Regal Cinemas CEO Eduardo Acuna backs Paramount's acquisition of WBD, saying the antitrust trial "creates more uncertainty and distraction" for the industry (Anthony D'Alessandro/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/08/regal-cinemas-ce…
A group of prominent conservative organizations has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny license renewal requests from the eight local television stations owned and operated by ABC,
accusing the network of political, racial and sexual bias and supporting the Chinese communist party.
The petitions come after the commission, led by Trump appointee Brendan Carr, took the nearly unprecedented step of requiring the network, a frequent recipient of attacks fro…
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A new type of flu shot is coming
FDA approves mRNA-based flu vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first 💥mRNA-based flu vaccine,
👉paving the way for a new type of shot that will be available for adults 50 and over looking to get immunized against the respiratory illness,
Moderna announced Wednesday evening.
The agency granted approval to Moderna’s vaccine for adults ages 50 to 64
-- and accelerated approval for those 65 and older
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OpenAI plans to overhaul ChatGPT in the coming weeks, turning it into a superapp with coding tools and AI agents to serve as a gateway to higher-margin products (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/ca0f5f5e-fb9a-41a0-a2a9-0127e15b7db9
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Microsoft said on Monday it was eliminating about 4,800 jobs
– roughly 2% of its global workforce
– in a cost-cutting move that will deliver a sweeping restructuring of its struggling Xbox gaming division.
The cuts include the deepest overhaul in Xbox’s history,
with approximately 3,200 gaming jobs to be shed over the coming fiscal year,
four game studios being spun off or sold,
and a fifth entering a review process that could lead to closure, the company …
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the company plans to spend $10B "over the coming years" to deploy 120K driverless vehicles, aiming to hit 15 cities in 2026 (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/04d6fcb4-03e4-4ee5-9017-ccaa7808c934