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Image: Bandai Namco In some more Sony news, the PlayStation maker has this week acquired a 2.5% stake in Bandai Namco. It’s described as a “strategic business alliance agreement” with a focus on “expanding the fan community for IP such as anime and manga around the world and strengthening engagement”. It reportedly sets Sony back “around $464 million” (via The …

Cognition, the startup behind the viral AI coding agent Devin, announced in a blog post on Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI coding startup Windsurf. The announcement comes just days after Google hired away Windsurf’s CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and research leaders in a $2.4 billion deal, a reverse-acquihire that left the rest …