Why RAM Prices Are Out Of Control In The US

slashgear - Buying RAM for your PC has become a nightmare. Retailers are hiding prices, costs have doubled, and one major brand has reportedly shut down entirely.

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Samsung has always been a part of the iPhone supply chain, and Apple is about to lean on the company more as RAM prices skyrocket worldwide.

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3 ways you can get around the RAM crisis to upgrade your PC

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Apple Clings to Samsung as RAM Prices Soar

2 months / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Apple cozies up to Samsung as RAM gets ridiculously expensive

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Unlucky Amazon shopper orders DDR5 memory but gets DDR4 hidden under the heatspreader — RAM sold as new was a switcharoo

2 months / tomshardware

Micron Technology (MU) Stock: AI Demand and Tight Memory Supply Boost Forecasts

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Your next prebuilt PC might arrive with memory loss

2 months / digitaltrends

IDC expects average PC prices to jump by up to 8% in 2026 due to crushing memory shortages — some vendors already selling pre-builts without RAM

2 months / tomshardware

Samsung, SK hynix accelerate memory output amid AI boom

2 months / co / Kang Yoon-seung

Why RAM Prices Are Out Of Control In The US

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Tired of sky-high memory prices? Buckle up, we're in this for the long haul

2 months / theregister / Tobias Mann

The LCD Steam Deck is done

Terrence O’Brien / theverge - The most affordable Steam Deck, the $399 LCD model, is not available in the US. And, according to the Steam Deck site, it won't be coming back. Underneath the listings for the various models is a note that says: We are no longer producing the Steam Deck L…

#hardware #gaming #business #us #pricing #technology #steam #updates

It’s Game Over for the Steam Deck LCD (RIP 2022-2025)

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Steam Deck LCD is on the way out, what this means for your next handheld buy

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Valve Discontinues Steam Deck LCD, OLED Versions Remain

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Valve Discontinues Steam Deck LCD Model

2 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Valve discontinued the last remaining LCD model of the Steam Deck

2 months / engadget / Jackson Chen

The LCD Steam Deck is done

2 months / theverge / Terrence O’Brien

Valve discontinues the most affordable Steam Deck — $399 LCD version on the way out as new starting point is $549

2 months / tomshardware

SEC Secures Consent Judgments Against FTX and Alameda Executives

Brenda Mary / blockonomi - TLDR: Three former FTX and Alameda executives agreed to permanent antifraud injunctions pending court approval. Ellison faces a 10-year officer-director bar while Wang and Singh each received eight-year bans. Executives allegedly diverted over $1.8 billio…

#crypto #business #finance #cybercrime #scam #law #litigation #sec #regulation

3 Former Executives Involved With FTX Agree to SEC Final Judgments

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

SEC Secures Consent Judgments Against FTX and Alameda Executives

2 months / blockonomi / Brenda Mary

FTX, Alameda Execs Will Be Barred From Wall Street Roles for Up to 10 Years

2 months / decrypt / André Beganski

SBF's cohorts at FTX take last SEC hit, Ellison banned from company roles for decade

2 months / coindesk / Jesse Hamilton

Google Sued SerpApi Over Scrapping Search Results

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) / seroundtable - On Friday, Google announced it had filed a lawsuit against SerpApi for scraping the Google search results. Google alleges that SerpApi is running an "unlawful" operation that bypasses Google's security measures to scrape search results at an astonishing s…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #google #antitrust #business #law #technology #litigation #api #digitalprivacy

Google Files DMCA Suit Targeting SerpApi’s SERP Scraping via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2 months / searchenginejournal / Matt G. Southern

Google Sues SerpApi Over Scraping and Reselling Search Data

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Google lobs lawsuit at search result scraping firm SerpApi

2 months / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

Google Sued SerpApi Over Scrapping Search Results

2 months / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’

2 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Why we're taking legal action against SerpApi's unlawful scraping

2 months / ycombinator

Elon Musk’s $56B Tesla pay package restored by Delaware Supreme Court

Sean O'Kane / techcrunch - The decision brings to a close a years-long court battle that irked Musk so much he moved Tesla's incorporation from Delaware to Texas.

#tesla #stockmarket #business #judiciary #law #elonmusk #executiveorder #litigation

Those stock options might be worth $56b now, but if we work together we can make them worth a lot closer to $0. #TeslaTakedown techcrunch.com/2025/12/19/e...

