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Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s bid again, calls it a ‘leveraged buyout’

The studio’s board unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance’s revised $108.4 billion bid, calling the proposal a “leveraged buyout” that would saddle the company with $87 billion in debt.

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Spotify lowers monetization threshold for video podcasts

Spotify is dropping the minimum episode requirement to three, minimum consumption hours to 2,000, and engaged audience member threshold to 1,000 over the last 30 days.

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Roblox now requires all users globally to complete age checks to access chat

Once users complete an age check, they can access age-based chat, which means they can only communicate with others in a similar age group.

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Intel spinout Articul8 raises more than half of $70M round at $500M valuation

Articul8’s valuation for its current funding round marks a roughly fivefold increase since its Series A.

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McKinsey and General Catalyst execs say the era of ‘learn once, work forever’ is over

Calacanis, General Catalyst’s Taneja, and McKinsey’s Sternfels discussed how AI is reshaping technology and the labor force.

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Meta’s Manus news is getting different receptions in Washington and Beijing

Chinese officials are reportedly reviewing whether the Meta deal violates technology export controls, potentially giving Beijing leverage it wasn’t initially perceived as having.

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CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities 

CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event.  As has been … Continue reading

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Wearable health devices could generate a million tons of e-waste by 2050

The most surprising part is that the plastic isn’t the biggest problem.

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Mobileye acquires humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics for $900M

Mentee Robotics was co-founded by Mobileye president Amnon Shashua.

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xAI says it raised $20B in Series E funding

Nvidia is among the many investors, but xAI has not disclosed if these investments come in the form of equity or debt.

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