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Disney content to go dark on YouTubeTV amid contract dispute
Photo illustration of the YouTube TV logo displayed on a smartphone, with the YouTube logo in the background. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Disney content, including channels like ABC and ESPN, was removed from Google‘s YouTube TV on Thursday after the two companies failed to renew a contract. “Last week Disney used the threat […]
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Netflix announces a 10-for-1 stock split
Mateusz Slodkowski | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Netflix announced a 10-for-1 stock split Thursday, a move that changes nothing fundamentally about the company, but could make the pricey individual shares more accessible to the retail investor. Existing shareholders as of Nov. 10 will receive nine additional shares for each one they hold. […]
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Comcast beats earnings estimates despite more broadband subscriber losses
Comcast topped Wall Street earnings and revenue estimates for the third quarter on Thursday, despite once again reporting a loss in broadband customers. The company said it lost 104,000 domestic broadband customers during the period, bringing its total subscriber base to roughly 31.4 million. This marked the fourth quarter in a row that Comcast failed […]
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Analysts think Trump would block a Comcast-WBD deal. Comcast executives aren’t as worried
Brian Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast, attends the annual Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho on July 9th, 2025. David A. Grogan | CNBC Comcast reported earnings Thursday, and it could shed light on how executives view regulators’ attitude toward a potential NBCUniversal-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Warner Bros. Discovery, […]
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Paramount to lay off 1,000 employees, with more cuts expected
The logo and lettering of Paramount Skydance Corporation can be seen at a Paramount stand at the Media Days in Munich (Bavaria, Germany). Matthias Balk | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Paramount Skydance is slashing nearly 1,000 jobs beginning on Wednesday, just months after the close of its merger, according to a person close to […]
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Character.AI to block romantic AI chats for minors a year after teen’s suicide
Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Character.AI on Wednesday announced that it will soon shut off the ability for minors to have free-ranging chats, including romantic and therapeutic conversations, with the startup’s artificial intelligence chatbots. The Silicon Valley startup, which allows users to create and interact with character-based chatbots, announced the move as part of […]
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales isn’t worried about Elon Musk’s Grokipedia: ‘Not optimistic he will create anything very useful right now’
Elon Musk’s Wikipedia rival Grokipedia got off to a “rocky start” in its public debut, but Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales didn’t even have to take a look at the AI’s output to know what he expected. “I’m not optimistic he will create anything very useful right now,” Wales said at the CNBC Technology Executive Council […]
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OpenAI completes restructure, solidifying Microsoft as a major shareholder
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks to media following a Q&A at the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, U.S., Sept. 23, 2025. Shelby Tauber | Reuters OpenAI on Tuesday announced it has completed its recapitalization, cementing its structure as a nonprofit with a controlling stake in its for-profit business. The artificial intelligence startup said its […]
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OpenAI says U.S. needs more power to stay ahead of China in AI: ‘Electrons are the new oil’
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI on Monday said the U.S. needs to substantially ramp up its investment in new energy capacity if it wants to […]
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Disney warns ESPN, other networks may go out on YouTube TV at the end of the month
ESPN and YouTube TV. David Buono | Icon Sportswire | Jaque Silva | NurPhoto | Getty Images Just a month after reaching an agreement with NBCUniversal to avoid dropping its networks, YouTube TV has another potential blackout on its hands — this time with Disney. Disney said Thursday it would begin running public messages for […]
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