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Nothing makes sense www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/m...

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www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/m.... Elon Musk got his $56B worth of compensation back on appeal in DE supreme court

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Elon Musk gets a win in the long-running legal battle over his Tesla pay trib.al/rOGL2pb

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Elon Musk’s $56B Tesla pay package restored by Delaware Supreme Court

2 months / techcrunch / Sean O'Kane

Tesla Wins Final Court Fight Over Elon Musk’s Pay Package

2 months / wsj / Becky Peterson

Elon Musk's 2018 Tesla pay package must be restored, Delaware Supreme Court rules

2 months / cnbc

Terraform Bankruptcy Admin Sues Jump Trading for $4B Over TerraUSD Collapse: Report

Vince Dioquino / decrypt - Jump is accused of unlawfully profiting from and contributing to the collapse of Terra, in a lawsuit seeking $4 billion in damages.

#blockchain #crypto #business #finance #cybercrime #scam #law #litigation #sec #regulation

Terraform Bankruptcy Admin Sues Jump Trading for $4B Over TerraUSD Collapse: Report

2 months / decrypt / Vince Dioquino

Terraform Labs Files $4 Billion Claim Against Jump Trading Over Terra Collapse

2 months / blockonomi / Trader Edge

Jump Trading sued for $4 billion in connection to Do Kwon’s Terra Labs collapse: WSJ

2 months / coindesk / Olivier Acuna

Early backer of Personio and Enpal Picus Capital raises €150M in preferred equity from Carlyle AlpInvest

Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Picus Capital has secured a capital boost, closing a €150 million preferred equity financing provided by Carlyle AlpInvest.…

#startups #vc #saas #investment #privateequity #business #finance #europe #technology

Early backer of Personio and Enpal Picus Capital raises €150M in preferred equity from Carlyle AlpInvest

2 months / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

German VC Picus Capital Secures €150M Preferred Equity Deal

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Early backer of unicorns Personio and Enpal, German VC Picus Capital closes €150M preferred equity deal

2 months / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

The TikTok US sale is finally happening

Emma Roth / theverge - TikTok has finalized the deal to sell its US business, according to reports from Axios, The Hollywood Reporter, and CNBC. They report that a memo from TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to employees on Thursday said the deal will close on January 22nd, with Oracle, …

#stockmarket #business #us #tiktok #bytedance #acquisitions #technology #oracle

Finalized US sale and divestment details (22)
New US joint venture formation (6)
Oracle investor surge and market reaction (7)
Policy debates and editorial opinions (4)
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Finalized US sale and divestment details

TikTok Owner Signs Deal To Avoid US Ban

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

TikTok has finally agreed to a US sale

2 months / techspot

How TikTok Deal Would Resolve Saga Over Its US Operation

2 months / bloomberg / Bloomberg News

TikTok to Keep Core US Business Under New Deal

2 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

TikTok finally signs U.S. deal so it doesn't get banned – here's what it means for you

2 months / theshortcut / Max Buondonno

TikTok Is Staying: US Sale Officially Reached

2 months / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Report: TikTok Has Agreed to Divest its US Operations to American Consortium

2 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

We have more details on the TikTok deal, including some ownership statistics

2 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

ByteDance confirms TikTok will be controlled by US owners

2 months / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

TikTok parent signs away majority control to avoid US ban

2 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

TikTok Signs Deal to Divest U.S. Operations to American Investors

2 months / iclarified

Bytedance hands over US Tiktok to American business giants

2 months / mumbrella / Nathan Jolly

ByteDance Signs Deal to Divest US TikTok App

2 months / reuters / John Gruber

US investors to close deal on 50% ownership of TikTok January 22

2 months / appleinsider

TikTok just signed the deal to hand US operations to Oracle-led investor group

2 months / siliconangle / James Farrell

TikTok agrees to deal to cede control of U.S. business to American investor group

2 months / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

TikTok U.S. Sale to Oracle-Led Group Set to Close in January

2 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

TikTok owner signs deal to sell US business

2 months / bbc

TikTok signs deal to sell its U.S. operations after years of uncertainty

2 months / mashable

TikTok signs deal to give U.S. operations to Oracle-led investor group

2 months / npr / Bobby Allyn

The TikTok US sale is finally happening

2 months / theverge / Emma Roth

TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors

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New US joint venture formation

