Samsung reports record Q4 operating profit amid booming chip demand

Samsung smashes profit record on memory boom

1 month / co / Ha Neul-bit

Samsung Electronics estimates nearly three-fold profit surge as memory prices skyrocket

1 month / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Samsung’s Q4 operating profit hits all-time high of $14 bn amid memory boom - KED Global

1 month / kedglobal

Samsung Electronics estimates nearly three-fold profit surge as memory prices skyrocket

1 month / cnbc

Samsung Electronics estimates nearly three-fold profit surge as memory prices skyrocket - CNBC

1 month / cnbc

Samsung Elec’s Q4 profit triples to all-time high on strong memory chip business - 매일경제

1 month / co

Record Profit Announcements

(4th LD) Samsung estimates record 20 tln-won operating profit in Q4 amid chip market supercycle

1 month / co / Kang Yoon-seung

KOSPI extends record rally late Thu. morning as Samsung projects record Q4 earnings

1 month / co / Choi Kyong-ae

Samsung Electronics forecasts record US$13.8bil profit in Q4 - Free Malaysia Today

1 month / freemalaysiatoday

(URGENT) Samsung's quarterly operating profit reach 20 tln won for 1st time in Q4

1 month / co / Kang Yoon-seung

X’s deepfake machine is infuriating policymakers around the globe

Lauren Feiner / theverge - X's Grok chatbot hasn't stopped accepting users' requests to strip down women and, in some cases, apparent minors to AI-generated bikinis. According to some reports, the flood of AI-generated images includes more extreme content that potentially violates …

#ai #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #government #media #censorship #contentmoderation #grokai

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Deepfake surge: Undressing outputs spark explicit content alarm (4)
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Censorship and defaults: Debating AI safety and limits

Grok’s Real Problem Isn’t the AI. It’s the Defaults.

1 month / implicator / Maria Garcia

AI model capabilities- to censor or not to censor?

1 month / reddit / /u/Creative-Bunch-9046

Deepfake surge: Undressing outputs spark explicit content alarm

Grok's AI Sexual Abuse Didn't Come Out of Nowhere

1 month / 404media / Samantha Cole

Grok is generating thousands of AI "undressing" deepfakes every hour on X

1 month / techspot

X’s deepfake machine is infuriating policymakers around the globe

1 month / theverge / Lauren Feiner

Grok AI Generated Thousands of Undressed Images Per Hour on X

1 month / reddit / /u/MetaKnowing

Media mix-up: Questioning Grok reportage inaccuracies

Journalistic Malpractice: No LLM Ever ‘Admits’ To Anything, And Reporting Otherwise Is A Lie

1 month / techdirt / Mike Masnick

Regulatory clampdown: Governments seek answers on explicit outputs

Government accused of dragging its heels on deepfake law over Grok AI

1 month / bbc

Illegal Images Allegedly Made by Musk’s Grok, Watchdog Says

1 month / bloomberg / Olivia Solon

UK regulators swarm X after Grok generated nudes from photos

1 month / theregister / Connor Jones

MeitY Finds X’s Report on Grok ‘Undressing’ Images Inadequate, Seeks Takedown Info

1 month / medianama / Azdhan

Grok’s nudes test Europe’s resolve to stand up to US tech

2 months / politico / Pieter Haeck

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Bluetti's CES 2026 innovations ensure ample power at home, in your car, at the campsite

appleinsider - The Charger 2 debuted at CES 2026 as an industry-first unified vehicle energy hub, and it is joined by more Bluetti innovations, like the Bio-based Elite 100 V2 and the high-capacity Elite 300 portable power station.Bluetti can ensure your adventure conti…

#hardware #cars #energy #travel #batteries #technology #gadgets #automotive

Bluetti just launched four new power solutions at CES 2026 — heres how to upgrade

1 month / mashable

Bluetti unveils Charger 2 with dual engine-solar inputs at CES 2026

1 month / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Bluetti Green Power Solutions Debut at CES 2026

1 month / techpowerup

Bluetti's CES 2026 innovations ensure ample power at home, in your car, at the campsite

1 month / appleinsider

Bluetti's Charger 2 uses solar and engine power to charge your portable battery

1 month / engadget / Daniel Cooper

Bluetti now charges power stations at up to 1200W in your car

1 month / theverge / Thomas Ricker

Ford is getting ready to put AI assistants in its cars

Jonathan M. Gitlin / arstechnica - The Blue Oval is also working on new hands-free driver assists.

