Neowin News Feed for: Transaction

Once valued at $100 billion, AOL is about to be sold by Yahoo for just $1 billion

Usama Jawad — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:06:01 +0000

Yahoo is apparently on the verge of selling AOL to an Italy-based tech firm for $1.4 billion, after being purchased for roughly $5 billion four years ago. Read more...

EU: Microsoft-Activision deal could harm competition in gaming and other industries

Anushe Fawaz — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 19:00:02 +0000

The European Commission has commenced an in-depth investigation into the Microsoft-Activision acquisition deal as it believes the transaction could damage competition in several industries. Read more...

Adobe is buying rival Figma for $20 billion

Usama Jawad — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:48:01 +0000

Adobe is acquiring its creative design tools rival Figma in a major deal worth $20 billion. The half cash and half stock transaction is expected to close in 2023, subject to regulatory approvals. Read more...

Twitter's shareholders want Elon Musk to buy Twitter

Anushe Fawaz — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 18:54:01 +0000

The Twitter vs. Elon Musk legal battle continues as the trial date approaches. According to sources, Twitter's shareholders voted in favor of Musk completing the $44 billion purchase of Twitter. Read more...

Unity rejects AppLovin's "unsolicited" $17.5 billion buyout offer

Usama Jawad — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 13:04:01 +0000

Unity's board has rejected mobile app monetization company AppLovin's surprising offer to purchase Unity for $17.5 billion. Instead, the firm will purchase AppLovin's competitor ironSource. Read more...

Meta slams FTC for blocking its acquisition of Within

Usama Jawad — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 06:42:02 +0000

Meta has responded to the FTC's lawsuit against its acquisition of VR fitness studio Within in strong words, saying that the regulator's claims are based on speculation and ideology, not evidence. Read more...

Elon Musk is terminating his $44 billion Twitter acquisition

Usama Jawad — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 03:24:02 +0000

Elon Musk has filed to terminate his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, claiming that the platform did not provide him information about bot accounts. Twitter says that it will pursue legal action. Read more...

Elon Musk may not close the Twitter deal after all

Rahul Naskar — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 17:16:02 +0000

In a letter sent to Twitter this morning, Elon Musk has accused Twitter of resisting and thwarting his information rights. Citing breach of contract, Elon Musk has threatened to pull out of the deal. Read more...

Elon Musk puts Twitter deal on hold because of bots

Mehrotra A — Sat, 14 May 2022 06:28:01 +0000

Elon Musk on Friday confirmed that he is putting Twitter's acquisition on hold while his team verifies the social media platform's claims that less than 5% of the Twitter users are fake or spam bots. Read more...

Twitter shares rise 5% as Elon Musk deal reportedly approaches finalization

Usama Jawad — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:20:01 +0000

Twitter is apparently in the final stage of negotiations to accept Elon Musk's takeover bid of $43 billion, causing share price to go up. The executive has pledged to take the company private. Read more...

Microsoft completes $20 billion acquisition of Nuance

Usama Jawad — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:02:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it has finally completed its acquisition of Nuance Communications in an all-cash deal worth $19.7 billion. The two will work together to build assistive technologies. Read more...

Sony is acquiring Bungie for $3.6 billion, studio will remain multiplatform

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:40:55 +0000

Sony has announced it will be acquiring the studio behind the Halo and Destiny universes, Bungie, for a cool $3.6 billion. Interestingly, the studio will continue to push multiplatform experiences. Read more...

Nvidia is reportedly preparing to abandon its $40 billion Arm acquisition

Usama Jawad — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:38:01 +0000

Citing unnamed sources, a new report claims that Nvidia is considering dropping plans for its $40 billion Arm acquisition due to regulatory hurdles. Meanwhile, SoftBank is considering an Arm IPO. Read more...

Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion

Usama Jawad — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:35:25 +0000

In a surprise announcement, Microsoft has revealed that it is buying Activision Blizzard in an all-cash deal worth $68.7 billion. Activision has been in a lot of hot water recently due to lawsuits. Read more...

ACCC soliciting feedback regarding Google's acquisition of Fitbit

Usama Jawad — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 06:28:01 +0000

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is now soliciting feedback from the public regarding Google's acquisition of Fitbit. The process will continue till December 9, 2020. Read more...

Intel is selling its NAND SSD business to SK Hynix for $9 billion

Usama Jawad — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 05:58:01 +0000

Intel has announced that it is selling its NAND SSD business and manufacturing facility to South Korea-based SK Hynix for $9 billion. The acquisition is supposed to be complete by 2025. Read more...

New proposal would see more efficient transaction relays on bitcoin network

Paul Hill — Tue, 28 May 2019 11:38:01 +0000

A paper has been published which describes a new bitcoin transaction relay protocol which could significantly reduce bandwidth usage while maintaining its performance and security as connections grow. Read more...

Microsoft acquires GitHub for $7.5 billion

Usama Jawad — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 13:19:04 +0000

Microsoft has today confirmed the acquisition of GitHub for a massive sum of $7.5 billion. The transaction is supposed to be finalized by the end of the year, with Nat Friedman as GitHub's new CEO. Read more...