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Netflix to Buy Warner Bros in $83 Billion Deal

The deal to acquire the Hollywood behemoth’s television and film studios as well as HBO Max will bulk up the world’s biggest paid streaming service.

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EU Hits Elon Musk’s X With $140 Million Fine

The case over online transparency has become a flashpoint between the European Union and the Trump administration.

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New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work

Filed in federal court on Friday, the suit joins more than 40 other court disputes between copyright holders and A.I. companies.

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OpenAI Calls a ‘Code Red’ + Which Model Should I Use? + The Hard Fork Review of Slop

“For OpenAI to realize its ambitions, it is not going to be enough for them to make a model that is as good as Gemini 3. They need to be able to leapfrog it again.”

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How Batteries Got Cheaper and Made the Electric Grid More Reliable

An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.

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CrowdStrike Identifies New China-Nexus Espionage Actor

CrowdStrike’s investigation shows that WARP PANDA initially infiltrated some victim networks as early as late 2023, later expanding operations. The post CrowdStrike Identifies New China-Nexus Espionage Actor appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Alphabet Emerges as Nvidia’s Biggest Threat in a $900B AI-Chip Race

Alphabet’s TPUs are gaining investor hype as analysts say the company could capture a share of the $900 billion AI-chip market. The post Alphabet Emerges as Nvidia’s Biggest Threat in a $900B AI-Chip Race appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Energy storage industry set aggressive goals for 2025 — and already crushed them

The battery storage industry in the U.S. has grown in leaps and bounds in recent years, surpassing its most aggressive targets to become one of the largest new sources of power on the grid.

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Meta signs commercial AI data agreements with publishers to offer real-time news on Meta AI

Meta is partnering with CNN, Fox News, Fox Sports, Le Monde Group, the People Inc. portfolio of media brands, The Daily Caller, The Washington Examiner, and USA Today.

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HPE stock sinks 9% on revenue miss and weak server numbers

CFO Marie Myers said server revenue was hit by the timing of AI service shipments and lower-than-expected government spending.

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