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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.

AirAsia Digital has acquired Indonesia’s ride-hailing Gojek business in Thailand for RM208 million take a 4.76% stake in AirAsia’s Super App.

New York-based startup Sketchfab acquired by Epic Games. Sketchfab building a platform to upload, download, view, share, sell and buy 3D assets.

IBM announced that it has acquired BoxBoat Technologies, a Bethesda, Maryland-based DevOps consultancy and enterprise Kubernetes service provider.

The online grocery platform Instacart has acquired more than 250 patents from IBM, the companies announced Tuesday.

IBM today acquired Instana, a German-American software firm that specializes in developing AI-powered app performance monitoring software.