Ubisoft is shutting down a studio 16 days after it unionized
Will Shanklin / engadget - Ubisoft is closing a Canadian studio just over two weeks after it unionized. In a dizzying claim, the company told GamesIndustry.biz that the closure of Ubisoft Halifax was part of "company-wide actions to streamline operations" and unrelated to the union…
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Anthropic Raising $10 Billion at $350 Billion Value
Kate Clark / wsj - The planned deal represents nearly a doubling of the AI startup’s valuation from four months ago.
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Amgen acquires Oxford-based Dark Blue in deal worth up to €718 million to advance leukemia programme
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Dark Blue Therapeutics, a British discovery and development BioTech company innovating the next generation of precision oncology medicines, has been acquired by US-based global BioTech company Amgen, in a transaction valued at up to €718 million ($840 mil…
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Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s bid again, calls it a ‘leveraged buyout’
Ram Iyer / techcrunch - The studio's board unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance's revised $108.4 billion bid, calling the proposal a "leveraged buyout" that would saddle the company with $87 billion in debt.
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Swap Raises $100M in Series C Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - Swap, a NYC-based provider of a commerce operating system, raised $100m in Series C funding. The round was co-led by DST Global and ICONIQ. The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations and its business reach, as well as to invest …
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Beijing mulls intervention in Meta’s deal to buy Manus amid AI ‘brain drain’ fears
scmp - Chinese authorities are considering whether to step in over Meta Platforms’ acquisition of Manus – an artificial intellligence agent developer with Chinese roots – amid concerns the deal could breach technology export controls and encourage more start-ups…
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Amazon’s AI agents spark backlash from retailers after listing their products without their knowledge
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Amazon.com Inc. has irked dozens of online retailers after using experimental artificial intelligence tools to scrape their websites and list their products on its sprawling online marketplace without their knowledge or consent. The tools in question incl…
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Snowflake gets frosty with Google Gemini
O'Ryan Johnson / theregister - Munge that corporate data using the LLM of your choice The data platform Snowflake is putting Google's Gemini to work inside its Cortex AI, aiming to give customers access to a foundational model within the boundaries of their data environment across supp…
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MSCI Keeps Strategy and DATCOs in Indexes After Policy Review Ends
Maxwell Mutuma / parameter - TLDR MSCI has decided not to exclude Bitcoin treasury companies from its global equity indexes. Companies like Strategy will remain in MSCI indexes under the current eligibility criteria. MSCI will conduct further consultation to assess how to classify di…
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xAI says it raised $20B in Series E funding
Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - Nvidia is among the many investors, but xAI has not disclosed if these investments come in the form of equity or debt.
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Morgan Stanley files for bitcoin, solana ETFs
Reuters / fastcompany - Morgan Stanley is seeking regulatory approval to launch exchange-traded funds tied to the price of cryptocurrency tokens, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, the first such move by a big U.S. bank.The bank is …
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Two new uGreen NASync storage systems have on-device AI
appleinsider - Two Intel-based NAS systems, the NASync iDX6011 and iDX6011 Pro, were unveiled by Ugreen at CES 2026, bringing local AI features and faster networking to the company's NAS lineup.Ugreen iDX6011 Pro NASUgreen's new models expand the NASync lineup with high…
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Dell’s New UltraSharp Monitors Include 52″ 6K Ultra-Wide & 32″ 4K QD-OLED Options
Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - Dell has introduced two brand new UltraSharp monitors, featuring a 52" 6K Ultra-Wide and a 32" 4K QD-OLED model for productivity. Dell UltraSharp Monitors Come In Massive 52" 6K Ultra-Wide & 32" 4K QD-OLED Options, Starting at $2899 & $2599 Respectively T…
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Meta has delayed the international rollout of its display glasses
Steve Dent / engadget - Meta is pausing release of its Ray-Ban Display smart glasses to the UK, France, Italy and Canada due to "unprecedented demand and limited inventory," the company said on Monday at CES 2026. There's no new date for the expansion that was originally set for…
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Austrian BENTELER acquires Germany’s ioki to create Europe’s first full-service autonomous mobility provider
ain - According to the companies, the acquisition creates Europe’s first full-service provider for autonomous mobility, combining vehicles, software, and operations under one roof.
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Accenture Plans to Buy UK Palantir Rival Faculty in Consultancy’s AI Push
Mark Bergen / bloomberg - Accenture Plc agreed to buy Faculty, a British artificial intelligence startup that’s worked closely with the government, as part of the consultancy’s effort to recast itself as a leader in the technology.
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Asus’ Device Collaboration With Kojima Productions Includes Insanely Cool ROG Flow Z13
Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - Asus debuted a lineup of devices made in collaboration with Kojima Productions, including the ROG Z Flow 13 during CES 2026.The post Asus’ Device Collaboration With Kojima Productions Includes Insanely Cool ROG Flow Z13 first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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Alienware teases new super-slim and entry-level gaming laptops at CES 2026
Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - After relaunching its Area-51 brand with a new 16-inch laptop in 2025, Alienware is teasing two new laptops at CES 2026 in an attempt to reach an even larger audience. Dell's gaming brand plans to launch both entry-level and ultra-slim models later this y…
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First Look: HP's EliteBoard Stuffs Your Whole PC Into a Skinny Keyboard video
cnet - It's lighter than a laptop: You can carry the EliteBoard between home and office and barely notice it in your bag. It's debuting at CES 2026, so let's take a look.
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MSI unveils new gaming and Prestige business laptops at CES 2026
Mariella Moon / engadget - MSI has presented its refreshed Prestige lineup of business laptops, as well as its next-generation Raider, Stealth and Crosshair gaming models at this year’s CES. The Raider 16 Max HX is a 300w laptop, which the company says its its most powerful gaming …
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