TikTok signs joint venture deal to end US ban threat

2 months / techxplore

Investor deal is a ‘new TikTok US joint venture’

2 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

TikTok Says New Joint Venture Will Enable Continued US Operations

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

TikTok signs deal to create US joint venture

2 months / ft

TikTok signs agreement to create new U.S. joint venture, memo says

2 months / cnbc

TikTok Says It Signed Agreements to Create New US Joint Venture

2 months / bloomberg / Alexandra S. Levine

Oracle investor surge and market reaction

Oracle stock jumps 7% as cloud provider joins investor group to run TikTok's U.S. business

2 months / cnbc

How TikTok’s $14 Billion U.S. Deal Will Work Under Oracle Partnership

2 months / blockonomi / Trader Edge

Oracle (ORCL) Stock: Jumps on Landmark TikTok Buyout and Data-Security Role

2 months / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Oracle TikTok deal lifts AI mining stocks as bitcoin tags $88,000

2 months / coindesk / James Van Straten

Oracle (ORCL) Stock: U.S. TikTok Agreement Highlights Infrastructure Strength

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Oracle’s stock is rising. Why TikTok’s U.S. deal could be good news for the tech company.

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Oracle’s stock is rising on report of U.S. joint venture for TikTok

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Policy debates and editorial opinions

TikTok Deal Is the Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse

2 months / ycombinator

TikTok is not getting banned in the US, after all

2 months / digitaltrends

Will the TikTok deal mean the app changes in the US?

2 months / bbc

TikTok ban: all the news on the app’s shutdown and return in the US

2 months / theverge / Verge Staff

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TikTok Signs Agreements With US Investors. What's Next for Creators and Users?

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TikTok's deal to divest US operations fails to satisfy China hawks

2 months / semafor / Reed Albergotti

TikTok’s deal to divest US operations fails to satisfy China hawks - https-//www.semafor.com

2 months / google

The deal closes a long-running drama in which U.S. authorities have sought to compel ByteDance to divest.

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TikTok U.S. Sale to Oracle-Led Group Set to Close in January

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FT saying Oracle control it www.ft.com/content/7a77...

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Chew’s memo...says 50% of the investors will be new, with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX, an Abu Dhabi-based investment company, retaining 15% each; 30.1% will be held by affiliates of certain existing investors of ByteDance; and 19.9% will be retained by By

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Instacart Settles FTC Lawsuit Alleging Deceptive Advertising and Subscription Enrollments

PYMNTS / pymnts - Instacart agreed to pay $60 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit that alleged the company engaged in deceptive tactics. In its lawsuit, the regulator alleged that the grocery delivery platform falsely advertised “free delivery” to consumer…

#ecommerce #business #scam #law #ftc #litigation #digitalprivacy #advertising #regulation

Instacart to Pay $60 Million in Refunds for Allegedly Deceiving Customers

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Instacart to Pay $60 Million in Refunds for Allegedly Deceiving Customers

2 months / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

FTC: Instacart To Refund $60M Over Deceptive Subscription Tactics

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Instacart agrees to refund subscribers $60 million in FTC settlement

2 months / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Grocery delivery service Instacart will refund $60 million to settle FTC claims that it misled customers with false advertising and unlawfully enrolled them in paid subscriptions.

2 months / bsky / @bleepingcomputer.com / bleepingcomputer.com

Instacart says it doesn't manipulate prices using AI, but the FTC isn't convinced

2 months / techspot

Instacart pays $60m in refunds to settle FTC deception dispute

2 months / siliconrepublic / Colin Ryan

FTC: Instacart to refund $60M over deceptive subscription tactics

2 months / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

The federal agency alleged Instacart misled consumers with unlawful tactics, causing them to pay higher fees while also denying refunds.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Instacart Settles FTC Lawsuit Alleging Deceptive Advertising and Subscription Enrollments

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Instacart to pay $60M to settle FTC claims it deceived consumers

2 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Instacart to pay $60 million to settle FTC claims it deceived customers

2 months / cnbc

Neural Concept Raises $100M in Series C Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Neural Concept, a Lausanne, Switzerland-based provider of an AI platform and a company which specializes in engineering intelligence, raised $100M in Series C funding. The round was led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with existing investo…

