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It’s Friday and lots of people are on vacation. That makes this an ideal time to dive into a really wonky subject—accounting. Fun! Don’t click away just yet. This is actually interesting. Two aging entertainment companies, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global, both chose this week to reveal multibillion-dollar write-downs of their businesses, an admission that their TV networks aren’t worth anything like what they used to be worth. What’s funny is that not too long ago they had decided such write-dow
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expresses confidence in the resilience of global collaboration. President-elect Trump’s potential tariffs on Taiwanese semiconductors could disrupt supply chain. Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang believes that global tech collaboration will remain strong, even as the US considers stricter policies on advanced computing products. During a recent visit to Hong Kong, Huang addressed... Read more » Read more ›
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Elon Musk is calling F-35 makers "idiots" for building manned jets while drone technology soars. Here's what experts say on the subject. Read more ›
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Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage Musically speaking, I’d say Drake lost the tit-for-tat feud this year between himself and Kendrick Lamar, which culminated in Lamar’s hit song “Not Like Us.” But Drake (real name: Aubrey Graham) doesn’t seem to want to accept defeat that easily. In a petition filed in New York’s state Supreme Court on Monday, Drake is accusing Universal Music Group — the label that’s represented him for his... Read more ›
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Apple’s latest AirPods Pro are some of our favorite wireless earbuds — and they’re currently on sale for just $154. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Since the beginning of November, Amazon and other retailers have been releasing a steady drip of early Black Friday deals. However, now that we’re officially just a few days out from the main event, it feels like there are more deals than... Read more ›
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The couple applied for a startup business visa, which allows foreigners to move to Japan to start a small business. Read more ›
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Zoom is changing its name from Zoom Video Communications Inc. to just Zoom Communications Inc. In a post on the company blog, Zoom Communications CEO Eric Yuan writes that Zoom is now an “AI-first work platform for human connection” that delivers “modern, hybrid work solutions.” It’s a muddy, if vague, change compared to its 2020 rise when the classic Zoom Meetings product became... Read more ›
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Muppet*Vision 3D, Jim Henson's final project, is making way for Pixar's new Monsters Inc. land. Read more ›
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Trump added on Truth Social that he plans to impose an additional 10% tariffs on Chinese goods, which could bring the total tariffs on China to 70%. Read more ›
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Don't miss this record-low Black Friday price on the Anker Soundcore Sport X20 wireless earbuds, CNET's top-value running earbuds with hooks. Read more ›
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Moisturizing the bag and keeping it in a humidity-controlled environment is essential for retaining its value, a vintage luxury expert says. Read more ›
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Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi says job candidates come prepared to answer "gotcha questions," so he likes to put them to work on a real problem instead. Read more ›
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My parents had four teenager kids by the time I was born. Now that I'm losing my mom to dementia, I understand why she had me. Read more ›
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With its Qi2 15-watt wireless charging technology, this power bank has the ability to charge your devices two times faster, now for a new low price. Read more ›
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A price slash means you can stream Jack Black's new movie, NFL games, Star Trek, Landman and more for less. Read more ›
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Elon Musk says a lot of us are doing it wrong when it comes to posting links on X. He calls it "lazy linking" — a term I've never heard of. Read more ›
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Humanoid Origin, the studio founded by former Mass Effect director Casey Hudson in 2021, is ending development of its untitled sci-fi game and shutting its doors, after an "an unexpected shortfall of funding left [it] unable to sustain operations." Read more Read more ›
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Apple has long been rumored to replace the iPhone 16 Plus with an iPhone 17 Air (or iPhone 17 Slim) next year, thanks to the Plus model having the most disappointing sales of the four models the company releases each year. Last week a rumor claimed the Air would be 6 mm thick, and today it turns out that it's going to be even thinner than that, courtesy of a... Read more ›
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Don’t sleep on these holiday deals. Now is the best time to upgrade your bedding and save big on pillows, comforters, sheets and more. Read more ›
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Grocery stores across the country have been experiencing egg shortages recently, thanks in no small part to bird flu. Read more ›
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The criminal case related to Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election is ending. Read more ›
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Comcast plans to spin off most of NBCUniversal’s cable TV networks including MSNBC, CNBC, USA and Oxygen, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The decision, which comes a month after company executives first floated the idea to investors and analysts, could pave the way for more ... Read more ›
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Last year, the board of now-collapsed fintech startup Synapse Financial Technologies discussed whether to remove the company’s CEO, Sankaet Pathak. At the time, discrepancies in Synapse’s ledgers were piling up, which the board was aware of. Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Angela Strange argued in favor of keeping Pathak in the role based on the belief that founders were best placed to run their companies, according to a person close to... Read more ›
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OpenAI is preparing to launch a frontal assault on Google. The ChatGPT owner recently considered developing a web browser that it would combine with its chatbot, and it has separately discussed or struck deals to power search features for travel, food, real estate and retail websites, according to people who have seen prototypes or designs of the products. OpenAI has spoken about the search product with website and app developers... Read more ›
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To call the last two years “tepid” for tech initial public offerings would be an understatement. In the wake of a record-smashing high in 2021, IPO deal proceeds plummeted 94% in 2022 and have been slow to recover. But 2025 could be looking up, with some big names likely to hit exchanges. At a recent event about artificial intelligence’s impact on the IPO market, Anita Ramaswamy, The Information’s financial analysis... Read more ›
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Techies know well that coaxing a large language model to give you a good answer can feel a bit like tricking a toddler. Developers have been known to write, “if you don’t give me the correct answer, I will be fired” in their prompts—successfully. That led to “prompt engineering,” a side hustle for techies who wanted to make easy money by writing and improving prompts for LLMs. Now, a host... Read more ›
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There’s a lot of excitement around artificial intelligence disrupting search. Consumers and businesses increasingly use AI tools in lieu of traditional search engines such as Google. OpenAI has added search features to ChatGPT, Meta Platforms is crawling and indexing the web for its Meta AI chatbot and the AI search startup Perplexity is nearing a $9 billion valuation. A host of other AI companies provide information about current events in... Read more ›
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OpenAI has discussed powering artificial intelligence in Samsung devices, similar to a deal the AI developer has with Apple, The Information reported. The discussions are part of a multipronged attack by OpenAI on Google, which is Samsung’s most important partner in using the Android ... Read more ›
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Last week, YouTube began introducing jewels, virtual tips that fans can buy to send creators during livestreams. YouTubers can exchange these tips for cash, a penny per jewel. The Google-owned video site is the latest to get into live tipping, which has been popular for years on Twitch. As the chart below shows, most major social apps are now offering digital tips for live streamers which generally cost about a... Read more ›
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Amazon on Thursday added a temporary 50% discount to all orders made through its new Temu competitor, Amazon Haul. The aggressive discounting coincides with the holiday shopping season and comes one week after Amazon launched Haul, which features a Temu-like assortment of cheap products like $3 ... Read more ›
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When Google CEO Sundar Pichai called Donald Trump to congratulate the president-elect on winning the election, a guest was on the line: Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, xAI and other companies, according to two people familiar with the situation. Musk’s appearance took Pichai by surprise, one of these people said. Read more ›
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