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Thoma Bravo's Proofpoint to buy Varonis Systems in $6.3 billion all-cash deal

Thoma Bravo's Proofpoint to buy Varonis Systems in $6.3 billion all-cash deal

Oct 15 (Reuters) - Thoma Bravo-owned cybersecurity company Proofpoint will buy data security firm Varonis Systems in all-cash deal valued…

October 16, 2026

Nvidia, Apple each gave $25 million for Trump's ballroom, Washington Post reports

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Nvidia and Apple each committed $25 million for US President Donald Trump's planned White House…

October 16, 2026

Anthropic grants outside evaluator METR employee-level access in AI safety push

By Aditya Soni Oct 15 (Reuters) - Anthropic has given nonprofit METR employee-level access to its systems and is in…

October 16, 2026

Amazon launches two new portable AI listening devices

By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Amazon unveiled two new devices on Thursday for listening to and…

October 16, 2026

CoreWeave's slump spotlights growing burden of debt behind AI boom

By Aditya Soni and Anhata Rooprai Oct 15 (Reuters) - Shares and bonds of Nvidia-backed CoreWeave tumbled again on Thursday…

October 16, 2026

Global financial watchdog calls for more human oversight of agentic AI

LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The Financial Stability Board (FSB), a global standard setter, has called for greater human oversight…

October 15, 2026

Volvo Cars expands automated driving partnership with Nvidia

STOCKHOLM, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Volvo Cars is expanding its partnership with Nvidia to develop a new generation of driver-assistance…

October 15, 2026

CNN signs multi-year AI partnership with Google

Oct 15 (Reuters) - Skydance's CNN said on Thursday it had agreed to a multi-year partnership with Google to explore…

October 15, 2026

Germany plans AI cooperation deal with Nvidia, Handelsblatt says

BERLIN, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Germany plans a wide-ranging cooperation agreement with US chip maker Nvidia to boost the take-up…

October 15, 2026

US Treasury pushes global partners to rename AI as 'super intelligence'

By Andrea Shalal BANGKOK, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The United States wants its global partners to rename artificial intelligence as…

October 15, 2026