India's tech hiring chills; Polymarket's IPL betHappy Tuesday! The tech sector is seeing a slowdown in hiring driven by internal cost controls. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dis...
07 Apr, 2026, 08.00 AM IST
Global Market: Saudi Wealth Fund to maintain global betsSaudi Arabia's wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, is committed to global investments. Governor Yasir Al Rumayyan stated the fund's st...
27 Mar, 2026, 06.10 AM IST
TikTok owner ByteDance sells gaming unit to Saudi group for over $6 billionTikTok owner ByteDance will sell its gaming studio Moonton to a Saudi-owned group for more than $6 billion, the firms and a person close to...
20 Mar, 2026, 11.19 PM IST
ByteDance agrees to sell Moonton to Savvy Games for $6 billionByteDance has agreed to sell Moonton to Savvy Games Group for about $6 billion, shifting its focus to generative AI. The Beijing company wi...
20 Mar, 2026, 04.17 PM IST
K-pop fans vs South Korea's $900 billion pension fund: How drama over Enhypen exit spiraled out of controlK-pop fans, angered by an Enhypen member's departure, overwhelmed South Korea's National Pension Fund support lines. The fund, a HYBE share...
19 Mar, 2026, 04.23 PM IST
ByteDance in talks to sell gaming unit Moonton for more than $6 billionByteDance is in advanced talks to sell Shanghai Moonton Technology to Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group in a deal valued between $6 billion ...
13 Feb, 2026, 02.58 PM IST
Videogame publisher EA's $55 billion buyout turns spotlight on gaming IP diversificationElectronic Arts undergoes a $55 billion buyout by Saudi Arabia's PIF and partners. This acquisition marks a turning point for the video gam...
02 Oct, 2025, 07.16 PM IST
EA agrees to $55 billion sale in largest leveraged buyout on recordThe transaction, which includes $20 billion in debt financing from JPMorgan Chase & Co., also shows Wall Street’s appetite for game-changin...
29 Sep, 2025, 06.07 PM IST
Pokémon GO acquisition: Scopely buys Niantic’s gaming division for $3.5 Billion – What it means for players and the future of the gamePokémon GO has been acquired by Scopely in a massive $3.5 billion deal, marking a new era for the game. This acquisition, which includes Pi...
13 Mar, 2025, 12.39 AM IST
'Pokemon Go' unit sold to Saudi Group for $3.5 billionNiantic's games encourage players to go outside and explore their neighbourhoods to receive in-game rewards. The Niantic games business gen...
13 Mar, 2025, 12.29 AM IST
‘Pokémon Go’ maker nears $3.5 billion deal to sell games unitPokémon Go became a global phenomenon, but the company struggled to replicate its immense success. As a result, it reduced its workforce an...
19 Feb, 2025, 08.17 AM IST
Saudi Arabia is spending billions to become a global gaming hub. Some fans don't want to playLast September, the Saudi sovereign wealth fund earmarked nearly $40 billion for a new conglomerate aimed at transforming the kingdom into ...
26 Jul, 2023, 01.10 PM IST
Saudi wealth fund becomes biggest outside Nintendo investorNintendo did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding Saudi investment. A filing to Japanese regulators on Friday reveale...
17 Feb, 2023, 05.35 PM IST
Saudi wealth fund becomes biggest outside Nintendo investorThe investment comes as part of efforts by the kingdom's Public Investment Fund to diversify Saudi Arabia's economy away from oil, includin...
17 Feb, 2023, 05.04 PM IST
Kerala turning into hub for movie based mobile gamesWith high smartphone penetration, and a vibrant film industry, Kerala is fast becoming a hub for developing movie-based mobile games.
28 May, 2014, 04.19 PM IST
SBI report welcomes RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan's focus on mobile banking"Future business opportunities of banks will depend crucially on how well they connect with their technology savvy customers," the SBI repo...
09 Sep, 2013, 08.01 PM IST
- Bangalore's in love with chips
The world comes to India to get their IT jobs done - be it writing code, testing it, maintaining IT systems remotely or doing esoteric R&D.
28 Jul, 2006, 02.18 AM IST