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Apple buys the maker of Sneaky Sasquatch

Apple has bought a game studio for the first time. Digital Trends reported on Tuesday that the company has scooped up RAC7. The two-person team is behind the...

Walmart completes its $2.3 billion purchase of Vizio

Vizio is now a member of the Walmart corporate empire. The retail company announced the completion of its $2.3 billion acquisition of the TV manufacturer on Tuesday.Walmart didn’t...

Grubhub just sold for a tenth of what it was worth during the pandemic

A startup called Wonder is now the new owner of Grubhub. The food delivery app announced its acceptance of the deal on earlier today.Wonder acquired Grubhub from...

Verizon is reportedly near a deal to buy broadband provider Frontier Communications

Verizon is reportedly near a deal to buy fiber provider Frontier Communications. On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal said that an announcement could come as early as this...

PUBG: Battlegrounds publisher acquires Hi-Fi Rush studio after Microsoft shut it down

Under a cloud of studio closures and layoffs, there's a sliver of sunshine in the gaming business. After being closed by Microsoft in May, Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango...

The owner of WordPress has bought Beeper, the app that flipped the bird to Apple’s iMessage supremacy

WordPress and Tumblr owner Automattic has bought Beeper, the maker of the Beeper Mini app that challenged Apple’s iMessage dominion late last year. Although it ultimately lost that...

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Android 17 brings seamless app handoff across devices and web

Google’s latest Android update is bringing a feature long associated with Apple’s ecosystem to Pixel and Android users. With Android 17, Google is...

Airbnb is testing out AI search with a ‘small percentage’ of users

Airbnb plans to double down on artificial intelligence to improve its user experience for both guests and hosts. During a fourth-quarter earnings call,...

Your Pixel is getting Android 17 again

Google has restarted the rollout of Android 17 for eligible Pixel devices, resuming its beta release cycle after a short interruption. The company...

Disney accuses ByteDance of ‘virtual smash-and-grab’ when using copyrighted works to train its AI

Disney is going after another generative AI tool, accusing ByteDance and its recently released Seedance 2.0 of using its copyrighted material without permission....