Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk said Wednesday that his brain tech startup Neuralink hopes to implant its system in a second human patient within “the next week or so.” Executives also said the company is making changes to try and reduce the hardware problems it encountered with its first participant. Neuralink … Read more
With election season underway and artificial intelligence evolving rapidly, AI manipulation in political advertising is becoming an issue of greater concern to the market and economy. A new report from Moody’s on Wednesday warns that generative AI and deepfakes are among the election integrity issues that could present a risk to U.S. institutional credibility. “The … Read more
Fortnite maker Epic Games publicly lashed out at Apple on Friday, after its latest proposal for a rival iOS App Store was rejected by the smartphone maker. The company said on X that this rejection was triggered after Apple argued the design of Epic’s app store too closely resembled its own. This decision follows Epic’s … Read more
A view of the Sun Valley Lodge in Sun Valley, Idaho. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Media and technology titans will convene in Sun Valley this week to lay the groundwork for the future of streaming — and for potential alliances. Allen & Co.’s annual conference, often referred to as “summer camp for billionaires,” kicks … Read more
The Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, US on Monday, April 29, 2024. Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Paramount Global has agreed to merge with Skydance, capping off a monthslong negotiation that included various twists and turns, which means the Redstone family will step away from control of the storied movie studio and … Read more
ABC TV host Lisa Millar will leave the national broadcaster’s News Breakfast television show in August. Millar said her last day on the show would be Friday, August 23, but she would remain with the network to work on other projects. “What a blast the past five years has been, whether it was interviewing prime … Read more
Shari Redstone, president of National Amusements, speaks at the WSJ Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Oct. 21, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters David Ellison’s Skydance has reached a preliminary deal with Shari Redstone’s National Amusements to merge with Paramount, according to two people familiar with the matter, resurrecting a deal which failed … Read more
Sergei Bobrovsky, #72, and the Florida Panthers celebrate the Stanley Cup win following a 2-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida, on June 24, 2024. Bruce Bennett | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images The Florida Panthers are skating to … Read more
A new suitor for Paramount Global has emerged. Media mogul Barry Diller is taking a look at acquiring National Amusements Inc., the company owned by Shari Redstone and the controlling shareholder of Paramount, CNBC’s David Faber reported on Tuesday. Diller’s IAC, an internet media and publishing company, has signed a nondisclosure agreement and is looking … Read more
Football fans watch the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII game between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks on at a sports bar in New Jersey on February 2, 2014. Cem Ozdel | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images A satellite dish is no longer the only way bars and restaurants can air the National Football League’s … Read more
