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It's not hard to understand the AI future Microsoft is betting billions on - a world where computers understand what you're saying and do things for you. It's right there in the ads for the latest Copilot PCs, where people cheerfully talk to their laptops and they talk back, answering questions in natural language and [âŠ]
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Paramount has been none too pleased about Netflix striking an $82.7 billion deal to buy much of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Now, Paramount is making a hostile takeover bid for WBD. It's making its pitch directly to WBD shareholders with an all-cash offer of $30 per share that expires on January 8.Late last week, the WBD board unanimously accepted Netflix's offer of $27.75 per share. That breaks down to $23.25... Read more âș
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Paramount just launched at $30 offer for all of WBD, after Netflix won the bidding war. Read more âș
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Elon Musk spent the weekend bashing the EU after regulators fined X over its "deceptive" blue checkmarks. Read more âș
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Paramount has launched a $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, calling Netflixâs $83 billion arrangement to purchase the entertainment giantâs studios and streaming service âinferior.â The Paramount proposal, unlike Netflixâs, would also include the linear networks owned by WBD. Paramount says its deal offers a âsuperior alternative to the Netflix transaction,â citing [âŠ] Read more âș
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Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram. Read more âș
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Katsuhiro Harada, has announced his departure from Bandai Namco having worked on the Tekken series for 30 years. Read more Read more âș
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For years, I've lived in Canada's Victoria, British Columbia, where Hallmark Christmas movies are filmed. It's a great place to visit all year. Read more âș
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For years now, falling birth rates have been a subject of alarm, with most of that discussion focused on women â the factors preventing them from having kids, whether mothers can balance work and family, if feminism has led women astray. But what about men and what they think? Demographers focused on fertility trends have [âŠ] Read more âș
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After a bidding war that reportedly also involved Paramount, Comcast, Amazon, and Apple, on December 5th, Netflix struck a deal to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion, buying the studio, HBO / HBO Max, Warner Games, and more, while leaving cable and sports assets, including CNN, TNT Sports, and the Discovery channels out. A few [âŠ] Read more âș
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Facebook agrees changes to âpay or consentâ model after talks with European Commission Read more âș
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Today, Iâm talking with Willem AvĂ©, whoâs head of product at Square. You know Square â it was started by billionaire Jack Dorsey, of Twitter fame, more than 15 years ago, and it got big on the back of that little magnetic reader that plugged into the headphone jack of the iPhone and let small [âŠ] Read more âș
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After Netflix announced that it was acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery last week, observers immediatley wondered when or if the deal could obtain regulatory approval. Now, President Trump has made comments indicating that said approval is likely to take awhile if it happens at all, Bloomberg reported. "Well, thatâs got to go through a process, and weâll see what happens," Trump told reporters in a recent Q&A scrum. "But it is... Read more âș
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Amazon's budget Blink smart home brand is adding AI-generated video descriptions as a new benefit for subscribers. Blink Video Descriptions are text descriptions of the motion doorbells and cameras capture, and theyâll be available in beta starting today, November 17.Not unlike Ring Video Descriptions, a feature offered on Amazon's other smart home brand, Blink's AI-generated descriptions are supposed to be a concise way to check out what's happening in and... Read more âș
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Colombiaâs emergence as one of Latin Americaâs most dynamic tourism markets stems from a deliberate, long-term strategy grounded in connectivity, confidence, and community. With new air routes expanding global access and a growing focus on sustainability and inclusion, the country is reshaping the future of modern tourism. Read more âș
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The signs suggesting that Samsung was about to release One UI 8.5 in some form were there, like this massive changelog and a never-ending series of leaks. Today, they went ahead and confirmed its launch, at least in beta form. Owners of the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra can join the One ⊠Continued Read the original post: Samsung Launches One UI 8.5 Beta on Galaxy S25... Read more âș