#ai #cloud #automation #analytics #enterprise #aiethics #investment #business #deeptech #engineering

Swiss-based Neural Concept Secures €85 Million In Funding With Partners Nvidia, Siemens, And Microsoft

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

AI-aided design software startup Neural Concept raises $100M to accelerate product engineering

2 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Neural Concept Raises $100M in Series C Funding

2 months / finsmes / FinSMEs

Swiss Neural Concept scores $100M to redefine how engineers design products

2 months / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Neural Concept raises $100M to scale AI-native engineering

2 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

With Nvidia, Siemens and Microsoft as partners, Lausanne-based Neural Concept raises €85 million

2 months / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Imprint becomes latest Irish-founded unicorn with $150m Series D raise

Ann O’Dea / siliconrepublic - New York-based fintech Imprint, co-founded by Irishman Daragh Murphy, has hit a $1.2bn valuation with its latest $150m Series D raise.Read more: Imprint becomes latest Irish-founded unicorn with $150m Series D raise

#startups #vc #innovation #fintech #saas #digitalmarketing #investment #business #payments #technology

Khosla-led Imprint hits unicorn status with $150M for brand cards

2 months / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Imprint Raises $150M in Series D Funding

2 months / finsmes / FinSMEs

Imprint becomes latest Irish-founded unicorn with $150m Series D raise

2 months / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

Italy’s Cybersecurity Firm Exein Raises €100M To Fuel Global Expansion

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Exein, a Rome-based innovator in embedded cybersecurity for connected devices, has announced €100 million in new funding to accelerate product development and international expansion, bringing its total raised in 2025 to €170 million. The round was led by…

#startups #vc #cybersecurity #infosec #cloudsec #investment #business #security #europe #technology

Exein closes €100M round to harden security at the internet of things device level

2 months / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

Exein raises an additional €100M to expand its embedded cybersecurity platform

2 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Can Italy’s Exein, fresh off €100M raise, claim Europe’s first embedded security unicorn crown?

2 months / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Italy’s Cybersecurity Firm Exein Raises €100M To Fuel Global Expansion

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Exein Raises €100M in Funding

2 months / finsmes / FinSMEs

Italy’s embedded cybersecurity firm Exein adds €100 million in funding as global expansion continues

2 months / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Meta 'Pauses' Third-Party Headset Program

BeauHD / slashdot - Meta has paused its third-party Horizon OS headset program, effectively canceling planned VR headsets from Asus and Lenovo as it refocuses on "building the world-class first-party hardware and software needed to advance the VR market." Road to VR reports:…

#hardware #vr #ar #mixedreality #meta #business #technology #asus #lenovo

Meta’s Horizon OS isn’t coming to third-party headsets anytime soon

2 months / digitaltrends

Meta won’t share Horizon OS with third parties

2 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Meta 'Pauses' Third-Party Headset Program

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Meta pauses third-party Horizon VR headsets program

2 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Meta is 'pausing' third-party VR headsets from ASUS and Lenovo

2 months / engadget / Karissa Bell

Meta is pausing its dream of sharing Quest’s Horizon OS with third-party headset makers

2 months / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

China cements global lead in smart vacuums as Picea acquires Roomba maker iRobot

scmp - Chinese robotics manufacturers are set to cement their dominance in the global smart vacuum market with Picea Robotics’ acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot, after the US firm’s proposed sale to Amazon.com last year fell through due to regulatory hurdles.Ch…

#iot #robotics #automation #china #business #asia #acquisitions #manufacturing #technology #smarthome

China cements global lead in smart vacuums as Picea acquires Roomba maker iRobot

2 months / scmp

iRobot CEO says previous management was ‘in denial’ over group’s troubles

2 months / ft

Regulators killed iRobot and as such, just put Chinese robots in everyones' homes. Congrats to all involved. https://spyglass.org/mopping-the-floor-with-antitrust/

2 months / bsky / @mgsiegler.com

OpenAI in Talks with Amazon for $10 Billion Investment: Report

Jon Swartz / techstrong - OpenAI is in preliminary discussions to raise at least $10 billion from Amazon.com Inc., according to a report in The Information, citing sources familiar with the matter. The potential deal would value the ChatGPT creator at more than $500 billion and in…

