Hacker News with Generative AI: Mergers

300 percent price hikes push disgruntled VMware customers toward Broadcom rivals (arstechnica.com)
After closing a $69 billion deal to buy virtualization technology company VMware a year ago, Broadcom wasted no time ushering in big changes to the ways customers and partners buy and sell VMware offerings—and many of those clients aren't happy.
Video game maker Activision Blizzard laying off California workers (siliconvalley.com)
Video game maker Activision Blizzard Inc. will soon lay off nearly 400 people in its in mobile gaming divisions in Santa Monica and Irvine, eliminating redundancies among its staff following last year’s $75.4 billion merger with software giant Microsoft Corp.
Two amusement park giants just merged. Rollercoaster fans are nervous (cnn.com)