AT&T announces $43 billion deal to merge WarnerMedia with Discovery
If approved by regulators, the deal effectively reverses AT&T's years-long plan to combine content and distribution in a vertically integrated company.
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AT&T battled the DOJ to buy Time Warner, only to spin it out again three years later
The company that fought so hard for brands such as CNN, HBO and Warner Bros. just a few years ago is now ready to let them go.
David Zaslav sees 400 million streaming subscribers one day for combined Discovery-WarnerMedia
In a CNBC interview, Discovery CEO David Zaslav offered a lofty long-term subscriber target for the new company created out of a merger with AT&T's WarnerMedia.
AT&T CEO John Stankey's biggest corporate reversal in history rejects former boss Randall Stephenson
AT&T CEO John Stankey assessed that his former boss' deals with DirecTV and Time Warner no longer helped AT&T shareholders.
People in the Philippines are earning cryptocurrency during the pandemic by playing a video game
Filipino citizens play video games to supplement income using NFTs, and cryptocurrency amid pandemic induced economic downturn.
AT&T in advanced talks to merge WarnerMedia with Discovery, deal expected as soon as Monday
AT&T and Discovery will announce a deal to merge Discovery and WarnerMedia as soon as tomorrow, sources say.
Elon Musk clarifies that 'Tesla has not sold any Bitcoin'
Once a proponent of bitcoin, Musk appears to have reversed course in recent weeks in favor of dogecoin.
Governments are deploying 'wartime-like' efforts to win the global semiconductor race
The reasons for the ongoing global chip shortage, which is set to last into 2022 and possibly 2023, are complex and multifaceted.
The next step in flying: Planes without pilots
Bay Area start-ups Xwing and Reliable Robotics are trying to revolutionize aviation with pilotless planes.
How this 28-year-old is giving unbanked families in Mexico access to solar hot water heaters, washing machines, refrigerators
This 28-year-old from Mexico is using Internet-of-things control meters to give unbanked families access to hot water heaters, refrigerators, washing machines.
Why former Google ads boss Sridhar Ramaswamy is building an ad-free search engine
Ramaswamy spent seventeen years inside Google, and eventually grew disillusioned with its ad business. Now, he's trying to build the solution with Neeva.
San Francisco tech companies are sitting on record amounts of empty office space and offering perks to lure tenants
Dropbox, Airbnb and Salesforce have taken some of the biggest real estate impairments in the tech industry because of vacated office space in San Francisco.
Mark Cuban, other investors, bet $250,000 on GRIND, a company that makes basketball shooting machines
The company was created by 26-year-old Thomas Fields, who also appeared on the game show Shark Tank.
Payment tech company Marqeta files for IPO as value tops $16 billion on private markets
Marqeta, whose payment technology is used by DoorDash and Instacart, plans to go public on over $100 million in quarterly revenue.
Facebook races to remove anti-vaccine profile picture frames
A spokesperson said Facebook is working to remove variations of anti-vaccine messages from its frame options, which appear on top of users' profile pictures.
Former CBS CEO Les Moonves drops legal pursuit to get $120 million in severance pay
Former CBS CEO Les Moonves has dropped his legal pursuit of $120 million in severance pay after he left the company in 2018 amid sexual misconduct allegations.
GoodRx co-CEO touts recent acquisitions, says its business is 'rock solid' and only getting better
"We're transitioning from the Covid crisis into the other health-care crisis" of affordability, GoodRx co-CEO Doug Hirsch told CNBC.
Colonial Pipeline cyberattack is no cause for panic – here's why
The Colonial Pipeline hack was not the first of a series of sudden attacks on America's critical infrastructure, according to cyber experts.
Dogecoin rallies on Elon Musk tweet, anticipated Coinbase listing
Dogecoin's price soared as high as 56 cents early Friday, according to Coin Metrics data.
Google leads court filing supporting tens of thousands of U.S. visa-holders' ability to work
Tech companies that signed onto the brief include Adobe, Amazon, Apple, Electronic Arts, eBay, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, PayPal, Reddit, StubHub and Twitter.
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