States sue to block Paramount/WBD merger that was approved by Trump admin
… The US Justice Department approved the merger on June 12, saying it determined it will not harm competition or American consumers. …
Search
Musk’s “World War III” threat in Twitter lawsuit haunts him at OpenAI trial
…In that 2022 case, Musk’s legal team invited a “renegotiation” of the Twitter purchase price “so that the lawsuit could be dropped,” while threatening that “it would be World War III…
Musk says US military suicide drones used Starlink in violation of SpaceX rules
… The Reuters report, based on Pentagon documents and interviews with sources familiar with the pricing talks, said that SpaceX recently asked the military to pay $25,000 for Starshield access on each kamikaze drone. …
RIP bargain bin: The price impact of Sony's disc-free PlayStation plan
… My way or the highway The pricing structure for PlayStation games in a disc-free world won’t necessarily mirror the current pricing on the PlayStation Store. …
Satellite operators are in panic mode due to a worsening launch crisis
… That left just two large rockets, the Vulcan vehicle and Blue Origin’s New Glenn booster, as the key vehicles to bring competition to SpaceX and help ease the growing demand for launch capacity in the mid-2020s. …
Google just had its first negative cash flow quarter due to massive AI spending
…It’s also sitting on a war chest of more than $100 billion. But free cash flow is an important metric that goes to the overall health of a business. This is…
Payloads used to dictate the terms of launch. That's finally changing.
… Part of the calculation will hinge on the progress of SpaceX’s competitors, such as Blue Origin. “Certainly, that’s what the industry wants to see, is two equal players,” Jones said. “It absolutely contributes to the economics in terms of price per kilogram.” “We’ve got these two rocket companies v… …
FCC took pricey gifts from Paramount as the company needed approval for deals
… Last week, the British government signaled it planned to investigate whether the new entertainment titan that would emerge from the union would unfairly stifle competition. …
The perfect commuter bike? Velotric's Discover M makes its case.
…If you’re in the market for a good commuter bike, the Discover 3 provides a fantastic balance of price and quality. The Good Solid and comfortable commuter bike Very competitive price…
Google hit with $1 billion in fines as EU braces for Trump battle
… Yelp applauds Google DMA fine Although Google is cooperating with the EC, the company is clearly upset about required changes that it claims degrade its popular products just to satisfy “a small group of self-serving complainants.” “To comply, we are having to strip away real-time Search features E… …