Microsoft Corp approached Pinterest Inc in recent months about a potential deal to acquire the $51 billion social media company, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people briefed on the matter. The...
EU to rule on Microsoft’s $7.5 billion ZeniMax deal by March 5
EU antitrust regulators will decide by March 5 whether to clear Microsoft’s $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media, the U.S. tech giant’s biggest gaming acquisition to better compete with Sony Corp’s PlayStation...
Reports of Microsoft acquiring Sony Corp turn out to be fake
The reports that stated tech giant Microsoft has acquired Sony Corp, including Sony’s gaming division Playstation in an astounding $130 billion deal turned out to be false. The report, initially published by Spanish...
Microsoft, Elon Musk’s SpaceX tie up to woo space customers
Microsoft Corp is partnering with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk-led SpaceX and others as it expands its cloud-computing platform into space, the software giant said on Tuesday. The partnership would allow Microsoft...
Microsoft doubles down on gaming with $7.5 billion deal for Doom-owner ZeniMax
Xbox maker Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would acquire ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion in cash, its biggest gaming acquisition ever as it seeks to strengthen its video game offerings in its rivalry with Sony...
Oracle beats Microsoft in race for TikTok US
Oracle Corp. edged out rival Microsoft Corp. in negotiations over the weekend for the US operations of TikTok, moving closer toward a deal for the Chinese-owned music-video app that could thwart a threat by US by...
Microsoft says ByteDance rejected its bid for TikTok in the US
Microsoft Corp. said its bid for TikTok’s U.S. operations was rejected by ByteDance Ltd., the Chinese parent of the video-sharing social site. “ByteDance let us know today they would not be selling TikTok’s US...
Walmart joins Microsoft bid for TikTok as CEO of social media app quits
Walmart Inc said it was joining Microsoft in a bid for social media company TikTok’s U.S. assets, revealing its plans hours after the video company’s chief executive said he would step down. CEO Kevin Mayer, a high...
Microsoft faces complex technical challenges in TikTok carveout
Microsoft Corp’s bid to carve out parts of TikTok from its Chinese owner ByteDance will be a technically complex endeavor that could test the patience of President Donald Trump’s administration, according to sources...
Microsoft aiming to buy TikTok’s entire global business: FT
Microsoft Corp is chasing a deal to buy all of TikTok’s global business, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing five people with knowledge of the talks. However, a source familiar with the discussions told...
Microsoft talks to buy TikTok’s US operations spurs ire in China
A potential shotgun wedding to Microsoft Corp for TikTok’s U.S. operations provoked an outcry on Chinese social media as well as criticism from a prominent Chinese investor in TikTok owner ByteDance. The U.S. tech...
Microsoft is in talks to buy TikTok in US
Microsoft Corp. is exploring an acquisition of TikTok’s operations in the U.S., according to a people familiar with the matter. A deal would give the software company a popular social-media service and relieve U.S...