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Samsung started updating its smartwatches to One UI 8 Watch based on Wear OS 6 back in July, and it's been a rather slow trickle ever since. Today, the latest wearable to be graced with the update is the Galaxy Watch FE, launched in 2024 as a lower-cost model, essentially a re-released Galaxy Watch4 under a different name. [#InlinePriceWidget,13112,1#] Its One UI 8 Watch update is now rolling out in... Read more âș
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Segwayâs modest e-bike lineup is about to gain a new entrant. The Ninebot-owned brand, once known for its pioneering self-balancing scooters, currently only sells two e-bikes: the moto-styled Xyber and the low-step Xafari. Now itâs getting a third, Myon, which it plans on officially debuting at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next year. [âŠ] Read more âș
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'Severance' and 'Pluribus' did get Best Drama nominations, as did 'Sinners' and 'Frankenstein'. Read more âș
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Micron is retiring the Crucial brand, marking the end of its line of budget-friendly solid-state drives (SSDs) and RAM kits, as reported earlier by VideoCardz. In an announcement on Wednesday, Micron says winding down its consumer-focused business will âimprove supply and support for our larger, strategic customers in faster-growing segmentsâ â a.k.a. AI companies. The [âŠ] Read more âș
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Netflix is poised to purchase Warner Bros.â studio and streaming business after being selected as the winner of the bidding war for the media giant. The two companies will now move forward into exclusive deal talks, TheWrap reports, likely including a $5 billion break-up fee in case regulators block the buyout. Netflix reportedly offered $30 [âŠ] Read more âș
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Marques Brownleeâs Panels wallpaper app is shutting down on December 31st, barely a year after its controversial launch. âWe made mistakes making our first app, and ultimately, we werenât able to turn it into the vision I had,â Brownlee said in a video on the MKBHD YouTube channel. The Panels launch in September 2024 was [âŠ] Read more âș
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Disney is bringing a ânewly restored versionâ of the original, 1977 theatrical cut of Star Wars back to theaters on February 19th, 2027. It will only be available in theaters for âa limited time,â Disney says, and itâs being released as part of âLucasfilmâs yearlong 50th anniversary celebrationâ for the franchise. Tickets arenât on sale [âŠ] Read more âș
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Alan Dye, who has led Appleâs UI design team since 2015, is leaving to join Meta as its chief design officer, Bloomberg reports. Heâll join Meta on December 31st, and Meta is opening a design studio and giving Dye oversight of design for âhardware, software and AI integration for its interfaces,â according to Bloomberg. Dye [âŠ] Read more âș
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Billionaire Elon Musk â whoâs long used his X (formerly Twitter) platform to stoke anger at immigrants and support antisemitic conspiracy theories â has spent the past day spreading and praising claims that âWhite people are on the verge of extinction,â Somali immigrants have âno right to be in America,â and nonprofits who support them are [âŠ] Read more âș
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The tides are turning in the AI race, and the pressure is getting to OpenAI. Chief executive Sam Altman reportedly declared a âcode redâ on Monday, urging staff to improve its flagship product ChatGPT, an indicator that the startupâs once-unassailable lead is eroding as competitors like Google and Anthropic close in.  In the memo, reported [âŠ] Read more âș
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When songwriter Patrick Irwin moved to Nashville last year, he was entering a lottery. Each day hundreds of sessions take place where writers create a song demo to pitch to a publisher. Publishers then share those songs with labels and managers, who may share those songs with the artists. Even if a major country star [âŠ] Read more âș
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Indiaâs Department of Telecommunications is giving phone manufacturers 90 days to comply with an order to pre-install a state-owned app on new phones and push it to existing phones through software updates, reports Reuters. The government order was privately sent out to phone manufacturers on November 28th, according to Reuters, including Apple, Samsung, Vivo, Oppo, [âŠ] Read more âș
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President Donald Trump announced a new plan that lets carmakers pollute more by making less fuel efficient vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said today that itâll roll back fuel economy rules finalized last year by the Biden administration for model year 2022-2031 vehicles. The Trump administration has eliminated incentives for EV purchases, [âŠ] Read more âș
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