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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …