Just a few days ago, the states’ antitrust challenge to the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger still seemed like a hurdle. Now, it’s looking more like a siege war, as Paramount has agreed to suspend the $111 million deal for at least several months. In doing so, Paramount’s lawyers have effectively admitted that they were unlikely to
TikTok is taking a page out of Amazon’s playbook. The social video app is testing a Prime-style membership program for some US shoppers, according to screenshots of the offer seen by Business Insider. The program, called TikTok Shop Plus, is integrated into Shop, its e-commerce platform. Like Amazon Prime, it offers its members a mix
OpenAI launched its first piece of hardware last week: a sleek little keyboard designed to pair with ChatGPT. Micro, which was developed in collaboration with keyboard designer Work Louder, is essentially a handcrafted workplace novelty that many tech enthusiasts will love and that may leave everyone else a little baffled. OpenAI’s entry into the hardware
At least 15 people have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, including 10 killed in ballistic missile attacks on an exhibition near kyiv showcasing drone technology. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said About 100 people were injured in the Daytime attack on the exhibition, attended by prominent members of the defense sector. Five people were
Norwegian director Vegard Dahle’s zombie comedy “Grandmonster” won the top Outpost award and a post-production services award at Fantasia Festival’s prestigious Frontières Co-Production Market, which handed out six awards at its closing cocktail party on July 25. The film, about an American dropout who unwittingly triggers a zombie outbreak in a remote Norwegian nursing home
Update: This story was originally published on July 21 and was updated on July 24 following the news that Paramount agreed to delay closing its deal with WBD until the antitrust cases are decided. Paramount Skydance employees are debating whether the planned megamerger with Warner Bros. Discovery would put them on the chopping block or