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Former Rio Tinto CEO's Deep-Sea Mining Firm Merges With Odyssey Marine in $1 Billion Deal to Build US-Controlled Critical Minerals Platform
American Ocean Minerals Corporation and Odyssey Marine Exploration announced an all-stock merger valued at approximately $1 billion, creating one of the largest deep-sea mining companies as the US accelerates efforts to secure seabed critical minerals.
OpenAI Acquires Tech Podcast TBPN in Its First Media Deal, Raising Questions About Editorial Independence
OpenAI has purchased the popular tech podcast TBPN for a reported low-hundreds-of-millions-dollar sum, placing the show under its political strategy chief as the AI company expands into media ahead of planned consumer hardware launches.
Apple Turns 50 With a Paul McCartney Concert at Apple Park, Global Celebrations, and a Rare Look Back
Apple marks its 50th anniversary on April 1, 2026, with worldwide events spanning from a private Paul McCartney concert at its Cupertino headquarters to performances and art installations at flagship stores across 11 cities.
IBM Closes $11 Billion Confluent Acquisition, Absorbing Apache Kafka's Commercial Steward Into Its AI Data Stack
IBM completed its largest acquisition since Red Hat, buying data streaming company Confluent for $31 per share and delisting it from Nasdaq as it bets on real-time data as the backbone of enterprise AI.
Google Closes $32 Billion Wiz Acquisition, Its Largest Deal Ever, as Cloud Security Consolidation Accelerates
Google completed its all-cash acquisition of cloud security firm Wiz on March 11, clearing regulatory reviews in seven jurisdictions and reshaping the competitive landscape for independent cybersecurity vendors.
Meta Signs Multibillion-Dollar Deal to Lease Google TPUs as Big Tech Races to Diversify Beyond Nvidia
Meta has signed a multibillion-dollar deal to lease Google Ironwood TPUs as it diversifies its AI chip procurement beyond Nvidia, while Google targets 10 percent of Nvidia's data center revenue.