Nvidia and Intel partner to develop multiple generations of x86 products; Nvidia will buy $5B of Intel's stock at $23.28 per share, a ~5% stake; INTC jumps 25%+
Cats and Dogs, living together! — In a surprising announcement that finds two long-time rivals working together …
Perplexity offers to acquire Chrome for $34.5B, significantly more than Perplexity's estimated $18B valuation, and says large VC funds agreed to back the deal
Perplexity AI just made a $34.5b unsolicited offer for Google's Chrome browser … Mashable : Google received a ‘longshot’ $34 billion offer for Chrome from a surprising source Adam Spatacco / Motley Fo...
Perplexity offers to acquire Chrome for $34.5B, significantly more than Perplexity's estimated $18B valuation, and says large VC funds agreed to back the deal
and getting new tools for spending it at home Ashley Capoot / CNBC : Perplexity offers to buy Google's Chrome browser for $34.5 billion Bluesky: Jake / @jake.sooscreek.productions : I'm reminded of th...
Sources: Chinese game publisher NetEase has been directed to divest its overseas holdings, starting with hit game Marvel Rivals, which laid off its Seattle team
Chinese game publisher NetEase raised fears with recent moves that it is unloading as much as all of its overseas holdings …
A look at VMware one year after Broadcom's acquisition: some customers say costs have risen 300%, Broadcom stopped selling perpetual VMware licenses, and more
Ars speaks with users and partners unhappy with Broadcom's changes. … After closing a $69 billion deal to buy virtualization … Forums: Slashdot and Ars OpenForum Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : 300% Price...
AMD agrees to buy New Jersey-based ZT Systems, founded in 1994 to design and make servers, server racks, and other infrastructure, for $4.9B, closing in H1 2025
chipmaker strengthens AI ecosystem with ZT Systems' expertise in server design Josh Norem / ExtremeTech : AMD Acquires AI Infrastructure Company ZT Systems for $4.9 Billion Diana Goovaerts / Fierce Ne...
Sources: Temu and Shein have supplanted Walmart and Target as focal points in internal Amazon meetings related to retail, as Amazon explores new promo campaigns
from Amazon to Walmart to Wawa Lionel Lim / Fortune : Temu-owner PDD spooked China's e-commerce giants last year with its low prices. Now the upstart has almost doubled its annual profits X: Sebastian...
Sources: Apple and Paramount have discussed an Apple TV+ and Paramount+ bundle that would cost less than subscribing to both streaming services separately
Streamers are increasingly joining with rivals to offer bundles that help attract and keep subscribers
Sources: five days after seizing SVB, the FDIC has conducted a stop-and-start auction process, failing so far to find a willing buyer for all of SVB's assets
Big rivals are thus far shying away from scooping up the bank's assets. — Five days after seizing control of Silicon Valley Bank …
Sources: Amazon reaches a deal with the EU to end two antitrust investigations, increasing visibility of rivals' products and adding offers for non-Prime orders
Javier Espinoza / Financial Times :