Neowin News Feed for: Acquisitions

Microsoft almost fought SpaceX for Cursor in a massive $60 billion AI showdown

Paul Hill — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:26:01 +0000

A high-stakes bidding war nearly erupted between tech titans Microsoft and SpaceX over the AI-powered IDE Cursor. Here is why Microsoft walked away. Read more...

Elon Musk's SpaceX aims for AI dominance with massive $60 billion Cursor acquisition

Paul Hill — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:22:01 +0000

SpaceX is shaking up the tech world with a $60 billion play for Cursor. From rockets to AI-powered IDEs, see how Musk plans to outpace Google and OpenAI in the race for the ultimate developer tool. Read more...

DOJ gives green light to Google's $32 billion Wiz deal

David Uzondu — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:34:01 +0000

Google's $32 billion acquisition of Wiz has cleared the DOJ's antitrust review, bringing the deal one step closer to completion. Read more...

Netflix acquires Boss Fight, its third game studio, after launching three new mobile games

Alap Naik Desai — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:48:02 +0000

Netflix has acquired its third mobile game studio after releasing two new games and announcing a third. The streaming giant is currently offering 16 smartphone games for iOS and Android. Read more...

Sony has $10 billion for acquisitions

Asher Madan — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:04:01 +0000

Today, a new report by TweakTown said that Sony has $10 billion for acquisitions and other buyouts through 2023. It's unclear if the company will try to go for a publisher or focus on smaller studios. Read more...

Facebook is reportedly in the final stage of acquiring chatbot startup Kustomer [Update]

Jefferson Mangubat — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 17:32:02 +0000

Facebook has finalized an agreement to acquire Kustomer, a New York-based startup that provides customer-service platforms and chatbots. The firm's entire team will join Facebook as part of the deal. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Xbox rings, update strings, hardware things

Florin Bodnarescu — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 15:16:01 +0000

The gaming news coming from Microsoft has quietened down a tad compared to last week, but not completely. There's also hardware and preview news, so be sure to catch up with the handy guide below. Read more...

Adobe acquire Nitobi Software and Typekit

Paul Ferson — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:36:08 +0000

Adobe Software has announced two business acquisitions today, with Typekit and Nitobi Software, and appears to be pushing into the HTML5 and tablet space. Read more...

Yahoo! to make 2011 its year of acquisitions

Piers Hausjell — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:39:44 +0000

The well known internet giant Yahoo! has claimed the company is "gearing up for a very big year" of acquisitions. This announcement comes from Steven Mitzenmacher, the Senior Director of Corporate Development, who was part... Read more...

Facebook buys content sharing service drop.io

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:29:46 +0000

It looks like Facebook has plans to continue branching into areas of the social networking world that the company has yet to penetrate. Over the weekend, drop.io, a popular private content sharing platform, announced via... Read more...

All of Google's acquisitions in one infographic

Brad Sams — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:29:41 +0000

It's no secret that Google likes to spend the Benjamins to buy up companies. While they may buy companies for different reasons, one thing for sure is that they have bought a lot of... Read more...

Dell Memo Hints at Layoffs, Acquisitions

Tom Warren — Tue, 01 May 2007 08:14:33 +0000

Michael Dell also may change Dell's direct sales model, according to a corporate memo that was leaked to the press on Saturday. Michael Dell is considering layoffs and acquisitions at Dell Inc., according... Read more...

Nintendo isn't interested in developer acquisitions

Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:53:18 +0000

Japanese console giant Nintendo isn't currently interested in acquiring new development assets or industry competitors despite the firm's huge cash reserves, according to company president Satoru Iwata. Speaking with French newspaper Les Echos, Iwata said... Read more...

Cisco officials had dual interest in some late '90s acquisitions

Darren Bolton — Wed, 27 Feb 2002 08:56:12 +0000

Cisco Systems' Chief Executive Officer John Chambers recused himself from voting on the networking giant's largest acquisition because he owned part of the company Cisco was buying, a spokesman said Tuesday. The $7... Read more...