#ai #automation #innovation #voice #selfdriving #cars #technology #assistant #automotive #safety

Ford Is Giving Its Vehicles a Personalized AI Brain — Here Are the Details

1 month / eweek / Aminu Abdullahi

Ford Wants an AI Assistant on Your iPhone That Knows Your Truck

1 month / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Ford is building an AI assistant that knows your vehicle inside out

1 month / digitaltrends

Ford announces AI assistant and next-gen BlueCruise at CES 2026

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1 month / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Ford says the new generation of BlueCruise will be 30% cheaper to build than the current technology.

Ford is getting ready to put AI assistants in its cars

1 month / arstechnica / Jonathan M. Gitlin

Ford’s AI voice assistant is coming later this year, L3 driving in 2028

1 month / theverge / Andrew J. Hawkins

Ford has an AI assistant and new hands-free BlueCruise tech on the way

1 month / techcrunch / Sean O'Kane

Google and Character.AI Agree To Settle Lawsuits Over Teen Suicides

BeauHD / slashdot - Google and Character.AI have agreed to settle multiple lawsuits from families alleging the chatbot encouraged self-harm and suicide among teens. "The settlements would mark the first resolutions in the wave of lawsuits against tech companies whose AI chat…

#google #aiethics #genai #health #psychology #law #media #technology #contentmoderation #litigation

Google and Character.AI Settle Teen Suicide Lawsuits

1 month / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Google, Character.AI Agree to Settle US Lawsuit Over Teen’s Suicide

1 month / decrypt / Vismaya V

Google and Character.AI Agree To Settle Lawsuits Over Teen Suicides

1 month / slashdot / BeauHD

Google, chatbot maker Character to settle suit alleging bot pushed teen to suicide

1 month / go

Character.AI and Google settle with families in teen suicide and self-harm lawsuits

1 month / engadget / Will Shanklin

Samsung squashes hopes that it will release its Ballie home robot

Scharon Harding / arstechnica - Six years after its CES debut, Samsung has demoted Ballie to internal use.

#ai #iot #robotics #automation #innovation #samsung #business #technology #assistant #gadgets

Samsung’s Ballie robot won’t be rolling into your home after all

1 month / digitaltrends

You won’t be able to buy Samsung’s household Ballie robot after all

1 month / engadget / Kris Holt

Samsung squashes hopes that it will release its Ballie home robot

1 month / arstechnica / Scharon Harding

Samsung's Rolling Ballie Robot Indefinitely Shelved After Delays

1 month / slashdot / msmash

Samsung’s Ballie robot is probably never coming out

1 month / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Google and Character.AI to Settle Lawsuit Over Teenager’s Death

Natallie Rocha / nytimes - The settlement came in the case of a 14-year-old in Florida who had killed himself after developing a relationship with an A.I. chatbot.

#ai #techpolicy #google #aiethics #genai #health #law #contentmoderation #litigation #safety

Google, Character.AI agree to settle suits involving teen suicide

1 month / techxplore

Google and Character.AI to settle claims of AI-related teen deaths

One-Minute Daily AI News 1/7/2026

1 month / reddit / /u/Excellent-Target-847

The First AI Harm Settlements Arrive. The Harder Questions Remain.

1 month / implicator / Robert Brown

The settlements are among the first tied to lawsuits accusing AI companies of harming users.

Google and Character.AI negotiate first major settlements in teen chatbot death cases

1 month / techcrunch / Connie Loizos

Google and Character.AI settle with families over claims their bots led to suicide. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/g...

