EB Games Canada teases full tech overhaul that includes ‘brand-new website’
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EB Games Canada teases full tech overhaul that includes ‘brand-new website’

The company is promising improvements related to self-serve tools, faster checkout, product discovery and more EB Games Canada has teased what it’s calling “the next chapter” of its business. In a new support page titled “What’s Next for EB Games Canada,” the retailer outlined several of its plans to improve the customer experience. Specifically, EB Games Canada says it’s working on a “full overhaul” of its technology systems, which it admits “have been due for an upgrade for some time.” Per the retailer, this will include such changes as:A brand-new websiteBetter self-serve toolsFaster checkoutImproved product discoveryDynamic shipping chargesEB Games Canada admits that this project is still in the works, and a timeline and further details will be shared as soon as possible. That said, the retailer adds that it wants to commit to a “new approach to communication”...
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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year (so far)
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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year (so far)

Mergers and acquisitions across the technology industry are going strong in 2025, as private equity firms look for outlets for capital accumulated while uncertainties around the many national elections held in 2024 resolve. That’s the view of analysts at Wolters Kluwer’s CT Corporation. Other factors favoring an increase in deal-making in 2025, they say, include lower interest rates in the US and Europe, and a favorable regulatory environment. Despite the Trump administration’s bonfire of the regulators, some watchdogs still have teeth, though: One big deal from 2024, HPE’s $14 billion bid for Juniper Networks, which eventually closed in July, was halted by the US Department of Justice just a few days after Trump took office and didn’t clear that hurdle until the last days of June. While that deal ran into concerns about industry concentration, that’s not typically...
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FBI headquarters fight stymies spending bill in Senate
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FBI headquarters fight stymies spending bill in Senate

Plans for the Senate Appropriations Committee to approve a Justice Department funding bill collapsed on Thursday amid a Republican revolt over an amendment about where to put the new FBI headquarters. Senate appropriators scattered from the meeting with no clear path forward on how to approve the broader fiscal 2026 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill, a measure that had bipartisan support before friction over the amendment tanked its chances of being approved this week. “Regrettably, I have to report that it was not possible in this amount of time to reach an agreement,” said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the head of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Democrats and Republicans fought on an amendment related to a Trump administration announcement changing the location of the new FBI headquarters from Greenbelt, Md., to...
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