Acquires

United Robotics Group, a German distributor of service robots, is acquiring Softbank Robotics Europe to cooperate in marketing robots.

Twitter acquired OpenBack, an engineering-led startup working to improve push notifications on mobile devices with patented edge computing technology.

Microsoft snatches up world of Warcraft developer and all of its studios. the Activision Blizzard studio has now been acquired by Microsoft.

DeepMind, an AI research lab and subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., acquired the MuJoCo physics engine for robotics research and development.

Microsoft announced that it has acquired Ally.io, a software service that helps companies measure their progress against OKR (objectives and key results).

Apple opened its newest Developer Academy in Detroit, first in the United States. The program, which is already available in countries such as Brazil and Italy.

Sony announced the acquisition of Bluepoint Games to its PlayStation Studios family of first-party developers, head of PlayStation Studios Herman said.

Microsoft announced that it acquired TakeLessons, an online education platform for students to connect with tutors that specializes in different areas.

Fintech giant PayPal announced this week that it is acquiring Japan’s Paidy, a provider of ‘buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) services.

Uber announced on August 20 that the company has acquired a Hong Kong-based startup called HKTaxi whose function is similar to that of Uber.