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The U.S. government will for the first time allow vetted private companies to launch offensive cyber operations against international criminal gangs and hackers, the White House said on Wednesday.

Electronic Arts will close its $55 billion deal to go private by August 4 next week, the company announced in an 8-K Securities and Exchange Commission filing seen by Variety. EA revealed last year that it was being acquired by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake and Affinity Partners in the largest leveraged buyout…