General business news and trends
In April 2026, ServiceNow acquired Armis, a company that tracks any device connected to a network, for $7.75 billion — the second-largest startup exit in Israeli tech history.
A Wall Street Journal investigation finds Meta's real AI spending may run hundreds of billions of dollars higher than what shows up in its official filings.
Four US states are seeking a fine close to Meta's market value. According to Fortune, the lawsuit could force a fundamental overhaul of Facebook and Instagram for younger users.
A new report finds that while just a third of marketers used AI daily two years ago, that figure has now climbed to three-quarters. Social Media Examiner shares the top findings from its 2026 AI marketing report for small businesses.
Performance-marketing agency Chief Media has acquired two companies to boost its Amazon and TikTok expertise, another sign of heating M&A activity in the commerce space.
In 1997, Jeffrey Sprecher, founder of Intercontinental Exchange, bought a nearly bankrupt company from Warren Buffett for just $1,000 — and turned it into today's $85 billion giant that owns the New York Stock Exchange.
Anthropic's latest risk report discloses a number of concerning incidents observed during testing of its AI agents.
Alibaba's open-model family Qwen has been downloaded more than 3 billion times in six months, surpassing Meta and Google.
With an annual technology budget of nearly $20 billion, JPMorgan is staking its claim to AI leadership — engineers' work is tracked on a dedicated dashboard, and an in-house AI platform now handles what used to be done by human proxy advisors during shareholder votes.
An investment fund led by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has acquired a minority stake in Liverpool FC, a giant of England's Premier League — the club is now valued at more than $7 billion.