Developer Who Cloned Photoshop With AI Just Did the Same to Microsoft Office — Brandon Thomas, the developer behind the AI-cloned Adobe Creative Cloud alternative ArtCraft, has released open-source clones of Microsoft Office applications—WordCraft (Word), GridCraft (Excel), and DeckCraft (PowerPoin (Decrypt, 2026-10-14)
M&A Lessons From An Acquisitions Powerhouse — M&A activity in 2026 has rebounded significantly, with approximately 9,000 U.S. company deals completed through August, representing a 15.9% increase compared to the same period in 2025. Vensure Employer Solutions exempl (Forbes, 2026-10-13)
From GTA V on iPhone to Free Photoshop: This AI Tool Is Upending Software — A reverse-engineering AI tool called REA has rapidly gained popularity on GitHub, accumulating over 100,000 stars by October, enabling users to decompile and recreate software functionality through AI agents. Developer B (Decrypt, 2026-10-12)
Android is the best and worst thing about Googlebooks — ```json
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Report: Amazon in talks with AI startup Decart over possible $7B acquisition — Amazon is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire AI startup Decart.ai for up to $7 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. Decart has developed software called DOS that optimizes AI models to run on different pro (SiliconANGLE, 2026-10-12)