Reliance and Disney Finalize $8.5B India Media Merger
Reliance Industries and The Walt Disney Company have officially closed their landmark media merger in India, establishing an $8.5 billion entertainment powerhouse. This strategic joint venture, finalized this Thursday, reshapes…
FBI Confirms Chinese Hackers Breached US Wiretap Systems
The U.S. government has officially confirmed that state-linked Chinese hackers successfully breached major American telecommunications providers. The intrusion granted unauthorized access to sensitive wiretap systems utilized by law enforcement agencies…
Don Lemon Exits X, Blasting Musk’s New Legal Terms
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon officially announced his departure from Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, on Wednesday. This move marks a definitive break in a volatile relationship that began…
Hot Topic Data Breach: 57 Million Customers Exposed
A massive data breach at American retailer Hot Topic has compromised the personal information of 57 million customers. The incident, which took place in October, exposed a wide range of…
Bluesky Surges as X Users Flee Following Election Results
Bluesky is experiencing a massive influx of new users as a significant portion of the X (formerly Twitter) user base migrates to the decentralized platform in the wake of the…
Lena Dunham to Adapt Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Saga for Film
Lena Dunham is teaming up with Apple and A24 to bring the dramatic rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried to the big screen. The project will adapt Michael Lewis’ best-selling…
Particle: The AI News App That Actually Pays Publishers
Former Twitter engineers have launched Particle, a new AI-powered news aggregator designed to bridge the gap between artificial intelligence and the struggling media industry. Unlike many AI models that scrape…
Upwind Nears $900M Valuation in Massive $100M Funding Round
Israeli cloud cybersecurity firm Upwind is finalizing a $100 million Series B funding round, pushing its valuation toward the $900 million mark. The company, which specializes in securing cloud infrastructure,…
The Beatles Earn Two Grammy Nods for AI-Assisted Track
The Beatles have secured two Grammy nominations for their final song, “Now and Then,” marking a surreal return to the awards stage decades after the band’s dissolution. The track, which…
Hacker Exploits Call of Duty Anti-Cheat to Ban Thousands
A sophisticated security flaw in Activision’s “Ricochet” anti-cheat system allowed a hacker to wrongfully ban “thousands upon thousands” of legitimate Call of Duty players. While Activision officially acknowledged a bug…
Mozilla Foundation Cuts 30% of Staff in Major Restructuring
The Mozilla Foundation, the nonprofit entity behind the Firefox browser, has officially laid off 30% of its workforce. The move comes as the organization attempts to navigate a period of…
Snowflake Hacker Arrested in Canada After Massive Data Breach
Canadian authorities have arrested Alexander Moucka, also known as Connor Moucka, in connection with a sweeping series of cyberattacks targeting Snowflake cloud customers. The arrest took place on Wednesday, October…