Google is buying security firm Mandiant for $5.4-billion, adding heft as rivals Microsoft and Amazon also look to beef up security for their fast-growing cloud units.
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Microsoft plans to help accelerate the growth of 10 000 start-ups in Africa over the next five years through various financing and support mechanisms.
MultiChoice will not pull the plug on RT, the state-funded Russian news channel, even as the EU and major tech companies move to sanction it.
Microsoft said Zain Nadella, son of CEO Satya Nadella and his wife Anu, died on Monday morning. He was 26 years old and had been born with cerebral palsy.
Activision Blizzard will delay a Call of Duty game that had been planned for next year, the first time the franchise will be without an annual mainline release in nearly two decades.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway acquired nearly $1-billion of shares in Activision Blizzard just before Microsoft agreed to buy the videogame maker.
Microsoft is considering making a bid for cybersecurity research and incident response company Mandiant, a source said.
A whopping $600-billion of cash stashed at mega-cap technology companies could drive a wave of deal-making in the sector.
The entire computer component supply chain remains severely constrained and will likely stay that way throughout the rest of the year, Mustek has warned.
Sony Interactive Entertainment will acquire Bungie in a deal valued at $3.6-billion, making it the latest in a wave of consolidations sweeping the gaming sector.