WBD confirms that Warner Bros. Games will be acquired by Netflix along with its wider streaming and television business
A Warner Bros. spokesperson has confirmed the video game division will be acquired by Netflix alongside its wider streaming and television business.
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026
Netflix announced this week that it had reached … Axios : Netflix to buy Warner Bros. for nearly $83 billion Alex Pigman / Taipei Times : Warner Bros acquisition by Netflix sparks backlash Victory Emm...
Vice President JD Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr denounce the EU's €120M X fine
The EU has fined Elon Musk's social media platform X €120m (£105m) over its blue tick badges - prompting an angry reaction from the US.
The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues like its deceptive blue checkmarks, after a two-year probe
‘Impose Sanctions...’ The Verge : EU fines X $140 million over ‘deceptive’ blue checkmarks Inc : Why Elon Musk's X Was Slapped With a $140 Million Fine Eva Terry / Deseret News : European Union fines ...
Meta acquires Limitless, which makes a pendant-style AI wearable that records and transcribes real-world conversations; Limitless has raised more than $33M
Meta (META.O) has acquired AI-wearables startup Limitless, maker of a pendant-style device that records and transcribes real-world conversations …
Parents are pressuring LA Unified, the second-largest US school district, to reduce mandatory student screen time on school-issued iPads and Chromebooks
A growing contingent of public school parents say school-mandated iPads, particularly in elementary and middle schools, are leading to behavior problems.
A look at the uphill battle to win regulatory approval for Netflix's acquisition of WBD, and the roles of the US DOJ, EU regulators, and state attorneys general
and hurt everyone but Netflix. Rob Keyes / Screen Rant : Why Exhibitors Fear Netflix's Warner Bros. Deal Could Shrink the Theatrical Marketplace Chantelle Lee / Time : What to Know About Netflix's Mas...
A look at Phreeli, a privacy-focused phone carrier that lets users sign up with only a ZIP code and uses an encryption system based on “zero-knowledge proofs”
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order.
A US judge rules Google must renegotiate annually any contract that makes its search engine or AI app the default on smartphones and other devices
Alphabet Inc.'s Google must renegotiate any contract to make its search engine or artificial intelligence app the default for smartphones …
Some Reddit moderators say a surge of AI slop on the site is eroding its authenticity and could lead to a feedback loop of AI models training on AI content
Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits. Bluesky: @drsmith , @rodneyabrooks , @jtlg , ...
A look at various quirks in AI-generated prose, mainly influenced by “overfitting” in AI models, as humans increasingly mimic AI language in writing and speech
If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice.
Sources: SpaceX is planning a secondary share sale that would value the company at $800B, surpassing OpenAI to make it the most valuable US private company
Company's CFO told investors about the transaction in recent days, sources say — SpaceX is kicking off a secondary share sale …
An analysis of 100T+ tokens from the past year shows reasoning models now represent over half of all usage, open-weight model use has grown steadily, and more
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Waymo plans to issue a voluntary software recall over how its robotaxis operate around school buses following an NHTSA investigation opened in October
Waymo plans to voluntarily issue a software recall with federal safety regulators related to how its robotaxis operate around school buses …
Netflix's WBD bid marks a striking strategy shift for a company long known for pivots, especially after years of avoiding full commitment to theatrical releases
Netflix has spent years saying Netflix was playing a different game from YouTube (professional content vs UG), but Netflix is about to argue that YouTube is a streaming behemoth and this deal but a we...
Leaked memos: Meta is delaying the release of its MR glasses codenamed “Phoenix” from H2 2026 to H1 2027 for “more breathing room to get the details right”
- Meta delays the release of its “Phoenix” mixed reality glasses to 2027, aiming to “get the details right.”
Short seller Grizzly shorts London-listed Trustpilot, alleging the review site pressures businesses to pay for subscriptions; Trustpilot refutes the claims
Shares in Trustpilot Group Plc had their steepest ever one-day drop after Grizzly Research said it holds a short position and published …
Cloudflare says it has fixed an issue that caused a 25 minute outage on Friday, following a major, hours-long outage last month
from content delivery and DDoS protection to DNS services. When Cloudflare has an outage, it doesn't just affect one company; it impacts a Dane Knecht / @dok2001 : You can read the details of what wen...
Sources: SpaceX has told investors and financial institution representatives that it is aiming for an IPO in the second half of 2026
with a sixth of the revenue Fortune : Musk's SpaceX discusses record valuation, IPO as soon as 2026 Taylor Herzlich / New York Post : Musk's SpaceX aims for 2026 IPO with jaw-dropping $800B valuation:...
The US CFTC announces that spot crypto asset contracts will begin trading for the first time on CFTC-registered futures exchanges
Shashwat Chauhan / Reuters :
Source: Microsoft is in talks to design future custom chips with Broadcom, which would involve Microsoft switching its business from Marvell
Microsoft is in talks to design future custom chips with Broadcom, which would involve Microsoft switching its business from Marvell …
Seattle-based Yoodli, which sells AI-powered communication training software, raised a $40M Series B led by WestBridge Capital, valuing the startup at $300M+
Yoodli, an AI-powered communication training startup, has reached a valuation of more than $300 million — more than triple …
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