Even Jared Kushner thinks the Paramount WB bid sucks.
He’s withdrawn financial backing from the bid, which may leave it floundering, and the Warner Bros. board has recommended shareholders reject the hostile offer. It looks like everyone involved is beginning to realize what The Verge’s own Liz Lopatto pointed out yesterday: “What Paramount is doing doesn’t make any fucking sense.”
Update: The Warner Bros. board has recommended rejecting the Paramount bid.
Kushner’s Affinity Withdraws From Warner Bros. Takeover
Larry Ellison’s big dumb gift to his large adult son
Larry Ellison is backing his son David’s fight with Netflix to acquire Warner Brothers, putting Oracle stock on the line. Why?Elizabeth Lopatto (The Verge)
AMD Zen 6 Compiler Support Merged For GCC 16
Ahead of AMD releasing their Zen 6 EPYC and Ryzen processors in 2026, AMD today saw their Zen 6 "znver6" support land into the GCC 16 open-source compiler...
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AMD Zen 6 Compiler Support Merged For GCC 16
Ahead of AMD releasing their Zen 6 EPYC and Ryzen processors in 2026, AMD today saw their Zen 6 'znver6' support land into the GCC 16 open-source compiler.www.phoronix.com
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Joanna Nell: From GP to bestselling author
An unexpected incident led Joanna Nell to the Australian Writers' Centre and the subsequent publishing of her feel-good debut novel The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village (Hachette Australia).
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Intel Compute Runtime 25.48.36300.8 Brings More Performance Optimizations & Xe3 Fixes
Intel this week released their last planned feature update to their open-source Compute Runtime for 2025. The Intel Compute Runtime 25.48.36300.8 delivers the latest OpenCL and Level Zero performance optimizations, Xe3 workarounds, and other fixes for those on Intel integrated and discrete graphics hardware...
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2026 Economic Outlook, December 2025 (Marist Poll)
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2026 Economic Outlook, December 2025
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Ghost jobs, robot gatekeepers and AI interviewers: let me tell you about the bleak new age of job hunting
In my six months of looking for work, I’ve found that from fake ads to AI screening software, the search is more soul-destroying than ever, says columnist for the i newspaper and Diva, Eleanor MargolisEleanor Margolis (The Guardian)
AI toys are suddenly everywhere - but I suggest you don’t give them to your children
Earlier this year my four-year-old tried out an AI soft toy for a few days. New research indicates I was right to be creeped out, writes Arwa MahdawiArwa Mahdawi (The Guardian)
Lawmakers ask EU Parliament to change travel software amid US meddling concerns
Travel booking platform ‘exposes MEPs and Parliament staff to the real and present danger of US sanctions,’ 64 lawmakers say in letter obtained by POLITICO.Mathieu Pollet (POLITICO)
Appalachian Poetry For People Who Don’t Usually Read Poetry
This collection, by the first openly gay poet Laureate for Kentucky, is a balm for those who are homesick for a better time.
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Libcom: **Antifa England (2000s)**
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Antifa England (2000s)
An online archive of documents produced by Antifa England, a militant anti-fascist group active in the 2000s.libcom.org
EU moves to soften its ban on gas cars.
Following mounting pressure, European officials have recommended the bloc drop its 2035 ban on new gas cars, instead aiming for a 90 percent reduction in emissions from new vehicles, leaving room for a few hybrids to still hit the market. The change will still have to pass the EU parliament.
EU moves to ease 2035 ban on internal combustion cars as auto industry faces headwinds
Europe banned new gas cars after 2035 — now it’s reconsidering
The European Union is close to weakening its ban on new gas car sales after 2035. That could endanger the continent’s commitment to a carbon-free future.William Boston (The Verge)
Trump Dangles Cash Payments to Buoy Voters' Views of the Economy (New York Times)
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Trump Dangles Cash Payments to Buoy Voters' Views of the Economy
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Next Fed Chair in 'No-Win Scenario' as Selection Process Draws to a Close (Colby Smith/New York Times)
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Next Fed Chair in ‘No-Win Scenario’ as Selection Process Draws to a Close
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Heating Costs Expected to Rise 9.2% This Winter (Ivan Penn/New York Times)
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Heating Costs Expected to Rise 9.2% This Winter
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From Project Gutenberg:
Toledo, the Story of an Old Spanish Capital
by Hannah Lynch
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Toledo, the Story of an Old Spanish Capital by Hannah Lynch
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.Project Gutenberg
Second near midair collision reported near Venezuela involving US Air Force tanker (Pete Muntean/CNN)
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Second near midair collision reported near Venezuela involving US Air Force tanker
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AMD Wants Your Logs To Help Optimize PyTorch & ComfyUI For Strix Halo, Radeon GPUs
If you are not satisfied with the current performance for PyTorch or ComfyUI / Stable Diffusion on your Strix Halo APU system or with other consumer RDNA3/RDNA4 Radeon consumer GPUs, AMD engineers are interested in your logs to help better optimize the performance going forward...
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AMD Wants Your Logs To Help Optimize PyTorch & ComfyUI For Strix Halo, Radeon GPUs
If you are not satisfied with the current performance for PyTorch or ComfyUI / Stable Diffusion on your Strix Halo APU system or with other consumer RDNA3/RDNA4 Radeon consumer GPUs, AMD engineers are interested in your logs to help better optimize t…www.phoronix.com