Weekly Tech Rant: Episode 84

Episode 84: It’s time for Sailpoint to float (on cash), Datto=billions, Meta takes a cut, Pegasus EU hack, Intel chases TSMC and Kuo’s insight on Quest 2 Pro and M2 leaks

Welcome back to the WTR as Karl and I discuss the latest tech news, gadgets, games, & films!

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This week we covered:

• News – It’s Acquisition time again….
  • Kaseya acquiring disaster recovery service Datto for $6.2B with help from consortium of investors
  • Bigger sound in smaller packages, as Sonos buys Mayht for $100M
  • Identity access management has a new price: $6.9 billion
  • Intel acquires private 5G network provider Ananki
• News
  • Meta will take a 48 percent cut from sales in Horizon Worlds
  • Pegasus spyware hacked iPhones of senior EU officials, who were alerted by Apple
  • TSMC’s 2025 timeline for 2nm chips suggests Intel gaining steam
  • Intel Arc A770 matches RTX 2070 OpenCL performance
• Rumours
  • Kuo: Meta’s High End Headset Launches H2 With 2K Per Eye Mini LED
  • Apple’s M2 chips and the computers they’ll power detailed in new leak

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