interactive…
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07/14/2016
MediaTek’s Turnkey Empire: Feature Phones, Shanzhai, and the Acquisition Machine (2006 to 2015)
Give a workshop in Shenzhen, one of MediaTek’s complete phone kits, the chip already sitting on a reference board with the firmware and test…
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