1 month / bsky / @davelee.me / davelee.me

Google and Character.AI to Settle Lawsuit Over Teenager’s Death

1 month / nytimes / Natallie Rocha

Google and Character.AI to Settle Lawsuit Over Teenager’s Death

1 month / nytimes / Natallie Rocha

Character.AI and Google settle teen suicide and self-harm suits

1 month / theverge / Lauren Feiner

Google, Character.AI to settle suits involving minor suicides and AI chatbots

1 month / cnbc

Character.ai and Google agree to settle lawsuits over teen suicides

1 month / ft

Apple Inks A Deal With JPMorgan To Power Its Apple Card As Goldman Sachs Surrenders The Business At A $1 Billion Discount

Rohail Saleem / wccftech - The inevitable seems to have come to pass. Apple has reportedly inked a deal with JPMorgan to take over its Apple Card business, which is now being surrendered by Goldman Sachs at a rare $1 billion discount. Apple Card will soon be powered by JPMorgan's f…

#fintech #apple #banking #business #us #payments #technology #wallet

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Official Transition Announcements (8)
Saga Finale & Regional Impact (2)
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Deal Details and Negotiation Saga

Apple swaps card to JPMorgan

1 month / paymentsdive / Justin Bachman

JPMorgan Chase to Become New Issuer of Apple Credit Card

1 month / pymnts / PYMNTS

JPMorgan Chase Reaches a Deal To Take Over the Apple Credit Card

1 month / slashdot / BeauHD

Apple Inks A Deal With JPMorgan To Power Its Apple Card As Goldman Sachs Surrenders The Business At A $1 Billion Discount

JPMorgan to take over Apple’s $20bn credit card portfolio from Goldman Sachs

1 month / ft

JPMorgan Chase reaches deal to take over Apple Card

1 month / appleinsider

Apple Card Will Move From Goldman Sachs to JPMorgan Chase

1 month / macrumors / Eric Slivka

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health With Apple Health Integration

Eric Slivka / macrumors - OpenAI today announced the launch of ChatGPT Health, a dedicated section of ChatGPT where users can ask health-related questions completely separated from their main ChatGPT experience.For more personalized responses, users can connect various health data…

#ai #dataprivacy #digitalhealth #apple #openai #genai #health #chatgpt #apps

Apple Health Integration (4)
General Launch & Features (22)
Other (1)
Privacy & Data Safeguards (4)
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Apple Health Integration

ChatGPT Is About to Get Very Personal With Apple Health

1 month / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Behold ChatGPT Health With Apple Health Integrated

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health With Apple Health Integration

1 month / iclarified

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health With Apple Health Integration

1 month / macrumors / Eric Slivka

General Launch & Features

ChatGPT levels up with Health

1 month / therundown / Zach Mink

ChatGPT Health turns OpenAI’s chatbot into a personal health data hub

1 month / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

Dr. ChatGPT is now officially in, as OpenAI launches dedicated health section for its chatbot

1 month / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI launches dedicated ChatGPT Health space

1 month / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

OpenAI Offers Medical Assistance With ChatGPT Health Launch

1 month / eweek / eWEEK Staff

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health to Connect Medical Records with AI

1 month / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Health to answer users’ medical questions

1 month / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Encouraging Users To Connect Their Medical Records

1 month / slashdot / BeauHD

OpenAI Begins Rollout of Health and Wellness-Focused Version of ChatGPT

1 month / pymnts / PYMNTS

OpenAI enters the connected health space with ChatGPT Health

1 month / fastcompany / Mark Sullivan

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Wants Access to Your Medical Records

1 month / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

ChatGPT Health wants to be your medical AI assistant, but don’t expect a diagnosis

1 month / digitaltrends

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health for personalized wellness insights

1 month / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records

1 month / reddit / /u/Franco1875

OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Health, says 230 million users ask about health each week

