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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Yahoo acquires Instagram co-founders’ AI news platform Artifact  Reuters Source link

Schroder Investment Management Group raised its holdings in Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX – Free Report) by 3.6% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,827,261 shares of the information services provider’s stock after buying an additional 235,216 shares during the period. Schroder Investment Management Group owned about 1.89% of Yandex worth $129,308,000 as of its most recent filing with the… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Yandex acquires gaming platform for kids Skazbuka  Telecompaper EN Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Yahoo acquires social sports betting app Wagr  TechCrunch Source link

Google has silently acquired a widely-used K-12 data and analytics company. The tech giant confirmed, in an email to EdSurge, that it’s picked up BrightBytes for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition does not appear to have been publicly announced. And Google declined to provide any details, including when the sale had taken place. But an email about the deal sent by Google to a school district in early May, obtained by EdSurge, cites May 17th as the expected date of the transaction. The… Source link

Yahoo has announced a deal to purchase The Factual, a news rating company that scores media bias and credibility. Yahoo will implement this score to provide users with additional insight into the accuracy and reliability of the content they consume. “The acquisition continues Yahoo’s commitment to bringing trusted news and information to its nearly 900 million consumers worldwide and builds on the company’s future vision of news,” the search engine company said via press… Source link

NEW YORK—In a notable example of how some tech companies are working to provide consumers with tools that will help them find credible news sources and reduce the spread of disinformation, Yahoo has announced a deal to acquire the algorithm-driven news rating company The Factual. Yahoo plans to use The Factual’s algorithm to provide Yahoo consumers with what it is calling “a first of its kind analysis of news stories” by rating articles with a media bias and credibility score.  The… Source link

JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes sees no loss in altitude for consumer demand headed into the back half of the year, despite swirling recession fears and disappointing financial results from the airline. “Demand remains extremely strong,” Hayes said on Yahoo Finance Live Tuesday. “We continue to see extremely strong demand [into the fourth quarter.]” The bullish take from Hayes comes as JetBlue shares fell 6% on Tuesday’s session after higher costs for labor and fuel weighed on second quarter… Source link

by Sharon Florentine • Jun 15, 2022 Infinite Computer Solutions has acquired the former Yahoo Small Business Essentials portfolio from Verizon. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. This is technology M&A deal number 549 that ChannelE2E has covered so far in 2022. See more than 1,000 technology M&A deals involving MSPs, MSSPs & IT service providers listed here. Infinite Computer Solutions Acquires Verizon Small Business Solutions Sanjay Govil, CEO, Infinite Computer… Source link

San Francisco: Google has reportedly acquired Raxium, a five-year-old startup focused on developing microLED displays for AR and VR applications. The terms of the deal are unknown, but Google put a value of $1 billion on Raxium, according to a report from The Information. microLED is similar to OLED in that it doesn’t use a backlight, instead, each pixel emits its own light. Two years ago it acquired North, a pioneer in human computer interfaces and smart glasses, has built a strong… Source link