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French news groups are pressing the competition authority to examine how Google’s AI search features use journalism and affect referrals.
Low-priced menus can generate attention, but diners are judging the full meal, experience and price—not a promotional item in isolation.
A new Sony-controlled venture will combine sensor design and advanced manufacturing to produce smartphone image sensors from 2029.
The 9th Circuit dismissed an early appeal from major platforms, allowing more than 3,000 federal cases to continue without deciding the allegations.
AI-linked companies are posting substantially stronger earnings growth than the rest of the market, but expectations for the next quarter suggest the extraordinary gap may begin to narrow.
Mark Zuckerberg is making openness and individual control central to Meta’s AI doctrine. The harder question is whether an open model can offset the concentration of compute, distribution, identity and data.
South Australia is launching a royal commission into artificial intelligence, moving the debate beyond individual rules and toward a broader examination of how AI should reshape public life, work and government.
NextSlide’s team has joined OpenAI to work on ChatGPT, bringing expertise in turning prompts, notes and documents into polished, editable presentations.
ProSiebenSat.1 is bringing ZDF programming into Joyn and seeking more domestic partnerships while its parent prepares a six-market streaming platform. Europe’s broadcasters are responding to global streamers by pooling distribution, not just producing more content.
U.S. box-office revenue is running ahead of last year, but attendance remains far below 2019. The recovery is increasingly being driven by higher ticket prices, premium formats and event films rather than a broad return to moviegoing.
