Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s hostile offer, calls calls ‘fake’

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s hostile offer, calls calls ‘fake’

✨ Check out this trending post from TechCrunch πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Media & Entertainment,In Brief,Mergers and Acquisitions,Netflix,Paramount,Warner Bros πŸ’‘ Key idea: Warner Bros.'s board of directors rejected the deal. Discovery ( WBD ) has bid on a $108 billion hostile takeover of David Ellison's Paramount Skydance, calling the offer "fictitious" and saying Paramount misled shareholders about its financing. Saying it wanted to honor its initial agreement to sell to Netflix, WBD's board of directors wrote in a letter to shareholders that Paramount "consistently misled WBD shareholders that its proposed transaction had the full support of the Ellison family." β€œThat did…
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More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review β€” often against guidance

More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review β€” often against guidance

πŸ”₯ Explore this awesome post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: πŸ’‘ Here’s what you’ll learn: Survey results suggest that peer reviewers are increasingly turning to AI.Credit: Panther Media Global/AlamyMore than 50% of researchers have used artificial intelligence while peer reviewing manuscripts, according to a survey of some 1,600 academics across 111 countries by the publishing company Frontiers.Nearly one-quarter of respondents said that they had increased their use of AI for peer review over the past year. The findings, posted on 11 December by the publisher, which is based in Lausanne, Switzerland, confirm what many researchers have long suspected, given…
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TV tonight: Mary Berry’s best Christmas tips ever | television

TV tonight: Mary Berry’s best Christmas tips ever | television

πŸ’₯ Explore this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Television,Television & radio,Culture πŸ’‘ Here’s what you’ll learn: A Mary Berry Christmas9pm, BBC One Mary Berry celebrated her 90th birthday this year, but she showed no sign of slowing down in the kitchen this Christmas. Pigs in cassoulet blankets, cherry-lemon melfe, and steamed pear-ginger pudding are all on her menu, and she's also joined by Alison Steadman, Harry Aikins Arrietty and Zoe Ball. Peri also needs to pick out a Christmas tree - so she heads off to Windsor Great Park. Holly RichardsonHunting party9pm, U&AlibiAnother day, another…
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Bluesky launches privacy-focused ‘Find Friends’ feature without unwanted invitation

Bluesky launches privacy-focused ‘Find Friends’ feature without unwanted invitation

πŸ”₯ Read this awesome post from TechCrunch πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Apps,Social,Bluesky,social media πŸ“Œ Main takeaway: Bluesky, the social network that competes with X and Threads, is introducing a friend finder feature that it claims respects user privacy, the company announced Wednesday. To work, the app matches you with friends from contacts saved in your phone's address book β€” but only if both people opt in. β€œImporting contacts has long been the most effective way to find people you know on a social app, but it has also been poorly implemented or abused by platforms,” the company explained in its announcement.…
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wavelet-matrix Β· PyPI

wavelet-matrix Β· PyPI

πŸš€ Read this trending post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: βœ… Here’s what you’ll learn: High-performance indexed sequence structure powered by Rust, supporting fast rank/select and range queries with optional dynamic updates. Quick Start $ pip install wavelet-matrix WaveletMatrix >>> from wavelet_matrix import WaveletMatrix >>> >>> # Create a WaveletMatrix >>> data = [5, 4, 5, 5, 2, 1, 5, 6, 1, 3, 5, 0] >>> wm = WaveletMatrix(data) >>> wm WaveletMatrix([5, 4, 5, 5, 2, 1, 5, 6, 1, 3, 5, 0]) Count occurrences (rank) >>> # Count of 5 in the range [0, 9) >>> wm.rank(value=5, end=9)…
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Watch: Trump pledges to β€œdramatically reduce drug prices,” announces new TrumpRX website

Watch: Trump pledges to β€œdramatically reduce drug prices,” announces new TrumpRX website

✨ Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Donald Trump news,drug prices πŸ“Œ Here’s what you’ll learn: President Donald Trump said in a prime-time speech on Wednesday that he has negotiated with drug companies and foreign countries to reduce drug and pharmaceutical prices by 400 to 600%. Watch Trump's remarks in the video player above. β€œI'm doing what no politician in either party has ever done, which is standing up to special interests to dramatically lower prescription drug prices,” he said. He watches: Trump addresses the nation from the White House Special coverage of PBS…
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A 61-year-old pregnant or a 3-year-old mother: Why do movies like to cast actors who don’t age? | film

A 61-year-old pregnant or a 3-year-old mother: Why do movies like to cast actors who don’t age? | film

πŸ’₯ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Film,Culture,Helen Mirren,Kate Winslet,Timothy Spall,Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,Childbirth πŸ“Œ Main takeaway: TIn order to enjoy Kate Winslet's new Christmas movie, Goodbye June, you need to be able to do a few things. First, if you've ever experienced any form of bereavement, you may have to take it slowly, as the film is explicitly about the death of a parent. But the other thing you need to do is not to Google the age of any of the actors.And this is for good reason. Dame Helen…
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Coursera and Udemy have signed a merger agreement worth approximately $2.5 billion

Coursera and Udemy have signed a merger agreement worth approximately $2.5 billion

πŸ’₯ Check out this awesome post from TechCrunch πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Startups,udemy,EdTech,online learning,Coursera,Mergers and Acquisitions πŸ’‘ Key idea: Coursera and Udemy on Wednesday announced a historic merger agreement worth nearly $2.5 billion, bringing together two of the biggest names in online learning. Coursera will acquire Udemy in an all-stock deal, marking a pivotal moment in online education. The two companies said that the merger will be completed in the second half of next year, pending regulatory review and shareholder approval. This agreement comes at a challenging time for both Udemy and Coursera, with both facing market headwinds. Although both companies…
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Inside PostHog: How SSRF, a ClickHouse SQL Escaping 0day, and Default PostgreSQL Credentials Formed an RCE Chain (ZDI-25-099, ZDI-25-097, ZDI-25-096)

Inside PostHog: How SSRF, a ClickHouse SQL Escaping 0day, and Default PostgreSQL Credentials Formed an RCE Chain (ZDI-25-099, ZDI-25-097, ZDI-25-096)

✨ Explore this trending post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: πŸ“Œ Here’s what you’ll learn: It was yet another day at the office. Our team was internally discussing moving to a different platform analytics solution. Our team was really leaning more towards Posthog. It’s one of the brilliant -I personally believe it’s the best- products on the market. And that’s where the story has begun… We have a somewhat unconventionalβ€”some might say non-scalableβ€”approach to vendor selection. Before we seriously consider adopting a product, we give ourselves a strict 24-hour β€œresearch window.” Not a marketing review. Not a feature comparison…
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WATCH: Trump promises ‘warrior earnings’ of $1,776 to US military service members

WATCH: Trump promises ‘warrior earnings’ of $1,776 to US military service members

✨ Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Donald Trump news,U.S. military βœ… Here’s what you’ll learn: President Donald Trump said about 1.45 million US military service members will receive a "warrior dividend" worth $1,776 before Christmas. Watch Trump's remarks in the video player above. The president announced the checks during his address to the nation on Wednesday, noting that the funds were made possible by the tariffs. It's not clear exactly how the checks are funded. He watches: Trump addresses the nation from the White House Special coverage of PBS News β€œIn honor of…
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