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When school counselors must decide which children get to eat,
it’s time to acknowledge we’re in a national affordability crisis.
The problem is the economy itself
— not just its current condition, but the underlying unfairness of how it is organized.
A friend's elderly parents live near an elementary school not far from the nation’s capital.
For several years, they had been quietly raising money to provide groceries and basic supplies for families whose child…

The Affordability Crisis Is Real. Only Worker Organizing Can Offer Solutions.
A nation that can feed its billionaires but not its children has an economic system built to protect cruelty.

Tech startups have started to offer nicotine pouches as a free perk to employees, as some claim the products help them focus despite health hazards (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/tech-star…

openflights: Openflights airport network
A network of regularly occurring flights among airports worldwide, extracted from the openflights.org dataset. Nodes represent airports, and direction of edge (i,j) indicates a regularly occurring commercial flight by a particular airline from airport i to airport j. Multiple edges may exist between a pair of airports if multiple airlines offer that flight, or if one airline offers multiple such flights each day.
This network has 3214 node…

Jets seek blockbuster path to Raiders’ first overall pick https://raiderramble.com/2026/02/01/jets-seek-blockbuster-path-to-raiders-first-overall-pick/

Jets reporter refutes Jerry Jones' wild claim about Micah Parsons trade offer https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/jets-reporter-refutes-jerry-jones-wild-claim-micah-parso…

Sources: Netflix has filed a new bid for Warner Bros. that is mostly cash, and is working on a bridge loan that totals tens of billions of dollars (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-01/warner-bros-get…

Where does the #fediverse go in 2026? Try offer activity intents on websites. And check emissary.dev to build eg bandwagon, a platform for musicians. #fosdem26

Republicans set to make 'best and final' Obamacare offer, Moreno says (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/28/congress/republicans-set-to-make-best-and-final-obamacare-offer-moreno-says-00752843
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p82#a260128p82

openflights: Openflights airport network
A network of regularly occurring flights among airports worldwide, extracted from the openflights.org dataset. Nodes represent airports, and direction of edge (i,j) indicates a regularly occurring commercial flight by a particular airline from airport i to airport j. Multiple edges may exist between a pair of airports if multiple airlines offer that flight, or if one airline offers multiple such flights each day.
This network has 3214 node…

Mailing Lists? In this day and age!?
I've been pointed to Groups.io and Gaggle Mail as alternatives to Google Groups for a mailing list, but I've love to hear about others.
Google Groups tends to be a default for many people doing a mailing list because it's free and well known, but I want to offer an alternative to Google and other big US-based tech companies.
Any other suggestions?
(Thanks to @…

He creates a 3D-printed Lamborghini in his garden for just $20,000 and turns down a substantial offer: "it's the best feeling in the world" https://www.italpassion.fr/en/lamborghini/<…

Rams offer 'clear-cut example' of what Falcons want to be, but will this staff get there? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6921233/2025/12/29/rams-falcons-mnf-raheem-morris-job-culture/

https://tinytinyhomes.ca/
＂… When shelters are full, people are left outside in the cold. Tiny Tiny Homes designs and builds portable emergency shelters that offer warmth, safety, and dignity to our unhoused neighbours. With community support, we’re creating safer alternatives to tent encampments.
… Tiny…

"I'm an average user, so I don't need all the options and apps the programme has to offer. But, to be honest, #Microsoft is making it increasingly attractive to switch. Now that the company is putting #AI in everything, everything is becoming more annoying to use."
Can Dutch

Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is launching
"Encrypt It Already",
-- our push to get companies to offer stronger privacy protections to our data and communications
by implementing
end-to-end encryption.
If that name sounds a little familiar,
it’s because this is a spiritual successor to our 2019 campaign,
"Fix It Already",
-- a campaign where we pushed companies to fix longstanding issues.
"End-to-end…

Introducing Encrypt It Already
Today, we’re launching Encrypt It Already, our push to get companies to offer stronger privacy protections to our data and communications by implementing end-to-end encryption. If that name sounds a little familiar, it’s because this is a spiritual successor to our 2019 campaign, Fix It Already, a...

We've had a really cold January and it's not over yet. So, if I may, I'd like to offer a general thanks to all the parents for all the wool socks and all the long Johns.

A look at the clash between Coinbase and Wall Street over the Clarity Act and whether crypto exchanges can offer stablecoin "rewards" (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/coinbase-ceo-brian-armstrong-wall-street-a7895…

TIL Amazon Prime subscribers get FREE GrubHub subscriptions.
#subscriptions

Cowboys should make trade offer for disgruntled 5x Pro Bowl Raiders star https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/27/cowboys-trade-offer-proposal-raiders-maxx-crosby/87926554007/<…

Out of government, former USAID employees continue to offer their expertise - Government Executive
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/01/out-government-former-usaid-employees-continue-offer-their-expertise/410892/

Insider Expects AFC Team to Make Blockbuster Trade Offer to Raiders https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/fernando-mendoza-jets-draft-trade-rumors/

But now, LLMs offer a beautiful new promise: your brilliant notions can proceed full speed without any pesky underlings at all!
You can just •build the app• or •launch the campaign• or whatever, and nobody will tell you annoying things like “that won’t work” or “that timeline is unrealistic” or “that will create even larger problems” or “people will die.” The chat LLM is there to say YES to your hitherto-unacknowledged brilliance!
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Ontology is shaping up to be the buzzword of 2026 because they are offering what #LLMs are lacking: formal grounding
LLMs offer creativity but need logical grounding. Ontologies provide this formal structure, anchoring meaning and unifying diverse data sources into a single semantic layer. They are essential for achieving precision and are one of the most reliable defense mechanisms against

