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WBD says Paramount informed WBD on February 11 that it would pay $31 per share, up from $30, if the sides engaged, and that $31 was not its best and final offer (Jill Goldsmith/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/warner-bros-discovery-s…

Warner Board Says Paramount Agreed To Raise Offer To $31 A Share Or More If Two Sides Engaged
Warner Bros. Discovery said Paramount agreed to raise its $30 a share cash offer if WBD agreed to talks, which it has.

Children of Bodom’s “Needled 24/7” on electronic #accordion
Finnish accordionist #NettaSkog 🤘🏼🪗
(Only a little short if you don’t like that kind of thing)

Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Meta, Amazon, OpenAI, Adobe, and Match sign a voluntary pledge to share threat intelligence on scammers abusing their services (Sam Sabin/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/16/tech-companies-scam-accord-google-meta-amazon…

Exclusive: Big Tech companies band together to fight global scams
Scammers have only become more organized and impactful in recent years, forcing tech companies to rethink their strategies for protecting their users.

Exclusive: Big Tech companies band together to fight global scams
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/16/tech-companies-scam-accord-google-meta-amazon

Exclusive: Tech, retail companies band together to fight global scams
Scammers have only become more organized and impactful in recent years, forcing tech companies to rethink their strategies for protecting their users.

Host Europe: GoDaddy äußert sich zum Migrationsstopp bei E-Mail-Postfächern
Nach dem Stopp beim E-Mail-Migrationsprojekt hat sich GoDaddy gegenüber heise online geäußert. Ob es auch eine Kehrtwende einläutet, ist noch unklar.

Bengals trade idea lands Cowboys DT recently acquired in blockbuster trade for cheap https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/news/bengals-trade-idea-cowboys-dt-recently-acquired-trade-ch…

"The Pentagon is pushing four AI companies to let the military use their tools for "all lawful purposes," including in areas of weapons development, intelligence collection and battlefield operations, but Anthropic has not agreed to those terms and the Pentagon is getting fed up after months of negotiations, according to the Axios report."
Anthropic is not ruthless enough, apparently.

@… got a fine write-up in this Japanese blog! 🪗 🇯🇵
They listened to our show, liked our anti ICE episodes and bought some "This Machine Irritates Fascists" button/badges
Also some interesting comments on why the #accordion is popular in d…

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“This is Jeff Berner, and you’re like me, a…

Sources: OpenAI has held preliminary discussions with investors about raising tens of billions of dollars, and as much as $100B, at a valuation of around $750B (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-discuss…

OpenAI Has Discussed Raising Tens of Billions at Valuation Around $750 Billion
OpenAI has held preliminary discussions with some investors about raising new funding at a valuation of around $750 billion, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions. It could raise tens of billions of dollars, and as much as $100 billion, according to two of the people. Talks ...

Filing: President Trump acquired corporate bonds issued by Netflix and WBD, valued as high as $1M each, in the days after Netflix announced its deal to buy WBD (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Trump Bought Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery Bonds In Days After Megadeal Was Announced
A financial disclosure form released by the White House showed that he acquired at least $500,000 in debt securities from each of the companies.