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...
As the world moves toward digital artificiality, Airbnb's redesign and Apple's Liquid Glass UI bring back skeuomorphism and dimensionality to digital interfaces
From Airbnb's new app icons to Apple's “Liquid Glass” design, skeuomorphism is back and everything in the digital world has dimensionality again. Threads: @asallen . X: @austincarr , @asallen , and @a...
A profile of US voting machine maker Clear Ballot, which helps officials check paper ballots via its app, as Elon Musk spreads conspiracy theories about hacking
Chip Trowbridge is confident his voting machines are secure, but he'll run the thought experiment with you. X: @austincarr . Forums: r/politics X: Austin Carr / @austincarr : If you're worried about @...
A profile of Texas-based Tyler Tech, which has become a dominant US local government software provider, despite a history of software flaws and release delays
Tyler Tech dominates America's software industry managing parks, courts, municipal offices and prison networks. And you thought the DMV was rough before. X: @stephenehorn , @skhaulenbeek , @johnhamli...
Twitter is now “X” in the App Store, seemingly via an exception to Apple's rule that requires app names to have two or more characters
Twitter's “X” becomes first one-letter iPhone app Wes Davis / The Verge : Twitter gets special permission to be ‘X’ in the iOS App Store Roshan Abraham / VICE : ‘Blaze Your Glory!’: Twitter Has a Biza...
A profile of Unity CEO John Riccitiello, as he faces criticism for the company's targeted ads, his metaverse ambitions, years of dating the head of HR, and more
Bloomberg : Tweets: @scobleizer , @tedbrownxr , @scobleizer , @tedbrownxr , @molleindustria , @epro , @iamstacetheace , @bradstone , @jasonschreier , @josheidelson , @austincarr , @eric_seufert , @fi...
A profile of ADT, which helps Google sell and install Nest smart home products, ahead of unveiling its ADT+ smart home security software and hardware in 2023
Kneeling beneath a framed print of Thomas Kinkade's painting A Peaceful Retreat, Roli Chiu, alarm system installer … Tweets: @austincarr Tweets: Austin Carr / @austincarr : ADT got started in home sec...
A look at efforts to close the digital divide in states like Arkansas, as a Microsoft study finds around 120M Americans don't have access to high-speed internet
Austin Carr / Bloomberg : Tweets: @austincarr , @bw , @austincarr , and @bw Tweets: Austin Carr / @austincarr : But fiber-first proponents like @tewheels say fiber is better long-term investment, pro...
Profile of Tucker Roberts, son of Comcast's CEO, who oversees the cable giant's expansion into esports, including Overwatch League's team Philadelphia Fusion
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg : Tweets: @comcstspectacor , @jonsteinberg , @ryanlawler , @felixgillette , @gerryfsmith , @austincarr , and @bloombergtv See also Mediagazer Tweets: Comcast Spectacor...
Profile of UK-based Graphcore, which makes “Intelligence Processing Units”, AI chips designed to be better at guesswork and have high energy efficiency
Austin Carr / Bloomberg : Tweets: @atomico , @graphcoreai , and @austincarr Tweets: @atomico : ‘Unlike the number-crunching alternatives, British startup @Graphcoreai has developed a brain for comput...