#ai #innovation #techpolicy #amazon #openai #genai #investment #business #chatgpt

OpenAI Discussed Funding at $750 Billion Value, Report Says

2 months / bloomberg / Shirin Ghaffary

OpenAI reportedly could raise $10B+ in funding from Amazon

2 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Amazon Could Invest $10B in OpenAI at $500B Valuation

2 months / iphoneincanada / Nehal Malik

OpenAI in Talks with Amazon for $10 Billion Investment: Report

2 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

The $10 billion loop: Amazon could pay OpenAI so OpenAI can pay Amazon

2 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Amazon reportedly in talks to invest $10B in OpenAI as circular deals stay popular

2 months / reddit / /u/afk_exe

Amazon appoints longtime AWS exec Peter DeSantis to lead new AI org

Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - DeSantis has spent 27 years at Amazon, including eight years as an SVP for AWS, the cloud provider that powers about one-third of the internet.

#ai #cloud #google #amazon #microsoft #aiethics #genai #business #executiveorder

Peter DeSantis to lead Amazon’s Nova AI organization

2 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Amazon Reorganization Combines AI, Silicon and Quantum Computing

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Amazon overhauls AI team as chief declares an ‘inflection point’

2 months / ft

Jassy taps 27-year Amazon veteran to run AGI org, which is now definitely a thing that exists

2 months / theregister / Corey Quinn

Amazon has a new leader for its ‘AGI’ group as it plays catch-up on AI

2 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Amazon appoints longtime AWS exec Peter DeSantis to lead new AI org

2 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Micron earnings blow past expectations — and the stock is climbing

@MarketWatch / x - Micron earnings blow past expectations — and the stock is climbing https://t.co/84lxNNYloP— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) December 17, 2025

#ai #chips #aiethics #stockmarket #earnings #business #semiconductor #technology #memory

Micron crushes earnings, calming markets and helping boost bitcoin back above $87,000

2 months / coindesk / James Van Straten

Micron’s Blowout Results Are Bad News for Anyone Buying a New Phone or PC Next Year

2 months / wsj / Dan Gallagher

Micron Forecasts DRAM Shortages Beyond 2026

2 months / techpowerup

Micron says memory shortages are here for the foreseeable future

2 months / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Micron crushes expectations on earnings and guidance amid soaring AI memory demand

2 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Micron blows past expectations, and the stock is climbing trib.al/48yRxMq

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

(PR) Micron Technology, Inc. Reports Results for the First Quarter of Fiscal 2026

2 months / techpowerup

Micron forecasts surging revenue as computer memory demand for AI remains high

2 months / cnbc

Micron earnings blow past expectations — and the stock is climbing

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Micron Gives Rosy Sales Forecast After AI Boom Spurs Demand

2 months / bloomberg / Dina Bass

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount hostile bid, backs Netflix deal

techspot - Warner Bros. Discovery's board has formally rejected Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid, urging shareholders to stick with Netflix's previously announced acquisition. The decision shuts down Paramount's attempt to wrest control of the media giant j…

#streaming #entertainment #netflix #business #acquisitions #media #technology

David Zaslav Could Make So Much Money Out of Messing Up Warner Bros.

2 months / gizmodo / Cheryl Eddy

Netflix/WB file merger as political pressure mounts

2 months / globalcompetitionreview / Anna Langlois

Who matters in the battle for Warner Bros?

2 months / ft

What to know about bidding war between Netflix and Paramount for Warner Bros.

2 months / techxplore

The Warner Brothers-Netflix merger could doom Hollywood film workers

2 months / fastcompany / Alex Press

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount hostile bid, backs Netflix deal

2 months / techspot

Netflix appears to be in the driver’s seat on Warner Bros. bid as board rejects Paramount offer

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s hostile bid, calls offer ‘illusory’

2 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Netflix appears to be in the driver’s seat on Warner Bros. bid trib.al/4jG5QJm

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Coursera to Acquire Udemy in $2.5 Billion All-Stock Deal

Jon Swartz / techstrong - Coursera Inc. announced Wednesday it will acquire rival online learning platform Udemy Inc. in an all-stock transaction, creating a combined entity valued at approximately $2.5 billion as the education technology sector consolidates following pandemic-era…