LY and Bain Raise Kakaku Bid to $4.1 Billion, Pressuring EQT
The bidding war for Kakaku.com, the Japanese price-comparison operator, escalated Wednesday night when LY Corp and Bain Capital increased their offer to 3,384 yen per share, valuing the company at…
Near-Eye Display Market Set to Recover in 2026 as AR Glasses Take Off
After a year that pushed the market to its lowest point in recent memory, the makers of the tiny displays that sit inside virtual and augmented reality headsets are expecting…
NVIDIA Struggles to Hold $200 as Analyst Cuts Rating to Hold
The chart watchers have a line in the sand, and NVIDIA keeps testing it. The chip maker’s stock has been fighting to hold the 200 dollar level for weeks, and…
Microsoft Plans Layoffs of About 5,700, Hitting Xbox and Sales Units
The email was addressed to a sales director in Microsoft’s enterprise business, and its subject line was the one employees in Redmond have learned to recognize: a meeting invitation from…
Bending Spoons Prices IPO Above Range, Raising $1.68 Billion
The bankers had guided investors to 26 to 28 dollars a share, but by the time the order book closed, the bids had climbed past the top of that range.…
AI Chip Startup Etched Discloses $800 Million in Funding
Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist who made early bets on Facebook and Palantir, has invested in a lot of artificial-intelligence companies. Geoffrey Hinton, the computer scientist sometimes called the godfather…
General Intuition Raises $320 Million to Train AI Agents in Video Games
General Intuition said Thursday it has raised $320 million at a valuation of $2.3 billion, a vote of confidence in its unusual thesis: that video games, not real-world data, are…
Patronus AI Raises $50 Million to Stress-Test AI Agents
Patronus AI said Thursday it has closed a $50 million Series B round, money the startup will use to build simulated digital worlds where AI agents can be pushed to…
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A $4 Billion Class Action Against Apple’s iCloud Clears a Legal Hurdle in London LONDON—The Competition Appeal Tribunal on Wednesday allowed a class action against Apple Inc. to proceed, opening…
Search Ads Face New U.K. Rules as Epic Wins App Store Fight
Two decisions landed on the same day, and together they hit the two business models that have financed the internet for two decades. In London, the competition regulator imposed new…
