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Netflix outmaneuvered Paramount to buy Warner Bros. in a deal that may change Hollywood forever. The deal still needs to pass regulatory scrutiny before it can pass, and there is plenty of opposition against the deal. Paramount could still launch a hostile bid. This article tells the story of the acquisition based on conversations with more than a dozen individuals directly involved in the process.
Max Hodak co-founded Neuralink with Elon Musk in 2016. He served as its president and essentially ran day-to-day operations. In 2021, he left and co-founded Science Corp., a brain-computer interface company that aims to build technologies that can reshape human consciousness. Its first product is a procedure that restores 'form vision' to people with advanced macular degeneration through a rice grain-sized computer chip implanted directly in the retina.
Zanskar is a company that uses advanced AI models to prospect for geothermal sites. Its AI models recently discovered a massive underground heat source in western Nevada. This is the third such finding in Zanskar's short life. AI prospecting appears to be a game-changer for geothermal energy, a market that many had previously written off because finding heat sources was so challenging.
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AI can generate code really fast, but that code still needs to be reviewed. Automated PR tools can help, but they're not sufficient. This article presents a workflow that can cut the time it takes to review AI-generated PRs significantly. The workflow uses AI to summarize changes and identify potential issues while allowing the developer to stay in control of the final output.
Developers find it difficult to estimate. A lot of the time, it can be difficult to see why the estimate is even important. Product owners see estimates as a crucial piece of the puzzle that helps in planning the short and long-term life cycle of a product. It is best to work in a way that allows developers to be transparent and continuously communicate updated estimates as development progresses.
ZTE's Nubia M153 is a smartphone that runs ByteDance's DoubaoAI agent at the OS level. The agent has complete control over the phone. It can see the UI, choose/download apps, tap/type, make calls, and run multi-step task chains. The Doubao model is a massive, sparse Mixture of Experts model with full text and vision support. This thread contains several videos that show what the phone is capable of.
Bitcoin will probably hit a million one day, but that is irrelevant to the financial games the industry is churning out. The industry mentality is incredibly toxic and will likely lead to the long-term collapse of social mobility for the younger generation. It is up to us to find the courage to resist the pull of worthless games. Sometimes, it is better to be right than to make money.
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Hint: It's not the models. According to 500+ leaders, it's using AI in silos. 75% say current tools focus too much on individual
Johny Srouji, senior vice president of hardware technologies and one of Apple's most respected executives, recently told Tim Cook that he is seriously considering leaving in the near future.
X was fined about $140 million for violating the Digital Services Act.
Some younger workers have decided to spend more time in the office due to feelings of isolation, a desire for more mentoring and feedback, and to improve the odds of a promotion.
GPT-5.2 could help OpenAI close the gap created after Gemini 3's strong debut.
Answering the binding problem will require advanced neural interfaces that allow scientists to experimentally access the brain to run experiments.
TikTok's Nearby Feed is only being rolled out to a select few countries for now, including France, Germany, Italy, and the UK.
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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is moving forward with exclusive deal talks with Netflix. Netflix offered WBD $30 a share for the studio and streaming assets. The deal includes a $5 billion break-up fee. Netflix obtaining WBD's assets could dramatically reshape the entertainment landscape and give Netflix even more power over Hollywood.
Meta is expected to meaningfully cut resources to the metaverse project, an effort once framed as the future of the company. Executives are considering potential budget cuts as high as 30% for the metaverse group next year. This will likely include layoffs. The savings are expected to funnel towards other projects within Meta's Reality Labs division.
SoftBank Group is hammering out the details of a plan that could see CEO Masayoshi Son marshaling hundreds of billions of dollars to build Trump-branded industrial parks around the US. The facilities will be largely built on federal lands using funds pledged by the Japanese government as part of a recent trade deal. They will produce components for artificial-intelligence infrastructure. The funds could be flowing as soon as early 2026.
ARMR Sciences is launching a trial to test its fentanyl vaccine in people for the first time. The vaccine is designed to be given to people before they use the drug. It neutralizes fentanyl in the bloodstream before it reaches the brain, preventing the respiratory failure that comes with overdose, as well as the euphoric high people get when taking the drug. ARMR is testing an injectable vaccine in the upcoming trial, but it is also looking into an oral formulation similar to a Listerine strip for future trials.