1 month / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

ChatGPT is launching a new dedicated Health portal

1 month / engadget / Anna Washenko

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health

1 month / thurrott / Laurent Giret

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health to connect user medical records, wellness apps

1 month / cnbc

Introducing ChatGPT Health:

1 month / x / @gdb

Introducing ChatGPT Health

1 month / ycombinator

OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT Health to Review Test Results, Diets

1 month / bloomberg / Shirin Ghaffary

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records

1 month / theverge / Hayden Field

Other

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Privacy & Data Safeguards

OpenAI tries tackling privacy concerns with new ChatGPT Health

1 month / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Health Push Raises Questions About Data Security

1 month / decrypt / Jason Nelson

OpenAI says ChatGPT won't use your health information to train its models

1 month / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

OpenAI Found the Loophole in American Healthcare Privacy

1 month / implicator / Robert Brown

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OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Encouraging Users To Connect Their Medical Records https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/01/07/2151205/openai-launches-chatgpt-health-encouraging-users-to-connect-their-medical-records?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&ut

1 month / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Wants Access to Your Medical Records https://gizmodo.com/openai-launches-chatgpt-health-wants-access-to-your-medical-records-2000707024

1 month / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

"OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Wants Access to Your Medical Records" Oh, wow. The absolute privacy nightmare that this tech is, getting fed ppls sensitive medical info. Sure - no way that ends badly! #AiIsTheProblem #TechLit gizmodo.com/op

1 month / bsky / @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social / drtlovesbooks.bsky.social

The feature, which is expected to roll out in the coming weeks, will offer a dedicated space for conversations with ChatGPT about health.

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health With Apple Health Integration

1 month / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

OpenAI lanza ChatGPT Health, animando a conectar los registros médicos y diciendo al mismo tiempo que "no está destinado al diagnóstico o tratamiento". No tienen vergüenza

1 month / bsky / @loretahur.bsky.social / loretahur.bsky.social

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Health as a separate space to analyze medical records and wellness apps. Their aim is to personalize health insights, though it lacks HIPAA compliance and remains a non diagnostic tool. #MedSky #MLSky

1 month / bsky / @smcgrath.phd / smcgrath.phd

Ubisoft is shutting down a studio 16 days after it unionized

Will Shanklin / engadget - Ubisoft is closing a Canadian studio just over two weeks after it unionized. In a dizzying claim, the company told GamesIndustry.biz that the closure of Ubisoft Halifax was part of "company-wide actions to streamline operations" and unrelated to the union…

#gaming #entertainment #business #jobs #unions #canada #community #law #layoffs

Ubisoft Shuts Down Assassin's Creed: Rebellion Developer Halifax Studio Just Weeks After It Unionized - IGN

1 month / reddit / /u/KAPT_Kipper

Ubisoft is shutting down a studio 16 days after it unionized

1 month / engadget / Will Shanklin

Ubisoft Shuts Down Halifax Studio Days After Union Vote

1 month / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Ubisoft Shuts Down Ubisoft Halifax, Claims the Decision Had Nothing to do With the Studio Unionizing Three Weeks Ago

1 month / wccftech / David Carcasole

Ubisoft shuts down Halifax studio right after it unionized

1 month / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Anthropic Raising $10 Billion at $350 Billion Value

Kate Clark / wsj - The planned deal represents nearly a doubling of the AI startup’s valuation from four months ago.

#ai #startups #vc #anthropic #genai #business #finance #technology

Direct reports on Anthropic’s $10B, $350B funding move (10)
Investor details shaping Anthropic’s mega funding round (3)
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Direct reports on Anthropic’s $10B, $350B funding move

Anthropic Eyes $10B Funding Round at $350B Valuation

1 month / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Anthropic to raise $10 billion at $350 billion valuation

1 month / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Claude maker Anthropic to raise $10bn round at $350bn valuation – reports

