Sonos’ Crisis Raises Prospect of a Big Tech Takeover: Power On

The woes of speaker maker Sonos have raised the prospect of a takeover, but who might want to buy it? Also: iPhone SE inventory shrinks ahead of a major revamp; Apple prepares more AI for the Mac even as it removes news summaries; and the company’s former chief people officer lands at HP.

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The Starters

Sonos Ace headphones.

Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg

For months, Sonos Inc. has been reeling. After a disastrous software rollout last year, the audio technology company that some used to call “the Apple of speakers” ...