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AT&T announces deal to merge WarnerMedia with Discovery. Telecom giant AT&T announced Monday a deal to combine its content unit WarnerMedia with Discovery, paving the way for one of Hollywood’s biggest studios to compete with media giants Netflix and Disney. (Sam Meredith via CNBC)
Microsoft directors decided Bill Gates needed to leave board due to prior relationship with staffer. Microsoft Corp. board members decided that Bill Gates needed to step down from its board in 2020 as they pursued an investigation into the billionaire’s prior romantic relationship with a female Microsoft employee that was deemed inappropriate, people familiar with the matter said. (Emily Glazer via Wall Street Journal)
The world economy is suddenly running low on everything. ‘It is anything but efficient or normal.' Surging corporate demand is upending global supply chains. A year ago, as the pandemic ravaged country after country and economies shuddered, consumers were the ones panic-buying. (Brendan Murray via Bloomberg)
Gojek and Tokopedia merge to form GoTo Group. Ride-hailing giant Gojek and marketplace Tokopedia said on Monday they have combined their businesses to form GoTo Group, the largest technology group in Indonesia. (Manish Singh via TechCrunch)
Israel said it didn’t mean to kill 42 civilians in Gaza on Sunday, saying it attacked a series of militant tunnels that caused people’s homes to collapse. Israel has said that it didn't intend to kill 42 civilians in Gaza on Sunday, saying its attack on a series of militant tunnels had accidentally destroyed several homes as a result. (Business Insider)
Apple Music subscribers will gets lossless audio and Dolby Atmos support for free. Apple Music is getting two big updates next month: support for high quality, lossless audio and for spatial audio through Dolby Atmos. But even more surprising, the features will be available for free to all subscribers. (Ashley Carman via The Verge)
Bay Area police shooting videos follow same recipe; critics call it ‘slick marketing’. The videos showing what police euphemistically call “officer-involved shootings” follow the same formula: a 3-D map of the scene, 911 dispatch tapes and text set up a narrative before viewers see selected body cam footage. (David Debolt via Mercury News)
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