1 month / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

Anthropic aims to raise $10B with a valuation of $350B

1 month / techzine / Mels Dees

Anthropic Said to Be in Talks to Raise Funding at a $350 Billion Valuation

1 month / nytimes / Mike Isaac,Cade Metz

Anthropic Said to Be in Talks to Raise Funding at a $350 Billion Valuation

1 month / nytimes / Mike Isaac and Cade Metz

Anthropic Raising $10 Billion at $350 Billion Value

1 month / wsj / Kate Clark

Claude creator Anthropic reportedly hits $350 billion valuation as it raises another $10 billion

1 month / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Anthropic reportedly raising $10B at $350B valuation

1 month / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Anthropic Raising $10 Billion at $350 Billion Value, WSJ Says

1 month / bloomberg / Lynn Doan

Investor details shaping Anthropic’s mega funding round

Claude-maker Anthropic targets $10B raise at $350B valuation with GIC in mix

1 month / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Anthropic reportedly seeking to raise $10B at $350B valuation

1 month / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Anthropic signs term sheet for $10 billion funding round at $350 billion valuation

1 month / cnbc

Wider AI investment climate influences Anthropic’s valuation surge

AI investors brush off bubble fears by fundraising more

1 month / semafor / Tom Chivers

Anthropic Aims to Nearly Double Valuation in New Funding Round

1 month / pymnts / PYMNTS

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Anthropic is reportedly in talks to raise $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation, marking its third mega-round in a year.

Spotify adds real-time listening activity to Messages

Spotify Now Shows Listening Activity on Mobile

Laurent Giret / thurrott - Spotify users on mobile can now share their listening activity in real time and invite friends into a live listening session.The post Spotify Now Shows Listening Activity on Mobile appeared first on Thurrott.com.

#mobiletech #mobile #streaming #entertainment #apps #music #ux #community #spotify

1 month / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Spotify wants your friends to know exactly what you’re listening to

1 month / digitaltrends

Spotify's new mobile update is bound to annoy at least one of your friends

1 month / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

You can tap a friend’s listening activity to play the track, save it, open the menu, or react with an emoji.

Spotify Introduces Jam Invites in Chats

1 month / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Spotify now lets you share what you’re listening to in real time via chat

1 month / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

Spotify Now Shows Listening Activity on Mobile

1 month / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Spotify's Friend Listening Activity Feature Finally Comes to Mobile

Spotify now lets you share what you’re streaming in real time with friends

1 month / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

WhatsApp Enhances Group Chats With Three New Features

Tim Hardwick / macrumors - WhatsApp announced three new group chat features today, expanding how users can interact and add context to their role within conversations involving many participants.The Meta-owned messaging app is rolling out Member Tags, Text Stickers, and Event Remin…

#mobiletech #mobile #meta #apps #ux #technology #instantmessaging #updates

WhatsApp adds member tags and text stickers to group chats

WhatsApp’s Latest Update Makes Group Chats Less Chaotic

1 month / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

You can choose a tag that gives others in the group chat more context about who you are.

WhatsApp Improves its Groups Feature With Member Tags and Event Reminders

1 month / thurrott / Laurent Giret

WhatsApp Updates Group Chats With Member Tags, Text Stickers, and Event Reminders

1 month / iclarified

WhatsApp Enhances Group Chats With Three New Features

WhatsApp upgrades group chats with member tags and text stickers

1 month / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

WhatsApp rolls out new group chat features, including member tags

1 month / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Logitech Caused Its Mice To Freak Out By Not Renewing a Certificate

msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: If you're among the macOS users experiencing some weird issues with your Logitech mouse, then good news: Logitech has now released a fix. This comes after multiple Reddit users reported yesterday that Logi Options Plus…

#cybersecurity #infosec #apple #apps #ux #macos #logitech #patching #updates #bugs

Logitech macOS mouse mayhem traced to expired dev certificate

1 month / theregister / Connor Jones

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1 month / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

How to Fix the Logitech Options+ ‘Hang’ on Your Mac

1 month / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Logitech Certificate Error Crashes Mac Apps

