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Netflix is in exclusive talks to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s film and TV studios and HBO Max streaming service, according to sources from Bloomberg. That suggests Netflix submitted a superior offer to rivals including Paramount Skydance Corp (owned by billionaire Larry Ellison) and Comcast, which owns NBCUniversal. The deal could be consummated within days and, if approved, would change the landscape of Hollywood and the streaming market.Warner Bros. Discovery’s cable channels including CNN, TBS and TNT, valued at more than $60 billion, would not be part of the deal and spun off prior to the closing. However, Netflix would become…

We use our smartphones just about everywhere, even in the bathroom, although we may not want to talk about that. A recent study of colonoscopy patients revealed that most used their phones on the toilet at least once a week — and that those phone-on-the-toilet users showed a 46% increased risk for hemorrhoids.The cause and effect are clear. Caught up in news, games or social media, bathroom users stay seated on the throne longer, with research showing phone users tend to spend more than 5 minutes doing their business. The study says that hemorrhoids are associated with prolonged sitting on the…

Feeling the Black Friday blues? If you missed our Black Friday gaming monitor deals, you can still get this MSI Optix G32C4W Curved Gaming Monitor at Walmart for $129 (was $249).Curved monitors have become more popular for gaming over the past few years because of how they increase immersion. The curved screen matches the natural curve of your eye, which makes it easier to take in details and reduces the strain on your vision, too.This particular MSI curved gaming monitor is very similar to the MSI Optix G27C4 we recommended in the past, just with a larger 31.5-inch screen instead…

Hold on tight to that newly purchased T710 or X10 of yours, for that’s going to be the last Crucial SSD you can find. Indeed, in a shocking move, Micron today announced that it will exit consumer-grade products to focus on the enterprise space, effectively retiring its long-standing Crucial brand. To put it in street lingo: you will soon no longer be able to find Crucial SSDs, portable drives, or RAM in stores worldwide. Related stories on Micron SSD and general storage Here’s Micron’s SSDs and RAM under the Crucial brand being showcased at CES 2025, unbeknownst to the world…

“I usually don’t say this, but patch right freakin’ now,” one researcher wrote. “The React CVE listing (CVE-2025-55182) is a perfect 10.” React versions 19.0.1, 19.1.2, or 19.2.1 contain the vulnerable code. Third-party components known to be affected include: Vite RSC plugin Parcel RSC plugin React Router RSC preview RedwoodSDK Waku Next.js According to Wiz and fellow security firm Aikido, the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-55182, resides in Flight, a protocol found in the React Server Components. Next.js has assigned the designation CVE-2025-66478 to track the vulnerability in its package. The vulnerability stems from unsafe deserialization, the coding process of converting…

The Department of Transportation under President Donald Trump is moving to reverse more of the climate policies that had been enacted by President Joe Biden. Under a proposed rulemaking by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks in model year 2031 will be reduced to an average of 34.5 miles per gallon, down from the standard of 50.4 miles per gallon that was part of Biden’s plans to encourage more adoption of electric vehicles among US drivers.The move was expected since Trump re-took office. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ordered the NHTSA to review…

Here are the robot vacuums we tested with our new testing methodology that didn’t earn a spot on our main best list. Some of them may still be worth buying for the right use case. 3i3i S10 Ultra: We haven’t reviewed many robot vacuums from 3i, but the company has some unique offerings including the S10 Ultra, which it claims is the first water recycling robot vacuum in the world. What that means is that it’s capable of purifying and distilling its own wastewater extracted from the robot, as well as utilizing water vapor and condensation from the air to…

Most online applications today require a password. According to recent research, the average person must juggle 168 passwords.For many online users, remembering and resetting these is a recurring annoyance.So, while passwords have become the norm, they’re neither the most secure nor the most practical option. You may like Martin LeeSocial Links NavigationMartin Lee is Technical Lead, Security Research for EMEA at Cisco Talos.The reality is that passwords don’t last as long as they used to and they have become easy for adversaries to subvert.Password fatigue means many users often reuse and recycle their passwords, typically making small changes to already…

In addition to buzz about Gemini on social media, Google is quickly catching up to ChatGPT in user numbers. ChatGPT has more than 800 million weekly users, according to OpenAI, while Google’s Gemini app has grown from 450 million monthly active users in July to 650 million in October, according to Business Insider. Financial stakes run high Not everyone views OpenAI’s “code red” as a genuine alarm. Reuters columnist Robert Cyran wrote on Tuesday that OpenAI’s announcement added “to the impression that OpenAI is trying to do too much at once with technology that still requires a great deal of…

Artificial intelligence is showing up everywhere in Google’s services these days, whether or not people want them and sometimes in places where they really don’t make a lick of sense. The latest trial from Google appears to be giving articles the AI treatment in Google Discover. The Verge noticed that some articles were being displayed in Google Discover with AI-generated headlines different from the ones in the original posts. And to the surprise of absolutely no one, some of these headlines are misleading or flat-out wrong.For instance, one rewritten headline claimed “Steam Machine price revealed,” but the Ars Technica article’s…