Apple’s Vision Pro headset attracts investors back to lacklustre sector
Mixed reality start-ups gain from tech giant’s aim to usher in new era of ‘spatial computing’
Virtual and Augmented Reality
Qatar sovereign fund seeks stake in Mukesh Ambani’s retail arm
QIA considers investing in Reliance as Indian conglomerate looks to expand consumer businesses
Mergers & Acquisitions
Has the golden age of private equity come to an end?
Plus, Carlyle throws a lifeline to iRobot and Jeffrey Epstein continues to haunt Wall Street
Mergers & Acquisitions
Adam Selipsky: There will not be one generative AI model to rule them all
Head of Amazon Web Services says Microsoft and OpenAI are not way ahead — there will be choice and competition
Artificial intelligence
Why Spain’s ‘power vacuum’ threatens the economy and EU progress on Ukraine
Inconclusive election result stands in way of need to reduce Madrid’s budget deficit and advance other reforms in Brussels
Renewable energy
France hits out at Apple over data use for advertising
Complaint from competition authorities is first such act against US tech giant
Advertising
Alphabet’s digital advertising business shows signs of resilience
Shares of Google parent jump after chief executive touts ‘momentum across our products’
Advertising
Investment banks warn investors of potential BoJ surprise
Prominent institutions say the central bank might well tweak policy of buying bonds to depress yields
Central banks
Microsoft revenue rises despite slowing Azure cloud platform growth
Tech company has attributed deceleration to customers seeking to ‘optimise’ spending
Artificial intelligence
iRobot takes $200mn loan from Carlyle as Amazon deal price is cut
Roomba maker seeks lifeline as proposed acquisition by ecommerce company attracts antitrust scrutiny
Ecommerce