Microsoft Industry Microsoft scales back AI data center expansion amid AI spending boom Satya Nadella warns of AI's high costs and low returns (so far) By Alfonso Maruccia, February 25, 2025, 4:54 PM 25 comments
Industry AI SoftBank seems ready to invest (more) billions in OpenAI The Japanese conglomerate could become OpenAI's largest investor By Alfonso Maruccia, February 1, 2025, 7:42 AM
AI News Around the Web Softbank is developing an AI for phone calls that will make you sound less angry if you yell at customer service Plans to deploy the pitch-changing tool in 2025 By Daniel Sims, June 13, 2024, 9:06 AM
Industry Tech Culture WeWork, the office-sharing giant valued at $47 billion in 2019, files for bankruptcy Working from home helped kill WeWork By Rob Thubron, November 7, 2023, 6:55 AM
AI Industry SoftBank CEO says artificial general intelligence (AGI) will be here in 10 years Do you want to be a goldfish or invest in the upcoming AGI revolution? By Alfonso Maruccia, October 5, 2023, 7:37 AM
AI Tech Culture OpenAI collaborates with legendary Apple designer Jony Ive on consumer AI product Building the "iPhone of artificial intelligence" By Rob Thubron, September 28, 2023, 9:14 AM
Industry Hardware Arm is raising nearly $5 billion in this year's biggest IPO The company is now valued at over $50 billion By Kishalaya Kundu, September 14, 2023, 7:07 AM
Hardware Industry Looking deeper into Arm's IPO prospects: First and second impressions The search for more money By Jonathan Goldberg, August 27, 2023, 7:12 AM
Industry Hardware Tech giants Amazon, Apple, and Samsung could be major investors in Arm's IPO Arm is expected to go public this year with a blockbuster IPO that could value the company at $60 billion By Kishalaya Kundu, August 14, 2023, 7:37 AM
Industry WeWork warns of "substantial doubt" over future of the company; shares plunge 25% The coworking office space giant is in trouble By Rob Thubron, August 9, 2023, 6:55 AM
Industry Hardware Legal battle with Chinese unit holds up Arm IPO plans A series of legal challenges dating back to 2020 By Daniel Sims, February 14, 2022, 7:06 PM 8 comments
Industry Hyundai is reportedly interested in buying Boston Dynamics from SoftBank Boston Dynamics could soon change hands, again By Shawn Knight, November 10, 2020, 3:08 PM
Industry Hardware It's official: Nvidia is acquiring Arm Nvidia will use Arm to prepare for the age of AI By Eric Hamilton, September 13, 2020, 11:32 PM 23 comments
Industry SoftBank reportedly closing a $40 billion sale of ARM to Nvidia – now confirmed The complexion of the semiconductor landscape is about to change By Eric Hamilton, September 13, 2020, 1:11 AM 26 comments
Industry TSMC and Foxconn reportedly considering Arm purchase But Nvidia remains favorite By Rob Thubron, August 6, 2020, 5:16 AM 9 comments
Hardware Industry Arm co-founder says Nvidia acquisition would be a disaster Nvidia, Samsung, the UK government, who will take Arm by the hand? By Rob Thubron, August 5, 2020, 6:17 AM 7 comments
Industry Nvidia could buy ARM from Softbank (update) A deal would have huge repercussions for the tech industry By Rob Thubron, July 31, 2020, 4:00 PM 25 comments
Industry Hardware ARM licensing fee increase could drive some customers to competitors SoftBank has some tough decisions to make By Shawn Knight, July 15, 2020, 1:22 PM 20 comments
Industry Apple Apple allies with Intel in antitrust case against SoftBank-owned Fortress Apple has a bone to pick with Fortress Investment Group By Eric Hamilton, November 24, 2019, 10:34 AM 7 comments
Industry SoftBank posts $6.5 billion loss on WeWork, Uber and other bets WeWork took the major portion of the pie losing $4.6 billion By Cal Jeffrey, November 6, 2019, 12:43 PM
Industry Nvidia shares lose half their value, Softbank looks to sell up Nvidia isn't having a festive holiday season By Rob Thubron, December 13, 2018, 5:28 AM 35 comments
Tech Culture Industry Pizza-making robot business Zume is talking with SoftBank for up to $750 million in funding That could buy a lot of pizzas... made by robots By Greg Synek, August 10, 2018, 8:16 AM
Industry SoftBank buys major stake in Uber at a big discount The deal values Uber at $48 billion, far less than its most recent valuation By Shawn Knight, December 28, 2017, 4:17 PM
The Web Electronics Boston Dynamics' latest robotic dog is almost cute SoftBank scooped up the robot maker last year By Shawn Knight, November 13, 2017, 7:40 PM
Mobile Industry Sprint is reportedly pulling out of T-Mobile merger talks Another twist in the on-again, off-again relationship By Shawn Knight, October 30, 2017, 4:48 PM