Intel sells its NAND flash memory business to SK Hynix for $9 billion

Posted on 20/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Tonight South Korean memory chip manufacturer SK Hynix announced a $9 billion deal with Intel. It’s acquiring Intel’s “NAND memory and storage business, which includes the NAND SSD business, the NAND component and wafer business, and the Dalian NAND...

Google will likely win EU approval for its $2.1 billion Fitbit deal

Posted on 29/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It looks like EU antitrust investigators will approve Google’s $2.1 billion Fitbit acquisition after all. According to Reuters, Google made a few concessions today, and it is now on track to win EU approval. The changes are meant to address fears tha...

Epic is acquiring SuperAwesome, a company focused on kids’ online safety

Posted on 25/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Epic Games is acquiring UK-based SuperAwesome, a company that powers kid-safe internet technology. “More kids interact online than ever before and now is the time to double down on their safety,” said Epic founder and CEO Tim Sweeney.It’s the company...

Apple confirms it bought podcast curation app Scout FM earlier this year

Posted on 25/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Apple has purchased Scout FM, an app that makes it easy to find podcasts tailored to your tastes, according to Bloomberg. Rather than just letting you choose individual podcasts, Scout FM curates them based on your listening history. Much like YouTub...

SoftBank is reportedly close to selling ARM to NVIDIA

Posted on 12/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

SoftBank might be close to finding a buyer for ARM, and it won’t surprise you who the bidder might be. Wall Street Journal sources say SoftBank is close to a deal to sell ARM Holdings to NVIDIA for “more than” $40 billion. The two have reportedly bee...

Apple buys a VR company that put real faces on virtual avatars

Posted on 25/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Apple has acquired Spaces, a VR company that offered both VR experiences and, after the pandemic hit, a way of bringing your virtual avatar into Zoom meetings. Protocol quotes an unnamed Apple spokesperson offering the usual boilerplate confirmation,...

Twitter is reportedly the latest to explore a deal with TikTok

Posted on 09/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

TikTok’s list of suitors is extending significantly beyond Microsoft. Wall Street Journal sources say Twitter has held “preliminary talks” about a possible union with TikTok’s US business. It’s still very early, and might not move forward, but Twitte...

Microsoft reportedly considers buying all of TikTok

Posted on 06/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Microsoft’s hoped-for TikTok deal could see it acquire much more than operations in the US and a few other countries. Financial Times sources claim Microsoft is pursuing plans to acquire all of TikTok’s worldwide business. ByteDance would still own T...

Dark Sky on Android shuts down following Apple deal

Posted on 01/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Like it or not, you’ll have to move on from Dark Sky if you’re an Android user. The 9to5Google reports that Apple has shut down Dark Sky on Android and Wear OS as promised, leaving users without the app’s highly localized weather. Apple had initially...

Apple’s latest acquisition could turn iPhones into payment terminals

Posted on 01/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

iPhone users may be able to accept credit card payments from other people without needing extra hardware in the future. According to Bloomberg, Apple has acquired a startup called Mobeewave Inc., which is behind a technology that can turn iPhones int...

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