Ryan Cohen, GameStop's chairman and CEO, has asked the board to withdraw a proposed performance-based stock award valued at up to $35bn before it reached a shareholder vote. The award, structured as options on 171.5 million shares across nine tranches tied to market-cap and EBITDA milestones, was never granted — it still required shareholder approval at the July 7 annual meeting. Cohen's move is widely seen as strategic housekeeping ahead of GameStop's audacious bid to acquire eBay, a company several times its size. Defending a massive pay proposal at the same shareholder meeting where he's asking investors to back a complex cash-and-stock acquisition would have created a political liability. Cohen still holds a large equity stake and stands to benefit significantly if GameStop's value rises through the eBay deal.
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SpaceX sẽ thâu tóm Cursor, startup AI lập trình, bằng khoản tiền 60 tỷ USD trả bằng cổ phiếu, ngay sau khi IPO của chính SpaceX. Vụ mua lại nhằm củng cố mảng AI vốn được xây dựng xung quanh xAI của Elon Musk, dù mảng này từng dính tranh cãi vì tạo deepfake không được sự đồng thuận.
Lập trình viên nên đọc bài này để hiểu cách các công ty hàng đầu như SpaceX tích hợp AI vào hệ sinh thái phát triển phần mềm, từ đó tìm hiểu những xu hướng mới trong công nghệ lập trình và cách ứng dụng trí tuệ nhân tạo trong việc tối ưu hóa code, tăng hiệu suất và mở rộng khả năng của ứng dụng.
H.B. Fuller, the US adhesives manufacturer, has agreed a 285 pence-per-share cash offer for UK-listed wound-care company Advanced Medical Solutions (AMS), valuing the equity at approximately $628 million and the enterprise at £715 million. The AMS board supports the deal, which H.B. Fuller argues will expand its addressable market by $15 billion and generate $55 million in synergies by 2031. However, activist shareholder Ancora Holdings, owning over 2% of H.B. Fuller, is publicly opposing the acquisition, calling it a 'reckless pursuit' that would push leverage above four times net debt/EBITDA and venture into a medical category where H.B. Fuller has no experience. Ancora has threatened a proxy fight if the board proceeds. A UK Takeover Code deadline of July 2 will determine whether a firm offer is announced.
Adobe is acquiring Topaz Labs, a two-decade-old company known for AI-powered video and image enhancement tools. Topaz Labs, which won an Emmy in 2025 for its production technology, has developed AI models including Astra for video upscaling and Wonder for image retouching. Adobe plans to integrate Topaz's models into its Firefly AI app and other Creative Cloud editing suites, while also keeping them available as standalone services. The acquisition is driven by Adobe's competitive push against Canva and Blackmagic Design, aiming to retain users within its ecosystem by expanding on-device AI capabilities. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
Superhuman (the company formed after Grammarly acquired email client Superhuman and rebranded) has acquired GPTZero, the AI detection startup founded by Princeton grad Edward Tian. GPTZero had grown to 19 million registered users and $30 million ARR on just $13.5 million in total funding. Superhuman already had its own AI detection tool; it justifies the acquisition by arguing two detectors are better than one. Deal terms were not disclosed.
Superhuman, formerly Grammarly, has acquired AI-detection startup GPTZero for an undisclosed sum (valued above $88m). The deal is intentionally ironic: Grammarly helps users write with AI while GPTZero detects AI-written content. Superhuman frames the combination as an 'authenticity layer' — betting that proving human authorship becomes a valuable product category as AI-generated text floods the web. GPTZero brings 19 million users, $30m ARR, and tools including hallucination detection, plagiarism checking, and keystroke-level document replay. Critics note two tensions: AI detectors have known accuracy limits, and Grammarly itself generates and 'humanizes' AI text, putting it on both sides of the authenticity trade.
Companies that previously encouraged employees to maximize AI usage are now scrambling to control runaway costs. Consulting firm Accenture, which once threatened employees with missed promotions for not using AI, is now restricting token usage after employees burned through budgets on trivial tasks like converting PDFs to slides. Leaked internal audio reveals AI spend has become 'very unpredictable,' with leadership questioning whether they're getting value. This shift from 'tokenmaxxing' to 'token rationing' reflects a broader industry reckoning, coinciding with an AI market selloff hitting AI-dependent businesses and chip makers.