Trump Demands Microsoft Fire Head of Global Affairs
AJ Dellinger / gizmodo - Looks like Laura Loomer still has the President's ear.
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Electronic Arts will reportedly be acquired for $50B
Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - The rumored buyers of EA include investors like Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
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Trump approves $14 billion TikTok deal backed by Oracle and MGX, but questions linger
techspot - President Donald Trump has signed an executive order approving a plan for a group of US and global investors to take control of TikTok's American operations, a move intended to satisfy a 2024 law that requires the divestiture of the app from its Chinese p…
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Trump signs executive order saying his TikTok deal is legal
Karissa Bell / engadget - President Donald Trump has signed an executive order finalizing some of the terms of a deal to bring TikTok's US business under American control. The new TikTok entity will be owned by a group of US-based investors, while ByteDance will maintain a smaller…
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Back to Top / Thursday, September 25, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 14866 / 21 stories in 5 months
Intel turns to Apple for potential investment as it looks to rebuild chip business
techspot - Intel has reportedly held early talks with Apple about a possible investment. The struggling chipmaker is seeking to stabilize its business with new backers following recent partnerships with other rivals and overseas investors. Anonymous sources told Blo…
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Databricks will bake OpenAI models into its products in $100M bet to spur enterprise adoption
Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - Databricks is on the hook to pay at least $100 million to OpenAI in this deal, even if customer usage falls short. It's a bet, but one that Databricks has already hedged.
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EU opens antitrust probe into German software giant SAP
techxplore - The European Commission launched an antitrust probe into German software giant SAP Thursday over fears the company's practices may have distorted competition.
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Spotify now directly integrates with DJ software
Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Spotify just announced integration with popular DJ software platforms like rekordbox, Serato and djay. This will make it much easier to build out sets from playlists and to do cool stuff like blend tracks.The company says that users "will be able to acces…
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Disney+ increases prices at the worst possible time
Amanda Kondolojy / pocket-lint - Subscription prices for Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN are going up next month.
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AI ‘Workslop’ Is Killing Productivity and Making Workers Miserable
Jason Koebler / 404media - AI slop is taking over workplaces. Workers said that they thought of their colleagues who filed low-quality AI work as "less creative, capable, and reliable than they did before receiving the output."
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Apple Ginza in Tokyo Reopens Friday With All-New Design Spanning Four Floors
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - A grand reopening date has been set for Apple Ginza.The new Apple GinzaApple today announced the store will reopen on Friday, September 26, at 10 a.m. local time, at its original corner in Tokyo's shopping district. The store has returned to the Sayegusa …
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Mycroft raises $3.5 million USD to deliver “Goldilocks” security for startups
Josh Scott / betakit - Ex-PartnerStack leaders want to give SaaS companies enterprise-grade security without the overhead.The post Mycroft raises $3.5 million USD to deliver “Goldilocks” security for startups first appeared on BetaKit.
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Oracle names Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia as co-CEOs
cnbc - Oracle is promoting its presidents of cloud infrastructure, Clay Magouyrk, and industries, Mike Sicilia, to co-CEOs, the company announced Monday.
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems books a $1B+ power deal for its future fusion reactor
Tim De Chant / techcrunch - The fusion startup has inked a deal with Italian energy company Eni. The move is likely intended to set a price for fusion power.
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Google’s Ad Monopoly Under Microscope as Judge Weighs Remedies
Katherine Blunt / wsj - A federal court will begin hearing testimony to decide what penalties the company should face for unlawful practices in its digital-ads software business.
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UK fintech Tide attains unicorn status, with $120M funding round
John Reynolds / tech - Tide, the UK business management platform, has attained unicorn status, following a $120m funding round. The funding round was led by a "strategic investment" from TPG, the asset management firm, whic...
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Rekord raises $2.1M to power the future of credit decisioning
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Dublin-based Rekord hasraised $2.1 million in pre-seed funding to advance its AI-native platform forcredit decisioning. The round was led by Point Nine Capital, with participationfrom Octopus Ventures...
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Trump hints Murdochs’ involvement in TikTok deal
In recent remarks, former President Trump has dropped hints that the Murdoch family could play a role in an emerging TikTok deal. His comments have fueled speculation about unconventional alliances within the media and tech worlds, leaving industry watchers to wonder if a surprise power play is in the offing.
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A jury will decide if Amazon illegally tricked people into paying for Prime
Lauren Feiner / theverge - Amazon is about to face a roughly month-long trial against the US Federal Trade Commission in Seattle to defend its Prime program from claims it tricked tens of millions of customers into signing up for the membership and made it hard to quit. It's one of…
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Intel-Nvidia: The baton passes to the CUDA era
David Vellante and David Floyer / siliconangle - In our view, the Intel–Nvidia pact further accentuates Nvidia Corp.’s dominant market position and represents a milestone in the transition to the next era of computing. Just as Intel Corp. had a lock on the market in the ’80s and ’90s, Nvidia has now ext…
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