Bloomberg: IBM plans to acquire data integration platforms StreamSets and WebMethods from Germany-based Software AG for €2.13B in cash, expected to close in Q2 2024  —  – Deal will strengthen IBM’s AI and cloud capabilities  — Software AG backer Silver Lake also made deslisting offer Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Acton / Financial Times: The UK NHS partners with Zipline on plans to deliver medical and surgical supplies by drone to 30+ hospitals in northern England in H2 2024, to help cut costs  —  Silicon Valley group Zipline allies with trust in northern England to drop essential medical supplies Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Ye / Reuters: After releasing its DreamStar party game, Tencent placed ~38% of its ads on ByteDance’s Pangolin; Tencent hopes to challenge NetEase’s surprise hit Eggy Party  —  Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) is relying on one-time bitter rival ByteDance to promote its most important video game release in years … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: Saudi shopping and BNPL startup Tamara raised a $340M Series C led by PIF-owned SNB Capital at a $1B valuation, taking its total funding to $500M since 2020  —  Tamara, a buy now pay later platform for consumers in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region, has raised $340 million in a financing round that values the fintech at $1 billion. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yue Wang / Forbes: SenseTime says co-founder Tang Xiao’ou, who was also a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, died of an unspecified illness at 55; 0020.HK drops 11%  —  Tang Xiao’ou, who also taught information engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, died of an unspecified illness, according to SenseTime. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: IBM plans to acquire data integration platforms StreamSets and WebMethods from Germany-based Software AG for €2.13B in cash, expected to close in Q2 2024  —  – Deal will strengthen IBM’s AI and cloud capabilities  — Software AG backer Silver Lake also made deslisting offer Lees verder op Tech Meme