Paramount Global to sell stake in India’s Viacom18 to Reliance for over $500M
Paramount Global has reached a binding agreement to sell its 13% stake in Reliance-controlled Indian media firm Viacom18 to Reliance for $517 million, both companies said Wednesday. The deal will increase Reliance’s stake in Viacom18, which operates dozens of TV channels as well as streaming service JioCinema, to 70.49%, Reliance
Read moreReflex Robotics’ wheeled humanoid is here to grab you a snack
Agility’s Digit wasn’t the only humanoid holding court at Modex in Atlanta this week. On the opposite end of the Georgia World Congress Center, Reflex Robotics, a younger and smaller startup, was drawing its own crowd. The booth was centered on a single demo running throughout the week. Passersby requested
Read moreSolana’s price rises to $160, highest level since January 2022 as memecoin mania rises
The token behind Solana, a layer-1 blockchain that’s competitive with the Ethereum blockchain, has been through the wringer after it plummeted from a high of about $260 in late 2021 to a low around $8 in early 2023. But like every good movie with a character redemption arc, Solana has
Read moreIs your connected car “ratting you out” to your insurer? Hashtag Trending for March 13th, 2024
Optical fibre cables in the UK are under attack. Meta sues a Vice President for stealing information when he moved to a competitor. ChatGPT uses in a day enough electricity to power 17,000 households and is your connected car ratting you out to your insurance company? All this and more
Read moreOkta says that leaked data is not their clients: Cyber Security Today for March 13th, 2024
A new phishing scam uses car insurance savings as to lure its victims, a report by Sophos shows that small businesses are being targeted by cybercriminals at an increasing rate. Okta says that data claiming to be from hacking them is not their customer data. These stories and more… Welcome
Read moreHow to Create Interactive Animations Using React Spring
Explore the features of React Spring, a JS-based animation library, and learn how to use its hooks and components in React applications. Continue reading How to Create Interactive Animations Using React Spring on SitePoint.
Read moreWith cycle tracking, Withings considers taking half of the population seriously
Whenever I talk to people working in the quantified self — fitness and health trackers — there’s a murmuring about how little attention is given to literally half the population. For people who menstruate, cycle tracking is a crucial health indicator, but all too often it’s a metric that somehow
Read moreStripe’s growth continues to impress as total payment volume tops $1T
The company says it was cash flow positive in 2023, and plans to be again in 2024. With $8.7 billion in venture capital it likely means it has little to no need to raise more before it goes public. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreElon Musk cancels Don Lemon’s show on X after a ‘tense’ interview
Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Elon Musk appears to have canceled Don Lemon’s show on X over some interview questions Musk didn’t like. Lemon says that Musk terminated their partnership just hours after a “tense” interview between him and the platform’s owner. Lemon doesn’t say what exactly transpired during his
Read moreDon Lemon says Elon Musk has canceled his deal for a show on X
Don Lemon announced on Wednesday that X owner Elon Musk has canceled the deal for his upcoming talkshow on the platform. Lemon, a former CNN anchor, says Musk terminated the partnership hours after he interviewed the multibillionaire for the first episode of the show. “Elon Musk has canceled the partnership
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