A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Sport newsletter with Alex Sherman, which brings you the biggest news and exclusive interviews from the worlds of sports business and media. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. The big sports business news this week was Paramount’s surprising $1.1 billion-per-year acquisition of UFC rights, starting in …
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Social platforms like Facebook and X exacerbate the problem of political and social polarization, but they don’t create it. A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands put AI chatbots in a simple social media structure to see how they interacted with each other and found that, even without the invisible hand of the …
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The NFL’s Next Big Play: Owning the Media The Hollywood Reporter ESPN acquiring NFL Network, RedZone from NFL ESPN ESPN DTC and FOX One to Launch Combined Bundle Offer The Walt Disney Company ‘College Football RedZone’: 5 reasons the idea feels like a non-starter The New York Times ESPN-NFL deal faces regulatory hurdles Reuters Source link
Read More »Musk-Altman rivalry devolves into lawsuit threats, insults in social media brawl Axios Apple rejects Musk’s App Store bias claims BBC Apple has a new AI problem: Elon Musk Fortune Elon Musk threatens Apple with lawsuit over OpenAI, sparking Sam Altman feud The Guardian Musk threatens ‘immediate’ legal action against Apple over alleged antitrust violations CNBC Source link
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Nvidia’s H20 chips pose security concerns for China, a social media account affiliated with China’s state media said on Sunday, after Beijing raised concerns over backdoor access in those chips. The H20 chips are also not technologically advanced or environmentally friendly, the account, Yuyuan Tantian, which is affiliated with state broadcaster CCTV, said in an article published on WeChat. “When a …
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Visitors visit the NVIDIA booth at the 3rd China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing, China, on July 20, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Nvidia’s chips pose security concerns for China, a social media account affiliated with China’s state media said on Sunday, after Beijing raised concerns over backdoor access in those chips. The H20 chips are also …
Read More »Chinese state media says Nvidia H20 chips not safe for China ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News Source link
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The thing about trolling is that it’s a fundamentally self-powering cycle: You piss someone off, they react; you make fun of them for reacting, it pisses them off some more. Its textbook stuff that most of us picked up on the playground (if not the early internet), literally decades ago. But dang if it isn’t still interesting to see the …
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On Aug. 4, fans of the HBO Max series Love Life were given a gift. The television show was added to Netflix, a reprieve from the three-year drought that left fans unable to access the Anna Kendrick and William Jackson Harper-helmed anthology series. For creator Sam Boyd, having Love Life return to streaming has been a welcome change. In the …
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Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, Inc. has sold 10 local TV stations to Gray Media for $171 million. The deal, which Gray expects to close in the fourth quarter subject to regulatory approval and closing conditions, will bring Gray into three new local TV markets: Columbus-Tupelo, Mississippi; Terre Haute, Indiana; and West Lafayette, Indiana. Per Gray, the sale is expected …
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