1 month / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Expired certificate completely breaks macOS Logitech apps, user customizations

1 month / arstechnica / Andrew Cunningham

Logitech Options+, G HUB macOS apps break after certificate expires

1 month / bleepingcomputer / Bill Toulas

Logitech Releases Fix After Certificate Expiration Breaks Options+ and G HUB on Mac

1 month / iclarified

Logitech Caused Its Mice To Freak Out By Not Renewing a Certificate

1 month / slashdot / msmash

macOS certificate expiration broke Logitech's mouse software

1 month / appleinsider

Logitech Blames 'Inexcusable Mistake' After Certificate Expiry Breaks macOS Apps

Logitech caused its mice to freak out by not renewing a certificate

1 month / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Amgen acquires Oxford-based Dark Blue in deal worth up to €718 million to advance leukemia programme

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Dark Blue Therapeutics, a British discovery and development BioTech company innovating the next generation of precision oncology medicines, has been acquired by US-based global BioTech company Amgen, in a transaction valued at up to €718 million ($840 mil…

#startups #vc #biotech #health #business #uk #europe #pharmaceuticals #acquisitions #research

Biotech Amgen acquires UK-based Dark Blue Therapeutics in $840m deal

1 month / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

Amgen Acquires UK’s Dark Blue Therapeutics For Up To €718M To Advance Precision Oncology

1 month / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Amgen acquires Oxford-based Dark Blue in deal worth up to €718 million to advance leukemia programme

1 month / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Dark Blue Therapeutics acquired by Amgen for up to £622m

1 month / uktech / Kirstie Pickering

Second big exit for OSE: Dark Blue’s $840M sale to Amgen

1 month / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s bid again, calls it a ‘leveraged buyout’

Ram Iyer / techcrunch - The studio's board unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance's revised $108.4 billion bid, calling the proposal a "leveraged buyout" that would saddle the company with $87 billion in debt.

#movies #entertainment #netflix #stockmarket #privateequity #business #us #acquisitions #media

Board opts Netflix over risky Paramount bid (13)
Industry warns of broader deal risks (2)
Larry Ellison’s backing falls short for Paramount (2)
Shareholder blasts board’s negotiation approach (1)

Board opts Netflix over risky Paramount bid

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s $108.4 billion takeover bid

‘More risk’: Warner Bros rejects revised Paramount takeover offer

1 month / mumbrella / Nathan Jolly

Warner Bros Rejects Revised Paramount Bid, Sticks With Netflix

1 month / slashdot / BeauHD

Warner Bros. rejects Paramount’s revised $108B takeover bid, sticks with Netflix deal - The Express Tribune

1 month / com

Warner Discovery Rejects Paramount’s Amended Hostile Bid - The Wall Street Journal

1 month / wsj

Warner Bros. rejects revised Paramount bid, citing risky leveraged buyout - MS NOW

1 month / ms

Warner Bros rejects revised Paramount bid, continues with Netflix - WION

1 month / wionews

WBD Board Rejects Revised Paramount $108.4 Billion Bid, Sticks With Accepted Netflix Offer - Media Play News

1 month / mediaplaynews

WBD Rejects Revised Paramount $108.4 Billion Bid, Sticks With Accepted Netflix Offer

1 month / mediaplaynews / Erik Gruenwedel

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s bid again, calls it a ‘leveraged buyout’

1 month / techcrunch / Ram Iyer

Warners Bros. Discovery board urges shareholders to reject amended Paramount bid

1 month / engadget / Andre Revilla

Warner Bros., unswayed by Ellison backing of Paramount bid, sticks with Netflix

1 month / x / @MarketWatch

WBD rejects latest Paramount offer; backs Netflix deal

1 month / advanced-television / Nick Snow

Industry warns of broader deal risks

GOP focused on prices, not labour, with Netflix/WB

1 month / globalcompetitionreview / Anna Langlois

Exhibitor Trade Group Warns Against Netflix or Paramount Acquiring Warner Bros. Studios

