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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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| 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.
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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: |
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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 …
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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 …
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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
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Apple and Google say they've developed new features that streamline the process of moving data between each platform as part of a joint collaboration — The latest Android Canary build is available today and it features work by Apple and Google to make switching between Android and iPhone devices easier.
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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.
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| Lawrence Bonk / Engadget: |
TikTok announces Shared Collection, to organize and share saved videos, and plans to launch Shared Feed, a daily curated selection of 15 videos, globally — The first tool is similar to something Instagram introduced earlier this year. — TikTok just announced a couple of updates that that should make the app a bit more social.
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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.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google details steps it is taking to secure Chrome's upcoming agentic browsing features, including a “User Alignment Critic” model that vets AI agent's actions — With Gemini in Chrome and the upcoming availability of agentic capabilities, Google is detailing how the browser will protect against threats.| 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.
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| 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 …
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Anthropic launches a Slack integration for Claude Code, expanding on the existing Claude app for Slack, launching in beta as a research preview — Anthropic PBC, maker of the Claude family of artificial intelligence models, today introduced a feature in beta mode that lets developers delegate coding tasks … | Vallari Srivastava / Reuters: |
NextEra Energy expands its partnership with Google Cloud to develop data center campuses across the US and secures 2.5GW+ of clean energy contracts from Meta — NextEra Energy (NEE.N) expanded its partnership with Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google Cloud to scale up data center capacity … | 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 …
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| 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 …
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Sources: Skild AI, which develops a foundation model for robots, is in talks to raise $1B+ from SoftBank and Nvidia at a ~$14B valuation, up from $4.7B in July — Japan's SoftBank Group (9984.T) and Nvidia (NVDA.O) are in talks to invest in Skild AI, in a more than $1 billion funding round …
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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 …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Letterboxd plans to launch its Video Store film rental platform on December 10, offering curated indie titles in 23 countries, including the US, UK, and France — Letterboxd is about to let you not just fan over your favorite films — it's going to let you rent and stream a curated selection of indie titles, too.Sponsor Posts
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