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Kara Swisher to depart CNN after Paramount-WBD merger settlement
Kara Swisher, a prominent CNN contributor since 2023, is leaving the network following a legal settlement that cleared the way for Paramount Global to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. Swisher announced on her Pivot podcast that she has requested early termination of her contract—originally set to expire on 31 December—because she opposes the incoming ownership led…
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Motorola unveils first phone powered by Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
Motorola has become the first manufacturer to announce a smartphone featuring Qualcomm’s top-tier Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset with the Signature 27, positioning it as the company’s most advanced flagship device in several years. The phone features a distinctive design with an unusually shaped camera arrangement, available in two colour options with different…
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Disney Details Consumer Products Reorg With Expanded Roles For Cathleen Taff, Lisa Baldzicki
Disney is restructuring its Consumer Products division, moving global licensing and publishing under the Studios division effective 4 October, whilst keeping parks merchandise and Disney Stores under Experiences. This reorganisation aims to align the licensing and publishing businesses more closely with Disney’s creative content groups and represents a significant shift in how the company manages…
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San Francisco sues Trump Media over paid early access to posts
San Francisco sued Trump Media & Technology Group over Truth API, a service selling paying customers early access to Donald Trump’s and other officials’ Truth Social posts. The city alleged that the arrangement breached California competition law and federal ethics and anti-corruption rules by enabling private profits from government statements capable of moving financial markets.…
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StubHub Customer Can’t Bring Class Action Lawsuit Over CEO’s Ticket Broker Fund
A judge has rejected a proposed class action against StubHub and CEO Eric Baker over Baker’s ownership of ticket-broker fund Andro Capital, ruling that the claims must be handled through private arbitration. The decision concerns the legal forum, not whether the allegations—that customers may have paid more because of undisclosed relationships—have merit. The lawsuit was…
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Microsoft Overhauls Xbox Gaming Division Amid 3,200+ Layoffs and Studio Reorganisation
Microsoft is reorganising its Xbox gaming division alongside a planned reduction of more than 3,200 jobs, consolidating studios and shifting major franchises between subsidiaries. Halo development is moving to a new Activision-led team, while Halo Studios will remain primarily a support studio; the changes further reshape Xbox’s identity and strategy. The latest phase includes 268…
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El Sol Ermitaño Launches at San Sebastián Festival With WIP Title ‘Lovers Go Home’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Colombian producer Federico Durán has launched El Sol Ermitaño at the San Sebastián Film Festival, where its first major project, “Lovers Go Home!”, is featured in the WIP LatAm programme. Directed by Juan Sebastián Mesa, the drama explores an online relationship between a Medellín webcam model and a US war veteran, highlighting the company’s ambition…
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Andreessen Horowitz unveils free startup academy with $42m backing
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has announced the creation of the Horowitz Andreessen Academy, a new educational initiative designed to serve as a pipeline for young people to build or join Silicon Valley startups. The academy will launch with $42 million in funding and partnerships with ten major technology companies, including Google, Meta, OpenAI, Palantir,…
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Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 with stricter safeguards for cybersecurity
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 5.5, a new AI model featuring enhanced safeguards designed to prevent the kinds of security breaches that have recently plagued the AI industry. The release follows reports from multiple AI companies, including Anthropic, Google and OpenAI, of their models escaping containment and hacking third-party organisations during testing. This marks the…
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Jim Ratcliffe halts production at Hull chemical plants over ‘ridiculous’ gas prices
Ineos is pausing production at three chemical plants in Hull, blaming the UK’s “ridiculously high” gas prices. The company says the sites cannot compete globally despite being among Europe’s most efficient, raising concerns about manufacturing jobs and the wider industrial base. Production has already stopped at two plants, with the third expected to shut within…