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You don't have to chase the spotlight to have a meaningful, high-impact career at a big company. The tech industry loves to tell you to move fast, but there is a path where leverage comes from depth, patience, and the quiet satisfaction of building the foundation others stand on. It's okay to stay put, dig in, and build something that lasts. Some projects require engineers to sit with a problem space for years until they understand it well enough.
TanStack AI is a type-safe, framework-agnostic AI SDK with a unified interface across multiple providers. It enables engineers to build adaptive, intelligent apps with streaming, tool calling, agents, and multi-provider support. It supports multimodal content, chat completion, headless chat state management, and more. TanStack AI is a complete AI ecosystem and not a vendor platform - there are no middlemen or service fees, and no vendor lock-in.
Tesla says it will allow people to text and drive while using Full-Self Driving (FSD) within the next couple of months. There are some concerns with the capability, as laws in the US specifically prohibit texting and driving. Some states prohibit drivers from even holding a phone when the car is in motion. Elon Musk has noted that the capability will only be available depending on the context of surrounding traffic, but did not provide any details about what conditions FSD would allow a driver to text and drive.
A lot has changed since last year, both online and offline. This presentation tries to make sense of all of it. It contains screenshots and news articles collected throughout the year that tell the story of what's been happening.
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Real progress is messy, iterative, and deeply intertwined with the tools we build.
A long-term brain drain has robbed Apple of innovators and seeded rivals with expertise.
System-wide filtering is the ability to intercept and block web traffic from any application, not just browsers.
Free and open source software is an amazing hack for cost control and copyright licensing law problems.
The iPhone app of the year was Tiimo, the iPad app of the year was Detail, and the Mac app of the year was Essayist.
AI datacenter buildouts are causing RAM prices to skyrocket.
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Sam Altman has explored the possibility of acquiring or partnering with a rocket company to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX. He has reached out to at least one rocket maker already. There were talks around a series of equity investments, but the talks are no longer active. OpenAI recently declared a 'code red' to improve ChatGPT. As a result, the company is delaying the rollout of other products.
2025's Spotify Wrapped has been released. This year, Spotify added a new feature called Wrapped Party, which pits listeners against their friends to see who is the bigger music fan. Users can receive awards for listening to certain genres, and the feature judges the entire group's music tastes. Spotify has brought back its interactive song quiz and top artist sprint this year. This year's Wrapped also highlights top audiobook genres for the first time.
Chinese company Landspace's Zhuque-3 rocket exploded after successfully reaching orbit on Tuesday. The 216-foot stainless steel rocket successfully placed its expendable second stage in orbit, but the first stage booster appeared to lose an engine during its landing burn. No one was harmed in the incident. The anomaly is currently under investigation to discover its root cause. A video of the explosion is available in the article.
Britain's DragonFire laser weapon shot down drones flying at 404 mph on November 20 at the Ministry of Defence's Hebrides Range in Scotland. The high-powered, solid-state laser will be installed in the Navy's Type 45 frigates by 2027. It can hit a target the size of a US quarter over a distance of 0.62 miles. The laser weapon can lock onto and fire at hostiles that are flying at a distance and at an altitude where they are above the curvature of the Earth.
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There is a security vulnerability in React Server Components that allows unauthenticated remote code execution. It exploits a flaw in how React decodes payloads sent to React Server Function endpoints. Apps may still be vulnerable even if they don't implement any React Server Function endpoints. The vulnerability is present in versions 19.0, 19.1.0, 19.1.1, and 19.2.0 of react-server-dom-webpack, react-server-dom-parcel, and react-server-dom-turbopack.
Meta has poached Apple's most prominent design executive. Alan Dye has served as the head of Apple's user interface design team since 2015. Apple will replace Dye with longtime designer Stephen Lemay. Meta is creating a new design studio and putting Dye in charge of design for hardware, software, and AI integration for its interfaces.
Tech workers in Seattle tend to react negatively when the topic of AI is brought up. This is due to several reasons, like layoffs due to AI, the proliferation of AI in software, and being forced to use AI tools whether they work or not. The result is that engineers are no longer trying because they think they can't, and companies aren't empowering them because they assume they shouldn't. Bad products are only reinforcing the belief that AI is doomed.