LimeWire (Which Still Exists) Buys Fyre Festival (Which Never Did) on eBay

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Humanoid robot startup Figure raises $1B+ at $39B valuation

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Figure AI Inc. today announced that it raised a funding round worth more than $1 billion from a group of prominent investors. Parkway Venture Capital led the Series C deal. It was joined by Nvidia Corp., Intel Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Salesforce Inc., …

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Nestlé Chairman steps down following CEO’s abrupt ouster

In the wake of a dramatic executive upheaval, Nestlé’s Chairman Bulcke is stepping down early following the recent ouster of the company’s CEO. This leadership change marks a significant restructuring effort at one of the world’s largest food companies, fueling ongoing speculation about its strategic future.

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Kering Faces Cyber Breach Impacting Luxury Fashion Brands

Kering is under fire after hackers stole client data from its high-end labels, including Gucci, Balenciaga, and McQueen. Although credit card information appears safe, the company has reached out to affected customers while scrambling to contain the breach and tighten its cybersecurity defenses.

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Manufacturing startup Divergent raises $290M at $2.3B valuation

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Manufacturing startup Divergent Technologies Inc. today announced that it has raised $290 million in a late-stage funding round to support its growth efforts. The Series E round comprised $250 million in equity funding and $40 million worth of debt. Roche…

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Self-serve phone recycling kiosks open in Toronto area

Matthew Mountjoy / mobilesyrup - EcoATM, a global leader in electronics recycling, officially launched in Canada through a partnership with Walmart. According to the company’s press release, the initial launch will see 13 kiosks open in Walmarts across the Greater Toronto Area, mainly in…

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Canadian Tire and Tim Hortons to Link Loyalty Programs

Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Canadian Tire and Tim Hortons will connect their loyalty programs starting in late 2026, giving customers the chance to earn and redeem rewards across both brands. The agreement will let members link their Triangle Rewards and Tims Rewards accounts. Once …

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Bharti big shots storm BT boardroom after £3.6B raid

Paul Kunert / theregister - Sign 'relationship agreement' as Bharti Mittal and Vittal take non-exec directorships BT - Britain's former state-owned telecoms monopoly - has confirmed that execs from Bharti Global, its largest shareholder, are joining the board with immediate effect.…

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Ram ends EV pickup truck plans

Kirsten Korosec / techcrunch - Stellantis, the parent company of Ram, said Friday that it will no longer develop a battery-electric full-size pickup. The company cited low demand for full-size battery-electric trucks as the primary reason.

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Microsoft and OpenAI reach restructuring truce

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Microsoft and OpenAI end months of toxic negotiations with a deal that gives the nonprofit $100+ billion while clearing OpenAI's path to go public. The agreement reveals how AI partnerships are evolving beyond traditional boundaries.

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Adobe’s stock gains as its AI investments start bearing fruit

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Adobe Inc.’s shares made gains in late trading today after the Photoshop maker delivered third-quarter financial results that surpassed Wall Street’s expectations and offered a strong outlook for the current quarter, indicating that its investments in art…

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company suspends work on Vegas airport tunnel after ‘crushing injury’

Sean O'Kane / techcrunch - A worker had to be rescued by the local fire department, but is reportedly stable. Dozens of Boring Company workers have been injured over the years in Vegas.

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Paramount Skydance prepares bid to acquire Warner Bros Discovery - Financial Times

google - Paramount Skydance prepares bid to acquire Warner Bros Discovery Financial Times

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Perplexity reportedly raised $200M at $20B valuation

Marina Temkin / techcrunch - The AI-powered search startup's valuation jumped from $18 billion two months earlier.

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HBO Max is going to get a lot more expensive, CEO promises

Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - David Zaslav, the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, plans to make HBO more expensive, and passwords a lot harder to share, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Zaslav shared his general outlook on the state of television at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + T…

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Reddit, Yahoo, and other publishers roll out licensing protocol, pressuring AI companies to pay for scraped data

techspot - Announced earlier today, Really Simple Licensing, or RSL, is an open, decentralized protocol developed by the non-profit RSL Collective. Built on the widely used RSS (Really Simple Syndication) standard, it can handle any digital content – web pages, book…

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OpenAI and Oracle reportedly ink historic cloud computing deal

Rebecca Szkutak / techcrunch - OpenAI and Oracle reportedly signed a deal that includes OpenAI buying $300 billion of compute over a five-year span.

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Nebius Eyes $3B Capital Raise Following Landmark Microsoft Deal

AI infrastructure firm Nebius Group is set to raise over $3B in fresh capital immediately after sealing a headline-making $19.4B deal with Microsoft. The ambitious funding round reflects strong investor confidence and marks a pivotal moment as the company gears up for rapid expansion in the fiercely competitive AI market.

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