Jenni Reid / CNBC: Sega acquires Rovio, best known for its Angry Birds franchise, for €706M  —  – The deal would be for the entirety of Rovio’s outstanding shares and options, valuing them at 9.25 euro per share, a roughly 19% premium to their closing price before the announcement, Sega said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian Johnston / Financial Times: As Palantir vies for a £480M contract to build a “federated data platform” for the UK’s NHS, experts say the company’s Foundry tool is costly and hard to use  —  Internal opposition voiced over US company’s bid for lucrative expansion within British health service Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Berlin-based e-commerce aggregator Razor Group raised an €80M Series C, sources say at a $1.2B valuation, and buys its rival Stryze Group in an all-share deal  —  The business of being an e-commerce aggregator may be down but it is definitely not out.  —  Razor Group, one of the string … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sylvia Varnham O’Regan / The Information: Sources: after its first-ever drop in ad sales, Meta ditched its brash tone with advertisers and is offering sweeteners, like up to a 25% discount for Reels ads  —  After suffering its first-ever drop in ad sales, Meta Platforms has abandoned its once-brash tone with advertisers in favor of a more flexible approach to winning business. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: Adobe announces Firefly generative AI tool upgrades to let video editors add effects, boost color levels, and more using natural language prompts later in 2023  —  Less than a month after debuting its new suite of Firefly generative AI editing tools, Adobe announced Monday that it is already working … Lees verder op Tech Meme