GoPro just avoided bankruptcy with a $285 million rescue deal
The buyer, Starman Optical, builds high-speed transceivers for AI data centers and was founded in 2024
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SteamDB is acquired by Nexus Mods' owner after its founder says burnout made the site unsustainable
The hugely popular Steam database will remain free and ad-free, though some monetization is planned
Nvidia is reportedly buying the popular open-source AI hub Hugging Face for $12.9 billion
Hugging Face rejected a $500 million Nvidia investment less than a year ago
Stripe says the "singularity" began eight months ago, makes $7.5 billion AI bet
The company says January 1 marked a major inflection point for AI and the global economy
GameStop may drop its $56 billion eBay bid and offer up its 1,600 stores in a partnership
The proposed tie-up would focus on trading cards, collectibles, and live commerce
EA is now owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund after $55 billion deal
What just happened? Video game giant Electronic Arts is now officially owned by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia's sovereign Public Investment Fund (PIF). The group is also made up of investment firms Silver Lake and Affinity Partners, the latter founded by Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Stripe and Advent offer more than $53 billion to buy PayPal and create a payments giant
A joint bid with Advent would combine two of online commerce's biggest platforms
12 states sue to block Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. deal, warning of a "media behemoth"
The suit argues the merger would mean pricier movie tickets, cable bills, and streaming subscriptions
SpaceX acquires AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion, days after record IPO
The deal gives xAI what it couldn't build on its own: a coding tool developers actually use
Fox to acquire Roku in $22 billion deal, its largest ever
Fox bets billions on owning the pipes over the content
GoPro explores sale after falling from $11 billion giant to $187 million company
Shares jumped on the news, but GoPro's market cap remains a fraction of its 2014 peak
eBay rejects GameStop's $56B unsolicited offer as "neither credible nor attractive"
GameStop could take its offer directly to eBay's shareholders
GameStop wants to buy eBay in an aggressive pivot to e-commerce
GameStop, a $12 billion company, wants to buy $46 billion eBay
Nvidia says it's not buying a PC maker, but the idea didn't seem crazy
Editor's take: Nvidia's denial of buyout talks with a major PC maker did little to settle a deeper question hanging over the industry: If the world's most valuable chip designer chose to reshape the PC market by acquisition, who could realistically stand in its way? The company's influence over AI hardware is now so central that even an unconfirmed blog post suggesting talks with a "large PC-oriented company" was enough to jolt the shares of Dell and HP before Nvidia stepped in to say the story was false.
Amazon purchases Globalstar for $11.6B to expand its low Earth orbit satellite network
Amazon is investing heavily in its satellite network
Disney's gaming push could one day include buying Epic Games
Some executives are waiting for the right moment, but others think it's a bad idea
Alphabet spins out GFiber as it merges with Astound in major broadband deal
The new company will span 26 states and challenge regional incumbents with a mix of cable and fiber infrastructure
Speedtest and Downdetector sold to Accenture as part of $1.2 billion deal
Ziff Davis wants to focus on the likes of IGN and Mashable
Charter's Cox deal approved: Higher broadband prices could follow as FCC clears $34.5B merger
The merger would vault Charter ahead of Comcast while erasing one of the few remaining independent cable players
Netflix closes 2025 with record growth, all-cash Warner deal, and AI push
Netflix's surge to 325 million subscribers comes as it bets on artificial intelligence and a bold cash acquisition strategy
Meta makes $2 billion bet on agentic AI with Manus acquisition
Its automated research and web tools drew millions of users within months
Nvidia's $20 billion Groq deal looks a lot like an acquisition in disguise
The licensing pact gives Nvidia talent, tech access, and industry leverage without triggering regulators
Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount hostile bid, backs Netflix deal
Paramount's backers are already backing out
Roomba maker iRobot files for bankruptcy after 35 years
iRobot's Chapter 11 filing includes a sale to a Chinese company
Paramount's $108 billion offer to force Netflix out turns the battle for Warner Bros. into a showdown
Paramount Skydance throws down $18B gauntlet in Netflix-WBD battle