Dealmakers React To Paramount-WBD Settlement: “Tech Has Won”

Paramount agrees to delay WBD acquisition to as late as June 2027 amid legal challenge

Paramount previously said it intended to complete its WBD acquisition by the end of September, but said Friday the agreement is a "significant win."

Paramount’s new, hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery: Larry Ellison will personally guarantee $40 billion | CNN Business

Paramount has upped the ante in its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, announcing Monday that Larry Ellison will personally guarantee the tens of billions of dollars he is putting up to bankroll the transaction. The Ellisons will also let shareholders peer into the finances of their family trust.

Pluto TV protected in Paramount/WBD consent decree | Advanced Television

News has emerged that the settlement of state attorneys generals’ anti-trust lawsuit over the proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) includes a provision ensuring that Paramount will keep Pluto TV (or an equivalent free, ad-supported streaming service) active for the next five years.

12 states file lawsuit to block $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger

Twelve state attorneys general filed a lawsuit challenging Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. NBC News' Allie Canal breaks down how the lawsuit says consumers could be impacted and what it could mean for Paramount.

Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump

David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.

They just formed the biggest tech worker union in the US. They plan to rein in AI and curb layoffs

"Who AI benefits and who it immiserates often is based on who gets to decide how it’s used. We know how tech is used on the day to day. We should be at the table as well."

Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount

The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.

Big Tech

Big Tech is a name given to the largest technology companies in the United States, which dominate consumer computing technology around the world. The individual companies change, but the interests and practices of these companies largely remain the same, and are at odds with many of the principles of permacomputing.

Proprietary Software Giants Telling Us That “Open Source Has Won” Means That “Open Source” is Just Proprietary Software Giants

Don't fall for the deceitful illusion that monopolies hijacking what they've dubbed the

other futures: tech, resistance & imagining otherwise

big tech wants to control our future, but there are other paths we can choose instead. on "other futures" we bring together leading tech researchers, organizers, critics, and storytellers to help us imagine what more liberatory and human-centered tech futures could look like—and how we can build them together. brought to you by DAIR and the All Tomorrows Institute.

Hard Tech is Back

First of all, congrats to Kyle, Dan, and the rest of the Cruise team.  You all have made amazing progress and we look forward to seeing more in the future.  A popular criticism of Silicon Valley,...

The Future, Made in China

Beijing is competing with the U.S. for tech supremacy. Who wins will have huge political implications.

Computer Says Kill: The Toxic Love Triangle of Big Tech, Big War & Big Science w/ David Gray Widder

Academia, Big Tech, and the military are caught in a sordid love triangle — and their love language is money.

What Is a Tech Company?

The question of “What is a tech company” comes down to how much software and its unique characteristics affects the company’s core business.

HBO Max and Paramount+ Will Be One, But What Happens to Discovery+?

No one is talking about Skydance's other streamer.