TIL that Zynga still exists.
They are still a pretty big deal.
Take-Two Interactive announced in January 2022 its intent to buy Zynga for $12.7 billion. The deal was completed in May 2022.
According to Take-Two Interactive, about 10% of the world’s population plays Zynga’s games every month.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zynga
For context, that buyout value is $4.5 billion more than Microsoft paid for ZeniMax Media.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_video_game_mergers_and_acquisitions
I think this is the patent IBM is suing over
Seems to be about pre-loading ads to a user’s device. As with most software patents, it sounds like the vaguest possible wording that covers about a million things
Invalidate and permanently remove the capability to patent software.
It’s exclusively idiotic bullshit like this.