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Source: Tencent is in talks to acquire Israeli game developer SuperPlay in a deal valuing SuperPlay at $1B-$1.5B; Playtika acquired SuperPlay in 2024 for $690M (Golan Hazani/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hkvfmqsvme

Tencent in talks to acquire Playtika's SuperPlay in deal worth up to $1.5 billion
Exclusive: The transaction would transfer a fast-growing gaming studio, and a ballooning earnout commitment, to the Chinese technology giant.

So Microsoft have a new server OS eh?
Azure Linux
https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux

GitHub - microsoft/azurelinux: General purpose Linux OS for Azure
General purpose Linux OS for Azure. Contribute to microsoft/azurelinux development by creating an account on GitHub.

Source: Anthropic is in advanced talks to acquire New York-based Stainless, which helps developers generate SDKs from APIs, for at least $300M (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-talks-buy-developer-tools-…

Anthropic in Talks to Buy Developer Tools Startup Used by OpenAI, Google
Anthropic is in advanced talks to acquire developer tools startup Stainless for at least $300 million, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The four-year-old Stainless sells software to model makers including Anthropic, OpenAI and Google that helps developers, non-technical people ...

Eli Lilly to acquire psychedelics drugmaker for $2.8B
Eli Lilly announced on Thursday that it's buying psychedelic drugmaker AtaiBeckley for $2.8 billion, expanding into experimental treatments for severe mental illness prioritized by a recent White House executive order. AtaiBeckley is developing a series of drugs based on the hallucinogen DMT, as well as on MDMA, which is more commonly known as ecstasy.

I'm working with an agency (https://transformstudios.com), and we're looking for a Sr. .NET dev with solid Azure DevSecOps experience for a long term contract.
Needs to definitely be Senior level with min 20 hr per week availability starting August.
Anyone got a recommendation?

SEC filing: SpaceX agrees to acquire Anysphere in a merger valuing the Cursor-developer at $60B, expected to close in Q3 2026 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/spacex-buy-anysphere-60-billion-2026-06-16/

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/116686699570387780
I agree with this in very large part, although I want to be careful not to read it as dropping the responsibility on individual developers.
It’s perfectly fair to say, “I made something that might help people, so I’m sharing it, but I don’t have the capacity to support everyone who depends on it.” It’s also fair to say, “This thing would really help me, but I don’t have the capacity/ability to take on responsibility for its maintenance just so I can use it.”
No •individual• is in the wrong there. It’s a sign of broken systems and broken society that in such situations we so often cannot muster the collective capacity to support that kind of commons — the kind that exceeds the capacity of any individual maintainer — for the good of all of us.

Sources: Microsoft is in discussions to acquire LLM developer Inception; SpaceX also courted Inception, which is looking for a price of over $1B (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/microsoft-eyeing-startup-deals-life-after-openai-2026-05-13/

Palo Alto Networks agrees to acquire Portkey, which develops AI gateway tech to manage and secure AI agents; sources say the deal values Portkey at $120M-$140M (The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiati…

Palo Alto Networks to acquire AI infra firm Portkey; valuation may double to $140 million
Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks is acquiring AI infrastructure startup Portkey to bolster its defences for autonomous AI systems. This move aims to provide enterprises with a centralised control plane for managing and securing AI agents. The acquisition is expected to close in Palo Alto Networks’ fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, subject to approvals.

Sources: Meta is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business that will sell access to AI computing power and models, to compete with AWS and Azure (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-01/meta-is-bu…