Netflix was reportedly worried about antitrust scrutiny if it bought Roku instead of Fox.
The Roku Netflix Player was originally a streaming box that then-Netflix CEO Reed Hastings decided not to build. …
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Mass layoffs ahead for EA?
… The newly privatized company is now saddled with $18 billion of debt, with annual interest payments of about $1.8 billion. …
Nvidia’s new financial strategy does not compute
… Arranging AI deals is “a growing source of revenue.” About 60 people are focused on AI buildout. The development of the data centers themselves is financed differently than the chips. I am pointing at Apollo because it published something interesting recently. …
Google’s Pixel 10A is a great deal at 15 percent off
… I’ve been interested in trying out soldering, especially since Hoto launched its SnapBloq rechargeable soldering iron. …
Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure
… The Xbox team was interested in “exploring collaboration opportunities,” but couldn’t commit to the research costs by itself. …
Netflix can’t seem to follow up its biggest shows
… Netflix execs have described this process as “building a universe.” The challenge is building one viewers actually want to visit.
Instagram has launched another Snapchat clone
… It aims to encourage Instagram users to be more authentic — something alluded to by the app’s “real life, real quick” tagline, and seemingly builds on goals that Instagram chief Adam Mosseri shared in December. …
Larry Ellison’s betting everything on OpenAI. Will it pay off or pop the bubble?
… By February 2025, Ellison was telling former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair that AI was “a much bigger deal than the Industrial Revolution, electricity, and everything that’s come before.” In September, Oracle “shocked the markets” with a $300 billion deal with OpenAI to build data centers, one of th… …
The agency keeping creators off the ‘influencer cliff’
… You seem less interested in actually transacting and owning the things, right? You’re trying to help the creators build their own businesses. …
Tim Cook will still be Apple’s Trump whisperer
… He’s had to balance the company’s massive business interest in China with US policymakers’ concerns, and he’s worked to appease Trump for favorable regulatory decisions, without alienating too many Apple employees and customers in the process. …