1 month / mediaplaynews / Erik Gruenwedel

Larry Ellison’s backing falls short for Paramount

Warner Bros. sticks with Netflix merger, calls Paramount’s $108B bid “illusory”

1 month / arstechnica / Jon Brodkin

Warner Bros. tells shareholders that Larry Ellison’s wealth isn’t enough to best Netflix bid

1 month / x / @MarketWatch

Shareholder blasts board’s negotiation approach

WBD Shareholder Claims Board Not Negotiating With Paramount in Good Faith

1 month / mediaplaynews / Erik Gruenwedel

Swap Raises $100M in Series C Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Swap, a NYC-based provider of a commerce operating system, raised $100m in Series C funding. The round was co-led by DST Global and ICONIQ. The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations and its business reach, as well as to invest …

#startups #vc #ecommerce #saas #digitaltransformation #enterprise #business #supplychain #globalism #technology

London E-Commerce Startup Swap Secures $100M Funding

1 month / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

VC firms DST Global and Iconiq are piling into e-commerce startup Swap Commerce, which is going up against Shopify.

Shopify competitor Swap raises $100M six months after raising $40M

1 month / techcrunch / Julie Bort

Tech.eu #Europe #EU #Tech

1 month / bsky / @betadevelopment.bsky.social / betadevelopment.bsky.social

Swap Raises $100M in Series C Funding

1 month / finsmes / FinSMEs

Swap raises $100M Series C round to expand global commerce operating system

1 month / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Swap raises $100M from DST, ICONIQ to unify fragmented global e-commerce ops

1 month / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

E-commerce operating startup Swap raises $100M

1 month / tech / John Reynolds

Apple Evaluating Multispectral Imaging And A 200MP Camera Sensor For Future iPhones

Rohail Saleem / wccftech - It is not just the form factor of Apple's iPhone that is slated for a major revamp come 2027. As such, the Cupertino giant is aiming for a massive overhaul of nearly every element of its iPhones as the decade progresses, including equipping its iPhones wi…

#hardware #mobiletech #innovation #apple #iphone #camera #technology #gadgets #smartphone

Apple’s iPhone Goals Are About More Than Just 200 Megapixels

1 month / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Apple Explores Multispectral Imaging for Future iPhones

1 month / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

iPhone 18 Pro Unlikely to Feature 200MP Camera, Apple Exploring Multispectral Imaging [Rumor]

1 month / iclarified

Apple is planning a massive iPhone camera upgrade, but it’s years away

1 month / digitaltrends

Apple Evaluating Multispectral Imaging And A 200MP Camera Sensor For Future iPhones

Future iPhones may utilize multi-spectral cameras for Apple Intelligence

1 month / appleinsider

Testing for rumored 200MP iPhone camera may not have started yet

1 month / appleinsider

Apple Reportedly Exploring Multispectral Imaging for Future iPhones

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Roblox rolls out mandatory age checks for all users

mashable - Roblox expands its platform-wide age verification plans with mandatory age checks for any user wanting to chat online.

Roblox now requires age verification to use in-game chat

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Roblox now requires an age check if you want to chat www.theverge.com/news/856696/...

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Once users complete an age check, they can access age-based chat, which means they can only communicate with others in a similar age group.

Roblox rolls out mandatory age checks for all users

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Roblox now requires an age check if you want to chat

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Roblox now requires all users globally to complete age checks to access chat

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Beijing mulls intervention in Meta’s deal to buy Manus amid AI ‘brain drain’ fears

scmp - Chinese authorities are considering whether to step in over Meta Platforms’ acquisition of Manus – an artificial intellligence agent developer with Chinese roots – amid concerns the deal could breach technology export controls and encourage more start-ups…

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Chinese regulators probe Meta’s acquisition of AI startup Manus

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China Reviews Meta’s $2 Billion Deal to Buy AI Startup Manus

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China probes Meta’s Manus deal over export control concerns