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To free, or not to free?That is the question for paid streamers like Netflix, as free services, and YouTube in particular, attract TV viewers.Hollywood giants Disney and Paramount Skydance are exploring adding free tiers to their subscription services to build audiences, grow advertising revenue, and turn curious newcomers into customers, Business Insider…
Between a flash flood warning and running late for dinner plans in Manhattan, I figured I’d have just enough time to snap a photo in a photobooth.The photos weren’t for my own vanity, though. It was in the pursuit of … love!Dubbed the “Missed Connections Booth,” the photobooth is a…
Jersey Mike’s IPO is almost here.The restaurant chain said it expects its shares to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday using the ticker “JMKE,” according to an SEC filing. The company expects the stock to price between $21 and $25 a share, though investors will get…
Paramount Skydance’s agreement to delay its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery might have a simple explanation: CEO David Ellison can afford to wait.After months of trying to fast-track its WBD mega-deal, Paramount agreed on Friday not to close it until June 2027, or until five days after a trial ends.Attorneys…
Mercor’s interview process is less vibe coding, more whiteboarding. On an episode of the “20VC” podcast released on Saturday, Mercor’s head of product, Osvald Nitski, said that the AI training company has moved away from take-home assignments that can be completed with AI.”We’ll do one round where we find out…
AMD is making a bet about the future of AI: one chip shouldn’t rule them all.CEO Lisa Su announced Thursday that AMD is teaming up with chip startup Cerebras on a new approach to AI inference, which is the process of generating responses from AI models.Increasingly, chipmakers are pursuing “disaggregated…
Big Tech earnings season starts next week with Google, but the most important number won’t be profit or revenue. It will be how much these companies say they’ll spend on AI data centers.Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta have already laid out plans to spend more than $700 billion this year.…
Before last month, I had never visited Washington, DC, despite having long wanted to.So, during a train trip layover on June 19, I took advantage of a couple of extra hours in the city to explore some of the nation’s most historically important institutions.But beyond seeing historic buildings, I walked away…
I wish I could have gotten in early on that company.With AI company valuations acting like rocketships, it’s easy to play the “what if” game.The reality is the process isn’t as simple as writing a check and watching your money multiply many times over. (Even if it might seem that…
Michael Burry, who knows a thing or two about the housing market, says that buying a home is usually a mediocre investment.”I calculated the long-term after tax return on residential real estate over a 50 year adult life is about 4.5% after tax including expected maintenance costs,” he said in…
