Netflix withdraws from bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, transfers studio, HBO, CNN to Ellison-owned Paramount
The bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery has ended after a flurry of deal offers in the low tens of billions of dollars. Paramount, owned by David Ellison, acquires Warner Bros. Discovery. On Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery said Paramount Skydance’s latest offer of $31 per share was an “excellent offer” and gave Netflix four business […]
Jack Dorsey just cut the size of Block’s employee base in half – and he says your company is next
Jack Dorsey has been an open admirer of Elon Musk for years. Now that I think about it, I think he was taking notes. Dorsey announced Thursday that Block, the payments company he founded that operates Square, Cash App and Tidal, will cut more than 4,000 jobs, nearly half of its global workforce, from more […]
Human CEO stands firm as Pentagon deadline approaches
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that he “could not in good conscience consent to this.” [the Pentagon’s] Demand that the military be given unrestricted access to AI systems. “Antropic understands that military decisions are made by the Department of the Army, not private companies,” Amodei said in a statement. “However, we believe that in […]
So you’re getting the Prada Meta AI glasses.
Is Meta preparing to release a Prada version of its Meta AI glasses? Speculation arose after Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla were spotted sitting in the front row of Prada’s Fall/Winter 2026 Fashion Week show in Milan on Thursday. The social media director was also seen chatting with fellow attendee Lorenzo Bertelli, Prada’s chief […]
Sophia Space raises $10 million in seed to demo new space computer
As space companies eager to send cutting-edge chips into orbit, the issue of cooling those high-performance processors has become a top priority. “Space is cold…” [but] There’s no airflow, so the only way to dissipate is conduction,” NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said when asked about space-based data centers during the company’s recent earnings call. To […]
Memory shortage could cause smartphone shipments to drop the most in over 10 years
The growing need for computers and data centers to power AI has led to significant RAM shortages and skyrocketing memory prices. Analyst firm IDC now predicts this will cause smartphone shipments to plummet 12.9% this year, the biggest single-year drop in more than a decade. Earlier this year, IDC reported that manufacturers shipped 1.26 billion […]
Read AI launches email-based “digital twin” to help with scheduling and answers
Read AI, a meeting note-taking company, on Thursday announced Ada, an AI-powered email-based assistant that helps users manage their schedules, answer questions based on a company’s knowledge base, and respond to out-of-office emails. The company calls Ada a “digital twin” that handles tasks on your behalf 24 hours a day. Read AI says the assistant […]
Bumble adds AI-powered photo feedback and profile guidance tools
Bumble announced Thursday that it is adding a series of AI-driven features aimed at turning matches into lasting connections, including the ability to provide feedback and guidance on users’ profiles, photos, and prompts. The dating app’s new AI-suggested profile guidance tool will be rolled out globally and will provide “personalized, actionable feedback” to users’ backgrounds […]
Cisco says hackers have been exploiting critical bugs to infiltrate large customer networks since 2023
Cisco said hackers have been exploiting a bug in one of its popular networking products used by large companies for at least three years, prompting the U.S. government and its allies to urge organizations to take action. The bug, with a maximum rated vulnerability severity score of 10.0, allows hackers to remotely infiltrate networks running […]
Google launches Nano Banana 2 model with faster image generation
Google today announced Nano Banana 2, the latest version of its popular image generation model. Technically a Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, this new model can create more realistic images than its predecessor. This model will also be the default for Fast, Thinking, and Pro modes in the Gemini app. The company first launched Nano Banana […]