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Paramount launches a hostile bid to acquire WBD, offering WBD shareholders $30/share in a $108.4B all-cash deal; sources say WBD rejected the same bid last week  —  Paramount Skydance is launching a hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery after it lost out to Netflix in a months-long bidding war …
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Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Netflix changed movie distribution, and its executives now think that licensing shows leaves money on the table; YouTube may help Netflix's WBD antitrust case  —  Warner Bros. started with distribution.  Just after the turn of the century, Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner bought …
Bloomberg:
President Trump says Netflix's WBD deal has “got to go through a process”, its big market share “could be a problem”, and he will be involved in the decision
Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
IBM agrees to acquire data streaming software maker Confluent for ~$11B in cash, above its ~$8B market value as of its December 5 close, paying $31 per share  —  Confluent shares surged more than 25% in premarket trading Monday, while IBM's fell slightly.
Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
Google says it's working to create two different categories of AI-powered smart glasses: one with screens launching in 2026 and another that's audio-focused  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google said it's working to create two different categories of artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses …
Scott Stein / CNET:
Hands-on with Xreal's Project Aura prototype glasses: they feel like VR shrunken to a far smaller form, the 70° FoV is small but enough for immersion, and more
Bloomberg:
President Trump says he will sign “a ONE RULE” EO on AI “this week” and “you can't expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something”  —  President Donald Trump said he would approve an executive order this week to establish …
Reed Albergotti / Semafor:
Source: the US Department of Commerce plans to allow the export of Nvidia's old H200 chips to China, seeking a compromise over controlling exports to China  —  THE SCOOP  —  Seeking a compromise over controlling exports to China, the US Department of Commerce will soon allow the export …
Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
The European Commission says Meta agreed to change its “pay or consent” model, including ad-light Instagram and Facebook versions, but “the case is not closed”  —  Facebook agrees changes to ‘pay or consent’ model after talks with European Commission
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
Unconventional AI raised a $475M seed led by a16z and Lightspeed at a $4.5B valuation to build a more energy-efficient AI computer, part of an up to $1B round  —  Naveen Rao joins a rarified club of prominent tech founders to raise big funding rounds for very young companies.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Internal memo: Johny Srouji, who oversees Apple's chip division, tells his employees that “I don't plan on leaving anytime soon”  —  Apple Inc.'s Johny Srouji, who oversees the company's chip division, told staff that he's staying at the iPhone maker.
Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
Sources: Google has told advertising clients that it plans to bring ads to Gemini in 2026, separate from ads in AI Mode  —  Google has told advertising clients in recent days that it plans to bring ads to its AI chatbot Gemini, according to agency buyers familiar with the conversations.
Laith Al-Khalaf / Financial Times:
Singapore-based banking and payments startup Airwallex raised $330M at an $8B valuation, after raising $300M at a $6.2B valuation in May, and plans a US HQ  —  Payments company opens San Francisco base and reduces Tencent's holding in US pivot  —  A Singapore fintech that was labelled a …
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI survey of 9,000 workers at 100 companies: its tools save workers ~40-60 minutes daily on average for professional tasks; OpenAI has 1M+ business clients  —  OpenAI's artificial intelligence products are saving workers an average of about 40 to 60 minutes a day on professional tasks …
James Hunt / The Block:
Michael Saylor's Strategy acquired 10,624 bitcoin for $962.7M between December 1 and 7, its largest BTC purchase since July; MSTR is down ~40% so far in 2025  —  Partner offers  —  Quick Take  — Strategy has purchased another 10,624 BTC for approximately $962.7 million at an average price …
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
OpenAI and Instacart launch a grocery shopping experience inside of ChatGPT, letting customers brainstorm meal ideas and check out via OpenAI Instant Checkout  —  OpenAI and Instacart are launching a grocery shopping experience inside of ChatGPT, allowing customers to brainstorm meal ideas …
Alex Dooler / Bloomberg:
Binance receives three licenses from Abu Dhabi's financial regulator, allowing comprehensive operations across its exchange, clearing, and broker-dealer arms  —  Binance has won three separate licenses from Abu Dhabi's financial regulator, giving the crypto exchange giant one of its most comprehensive regulatory footholds yet.
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
Uber launches Uber Intelligence, an insights platform that lets advertisers tap into Uber's data about customer trips and deliveries  —  - Uber Advertising is launching an insights platform for marketers called Uber Intelligence.  — It has partnered with LiveRamp to aggregate users' data without revealing their identities.
More: How-To Geek, Engadget, and Skift.  Forums: Hacker News

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Elias Schisgall / Wall Street Journal:
BuzzFeed warns that it lacks the resources to fund its cash obligations over the next year and is exploring options, as it reports a Q4 loss of $26.8M

Washington Post:
Trump nominates Sarah B. Rogers, a State Department official, as chief executive of USAGM, after a judge ruled Kari Lake has been illegally running the agency

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Disney has sold out all its available commercial inventory for its Oscars telecast on Sunday; source: the event drew 18 returning sponsors and 24 new ones

More News

Financial Times:
Big Tech's AI data center plans, which are set to need an estimated 44GW of additional capacity by 2028, face a power crunch that could deflate the AI “bubble”
More: The Register.  X: @johnreynlds and @chiphop007.  LinkedIn: Sam Joiner
Bluesky: @nassosstylianou and @justinhendrix
Rohan Doshi / The Keyword:
Google says Gemini 3 Pro sets new vision AI benchmark records, including in complex visual reasoning, beating Claude Opus 4.5 and GPT-5.1 in some categories

Earlier Picks

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Coinbase reopens app registrations in India after an over-two-year pause, letting users make crypto-to-crypto trades, and plans to open up crypto buying in 2026
Aaron Krolik / New York Times:
How “cash to crypto” swaps allow users everywhere to convert local currencies to stablecoins and then to debit cards, avoiding financial oversight and sanctions
Lisa Bonos / Washington Post:
A look at an “etiquette camp” in San Francisco that teaches young founders how to dress, act, and talk, amid shifting expectations as the industry gains power
John Thornhill / Financial Times:
Impressions from a London test ride in a car using Wayve's self-driving tech; Wayve has raised $1.3B since its launch and is testing cars with Level 2+ autonomy
Bjarke Smith-Meyer / Politico:
Nikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying to deceptively amplify the reach of its X post about its €120M fine of X; X terminates the EC's ad account
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