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A big theme I’ve been tracking this year is the growing convergence between Hollywood and the creator economy. In the latest example of that trend, Skybound Entertainment, the Los Angeles studio behind franchises including “The Walking Dead” and comic book and TV series “Invincible,” has acquired Nine Four Entertainment. The talent management firm represents creators such as Jack Douglass, a YouTuber better known as Jacksfilms who has nearly 5 million subscribers, and the movie reviewer known as I'm Dontai,
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Meta said on Friday that it's investing $600 billion in US infrastructure and jobs by 2028. Although the announcement is light on specifics (and heavy on standard Big Tech self-congratulation), it sounds like much of it will go toward AI data centers."At Meta, we're focused on creating the next generation of AI products and building personal superintelligence for everyone," the company wrote. "Data centers are crucial to reaching these goals... Read more ›
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The long-awaited addition of Housing in World of Warcraft is going to cost you. On top of your monthly subscription and the cost of the Midnight expansion itself, some Housing items will require a new in-game currency called “Hearthsteel” that players will have to pay for with real money. World of Warcraft already has hundreds […] Read more ›
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IKEA has officially announced its range of Matter-compatible smart home products. The Swedish furniture store is releasing 21 new items under the tentpoles of lighting, sensors and control. IKEA teased these releases back in July. Part of the roll out will include updates to existing categories in order to work with Matter, an open source smart home standard. "We're upgrading our most-appreciated products while also adding new ones to solve... Read more ›
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xAI CEO Elon Musk said there will be "a lot of trauma and disruption," but it is possible to have a future where work is optional. Read more ›
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AMD's Bulldozer-era FX-9590 CPU from 2013 managed to run Battlefield 6 at over 30 FPS at 1080p resolution, boosting to 40+ FPS at lower resolutions on smaller maps. FX-9590, despite being more than a decade old, does support SecureBoot, which was enough for BF6 launch, confirming TPM is not neccesary. Read more ›
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YouTube's latest ad blocker crackdown caused thousands to think the site is down. Read more ›
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Partners called vote to oust chief after controversial incidents rocked Silicon Valley venture capital firm Read more ›
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Elon Musk said Tesla may need to build its own massive “TeraFab” chip plant to secure enough AI processors, a move that would make Tesla one of the world’s largest chipmakers, but experts like Nvidia’s Jensen Huang warn that creating a modern semiconductor process and fab is vastly more complex than Musk imagines. Read more ›
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The FAA ordered a 10% of flights cut amid the government shutdown. Airlines cancelled flights at 40 US airports, throwing travel plans into disarray. Read more ›
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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund plans to vote against Tesla’s proposed $1 trillion CEO compensation package for Elon Musk, the fund said on Tuesday. Norges Bank said in a disclosure that it was “concerned about the total size of the award, dilution, and lack of mitigation of key person risk.” The ... Read more ›
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Before we get to today’s column, OpenAI is continuing its trend of diversifying its cloud compute providers away from Microsoft. Monday morning, the ChatGPT maker announced that it has signed a seven-year, $38 billion cloud deal with Amazon Web Services. OpenAI will immediately start using compute from AWS, with the goal to deploy all capacity before the end of next year, with the option to use even more compute into... Read more ›
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Decagon, which develops AI for automating customer service, is discussing raising equity funding from new investors at a valuation of $4 billion to $5 billion, according to two people with direct knowledge of the deal. The discussions come just five months after the company announced financing at a $1.5 billion valuation. The deal discussions suggest investor interest is still high for one of the most promising and increasingly crowded fields... Read more ›
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I’ve been hearing a lot about how intense competition is for Series A investments lately. Investors that typically look to invest in more mature startups, say at the Series B or above rounds, are crowding into Series A rounds for fear of missing the next major winner.Like much else these days, artificial intelligence gets the credit (or blame) for this new dynamic. Venture capitalists are watching revenues triple or quadruple... Read more ›
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OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said Wednesday that government guarantees for financing artificial intelligence chips could help the U.S. stay competitive globally. “We’re looking for an ecosystem of banks, private equity, maybe even governmental, the ways governments can come to bear,” she said at a ... Read more ›
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OpenAI’s revenue could reach $100 billion in 2027, Sam Altman said on a podcast published Friday with Altimeter Capital and OpenAI investor Brad Gerstner. Altman said the ChatGPT maker was already “doing well more revenue,” than $13 billion, an apparent reference to its annualized pace, which ... Read more ›
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One August morning, Kaarage woke up and took the train from the Japanese countryside into the city. She went to a restaurant and enjoyed a lunch of vegetables and soup, as well as an iced coffee. Afterward, she studied a musical score on her iPad, then went home to relax. Kaarage is not a person: She’s an internet-beloved Moflin, an AI-powered robopet made by Casio—yes, Casio—who shares a charming, bucolic... Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Inside Benchmark’s high-stakes pressure test • Artificial Intelligence: The VCs who turned vibe code into whimsical passion projects• Artificial Intelligence: Venerable Casio’s surprise hit? An AI robopet • WTF: Behind the scenes at our summit for the most powerful and influential women in tech, media and finance • The Arena: WNBA owner Clara Wu Tsai has a $1 billion plan• Plus, our... Read more ›
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France threatened to ban Shein from selling products in the country after a consumer protection regulator said in a statement it had discovered the fast-fashion giant was selling sex dolls “with a childlike appearance.” France’s economic minister Roland Lescure said Monday that the government ... Read more ›
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In less than a year, AI-assisted coding has become a fixation within Silicon Valley, which sees the companies building such products as some of the most lucrative startups in tech. While tools like Cursor and Anthropic’s Claude Code can’t transform techno novices into app-building wizards overnight, they do make coding faster—and easier for people who have some knowledge of coding but don’t have the same skill as a veteran engineer.... Read more ›
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