Google-Wiz deal is 'litmus test' for Trump administration's handling of Big Tech

• Google to acquire cloud security startup Wiz for $32 billion after deal fell apart last year

  Google signed a "definitive agreement" to acquire Wiz for $32 billion in an all-cash deal
  
  CNBC - 6h
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  Alphabet to buy cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32 billion

  Google owner Alphabet has agreed to buy cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32 billion
  
  ABC News - 11h

• Google parent Alphabet to buy Wiz cybersecurity firm for $32 billion

  The agreement comes after the cybersecurity startup rejected Google owner's original $23 billion proposal last July.
  
  CBS News - 11h

• Google plans to buy cybersecurity company Wiz for $32 billion. Here’s why the startup is so valuable.

  Wiz was founded only five years ago but offers an increasingly important cloud-security service as cyber risks grow.
  
  MarketWatch - 3h

• Mar 18: CBS News 24/7, 1pm ET

  Trump and Putin hold high-stakes phone call as fighting continues in Ukraine; Google strikes $32 billion deal to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz.
  
  CBS News - 2h
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  Google Seals $32 Billion Deal for Cyber Start-Up Wiz

  The acquisition could make the Silicon Valley giant a bigger force in cybersecurity, and arrives months after an earlier round of talks collapsed.
  
  The New York Times - 8h
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  Google Seals $32 Billion Deal for Cyber Start-Up Wiz

  The acquisition could make the Silicon Valley giant a bigger force in cybersecurity, and arrives months after an earlier round of talks collapsed.
  
  The New York Times - 8h
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  Google’s parent to buy cybersecurity group Wiz in its biggest ever deal

  Alphabet’s acquisition of Israeli startup for $32bn follows rejection of takeover bid last summer. Business live – latest updates Google’s owner, Alphabet, has agreed to buy the cybersecurity ...
  
  The Guardian - 12h
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  Alphabet Spends $32 Billion to Buy Cybersecurity Startup Wiz

  If the deal for Alphabet to buy Wiz closes, it will become the company’s most expensive acquisition ever.
  
  Inc. - 11h

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