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| Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026 — Deal will transform US tech company into the dominant player in Hollywood — Netflix has agreed an $83bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery …
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| Chris Kerr / Game Developer: |
WBD confirms that Warner Bros. Games will be acquired by Netflix along with its wider streaming and television business — A Warner Bros. spokesperson has confirmed the video game division will be acquired by Netflix alongside its wider streaming and television business.| Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Netflix says it “expects to maintain Warner Bros.' theatrical releases for films” but “the windows will evolve to be much more consumer friendly” — Now that that's settled... Netflix just solidified itself as the leading entertainment company (and then some), and all it cost was $83 billion.
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| Ted Johnson / Deadline: |
A look at the uphill battle to win regulatory approval for Netflix's acquisition of WBD, and the roles of the US DOJ, EU regulators, and state attorneys general — In the hours since it was announced, Trump has not yet weighed in, and the White House has said little.| Bloomberg: |
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| Nicole Sperling / New York Times: |
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues like its deceptive blue checkmarks, after a two-year probe — Elon Musk's social media company X was fined 120 million euros ($140 million) by EU tech regulators on Friday …
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Mastodon: @EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie, @AliceStollmeyer …, @jjaursch@mastodon.social, and @mistakenotmy@mastodon.social. Forums: Hacker News
| Liv McMahon / BBC: |
Vice President JD Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr denounce the EU's €120M X fine — The EU has fined Elon Musk's social media platform X €120m (£105m) over its blue tick badges - prompting an angry reaction from the US.
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| Echo Wang / Reuters: |
Meta acquires Limitless, which makes a pendant-style AI wearable that records and transcribes real-world conversations; Limitless has raised more than $33M — Meta (META.O) has acquired AI-wearables startup Limitless, maker of a pendant-style device that records and transcribes real-world conversations …
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Bluesky: @cuthrell.com, @rudelyvangelder, and @chrismessina.me
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: SpaceX is planning a secondary share sale that would value the company at $800B, surpassing OpenAI to make it the most valuable US private company — Company's CFO told investors about the transaction in recent days, sources say — SpaceX is kicking off a secondary share sale …
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X: @justin_mateen, @justin_mateen, and @jackkuhr
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Forums: Hacker News and r/wallstreetbets
| Rose Henderson / Bloomberg: |
Cloudflare says it has fixed an issue that caused a 25 minute outage on Friday, following a major, hours-long outage last month — Cloudflare Inc. said it has fixed a problem that led to the websites for several banks, Shopify, Zoom and LinkedIn to go down Friday.
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| New York Times: |
The New York Times sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and kept using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months — 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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Bluesky: @neilturkewitz, @nanlinear, and @justinhendrix
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Meta strikes commercial AI data deals with news publishers, including CNN, Fox News, and The Daily Caller, to provide real-time answers in its Meta AI chatbot — Meta on Friday said it has struck several commercial AI data agreements with news publishers ranging from USA Today, People Inc. …
More: Meta Newsroom, Gizmodo, Digiday, The Verge, Reuters, Engadget, Tech in Asia, New York Post, Forbes Middle East, and Le Monde
LinkedIn: Alicia Cervini and Steven Waldman
Bluesky: @brandonsilverman, @seanokane, and @newsguy
| Bloomberg: |
A US judge rules Google must renegotiate annually any contract that makes its search engine or AI app the default on smartphones and other devices — Alphabet Inc.'s Google must renegotiate any contract to make its search engine or artificial intelligence app the default for smartphones … | Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Waymo plans to issue a voluntary software recall over how its robotaxis operate around school buses following an NHTSA investigation opened in October — Waymo plans to voluntarily issue a software recall with federal safety regulators related to how its robotaxis operate around school buses …
More: San Francisco Chronicle, Bloomberg Law, Tech in Asia, Axios, The Verge, Reuters, Mashable, and Quartz
| Reuters: |
Sources and docs: India is considering forcing phone makers to enable always-on satellite location tracking; Apple, Google, and Samsung have opposed the move — India's government is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone firms to enable satellite location tracking …
More: 9to5Mac, Tech in Asia, MediaNama, iPhone in Canada, and Engadget
X: @adityakalra, @prateekwaghre, @dattaameet, and @eff
| TrendForce: |
Sources: Dell alerts customers to 15% to 20% price hikes as soon as mid-December amid surging DRAM costs; Lenovo says current quotes will expire in January 2026 — Soaring AI-server memory demand is driving DRAM prices sharply higher—and now PC and notebook makers are feeling the squeeze.
More: CNET, Gizmodo, Tom's Guide, iPhone in Canada, Digital Trends, and Tom's Hardware
| Shashwat Chauhan / Reuters: |
The US CFTC announces that spot crypto asset contracts will begin trading for the first time on CFTC-registered futures exchanges — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said on Thursday that spot crypto asset contracts will begin trading for the first time on futures exchanges registered with the agency.
More: CFTC, CryptoSlate, and Crypto in America
X: @carolinedpham, @shanaka86, @nategeraci, @adambliv, @carolinedpham, @carolinedpham, and @chadsteingraber. LinkedIn: Luke Hoersten
| Ashley Stewart / Business Insider: |
Marc Benioff says it “would not shock” him if Salesforce changed its name to Agentforce; the company started using Agentforce for many of its offerings — - Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is rebranding many products under the Agentforce name. — Benioff says customers prefer …
More: Gizmodo and The San Francisco Standard
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Bluesky: @chicagomike and @fasterandworse.com
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Seattle-based Yoodli, which sells AI-powered communication training software, raised a $40M Series B led by WestBridge Capital, valuing the startup at $300M+ — Yoodli, an AI-powered communication training startup, has reached a valuation of more than $300 million — more than triple …
More: Yoodli, Entrepreneur, GeekWire, Axios, The Economic Times, and Seattle Business Journal
LinkedIn: Nick Thulin and Yoodli AI Roleplays
| OpenRouter: |
An analysis of 100T+ tokens from the past year shows reasoning models now represent over half of all usage, open-weight model use has grown steadily, and more — An Empirical 100 Trillion Token Study with OpenRouter — Malika Aubakirova*Alex Atallah†Chris Clark†Justin Summerville†Anjney Midha*
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson are retiring, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's chief legal officer, will replace Adams in March — Apple's general counsel, Kate Adams, and its vice president for environment, policy, and social initiatives, Lisa Jackson …
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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
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