Sources: WBD plans to reject Paramount's revised takeover bid at a board meeting next week, viewing the $30-a-share cash bid as still inferior to Netflix's bid (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025…

https://ground.news/article/new-animal-species-that-survived-mass-extinction-event-half-a-billion-years-ago-found-in-a-quarry-in-china_a5e5fb

Character.AI launches Stories, which lets users create interactive fiction and is the company's "first new format created specifically" for users under 18 (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/25/char

Character AI will offer interactive 'Stories' to kids instead of open-ended chat | TechCrunch
The company announced last month that it would no longer allow minors to use its chat features.

The Real Reason We’re All Annoyed With Quentin Tarantino https://jacobin.com/2025/12/hollywood-film-tarantino-kill-bill/

The Real Reason We’re All Annoyed With Quentin Tarantino
With nothing but a new cut of Kill Bill to offer, Quentin Tarantino has gone into semiretirement right as American cinema is fighting for its very life. And to make matters worse, he won’t stop talking smack.

At last a sensible note on the bond problem that underpins the tax rises in #Budget2025.
"Slowing quantitative tightening, having the Bank of England absorb its own losses on its balance sheet and reducing the amount of interest paid out on reserves all offer ways for the government to recoup these losses and invest in public services and infrastructure. "
Budget tax rises to…

Budget tax rises to be overshadowed by Bank of England bond sales and losses
Bank of England to make cumulative losses of £112bn until 2030/31, wiping out the £78bn in tax rises raised in today’s budget

We were grocery shopping this morning and when got in the checkout line an old geezer (at least as old as us anyway) sidled up and asked if we’d mind if he payed for our groceries. We said we appreciated his offer, but that there were very likely other people who’d be better targets of his generosity. Another old woman was behind us so we suggested maybe she’d take him up on his offer. She did. He does this every day for a couple weeks this time of year. Just buying 1 person’s food.

It’s funny how many people have no idea how to buy used stuff for non-inflated prices.
Here’s some tips to get you started (for eBay):
1. The first thing about eBay is that most things listed as “buy now” are overpriced—otherwise someone else would have bought it already. You have to always look at sold listings to see what things are actually worth.
2. Use saved searches specifically limited in price and distance.
3. Always sort by newly listed for “Buy Now” and ending soonest for auctions.
4. Look for older buy now listings and make offers. The older the listing the lower you offer. Some tools like flippah.net show you the listed date directly without having to dig deep on the eBay website. You can make offers even when the button isn’t there, just send a message.
5. Never buy anything from sellers with 0 feedback or less than a 98% or so rating.
A general thing to remember is that unless you buy new stuff or see a listing from a store (some categories have a lot of stores, e.g. cameras) you’re likely to deal directly with a private seller and a human being. Be polite and respectful but don’t be afraid to say no. Don’t make insulting offers.

"participating artists will have “full control” over how their likeness and music are used, though it doesn’t share how."
Sure.
https://www.theverge.com/news/829189/warner-music-group-suno-ai-licensing-deal

Pali Text Society book clearance https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20133374/pali-text-society-book-clearance

How to fix the Pro Bowl and NBA All-Star Game? Offer hula, mula https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7004909/2026/01/29/pro-bowl-shedeur-sanders-all-star-games/

New gene therapies offer a universal approach to treating retinitis pigmentosa https://www.drugdiscoverynews.com/new-gene-therapies-offer-a-universal-approach-to-treating-retinitis-pigmentosa-16866 Mutation-agnostic …

New gene therapies offer a universal approach to treating retinitis pigmentosa
Emerging optogenetic, gene, and cell therapies are moving beyond single-gene treatments, offering hope for a broader range of patients with retinitis pigmentosa.

A good friend of mine has the Muppet character "Beaker" as his avatar. For reasons.
He offers me advice. I offer him advice. We chat. These are #ChatsWithBeaker

@… I’m extremely disappointed by the same to this day.
There’s a place in my town called “Quick Lube” and guess what services they also don’t offer!?

Feeling a bit excited to be sitting in on an online EU event featuring Mastodon's Philip Schroepel [@…] - about building sovereign digital public spaces - a key issue at this time.

So I'm feeling like I'm beating my head against the wall trying to keep my guitar signal analog and yet still have access to flexible & inspiring sounds, but there really aren't any good multi effects that offer analog dry-through so I'm stuck with a reverb, a delay and a chorus, which is really not ideal for the work we do. (1/2)

After the Devastation of Trump’s First Year,
Popular Rebellions Offer Hope
Elections,
labor,
mutual aid, and
local organizing wins in 2025
point to strategies that can work in the coming year.
In 2026, we the people can build power
and we can win significant victories if we:
🔸Show up for the most vulnerable in the face of federal government attacks and neglect;
🔸Push back on racism and misogyny, and support inclusivity;
🔸Call …

After the Devastation of Trump’s First Year, These Popular Rebellions Offer Hope
Elections, labor, mutual aid, and local organizing wins in 2025 point to strategies that can work in the coming year.

The Dynamic Leader Podcast
My intention, with every conversation, is to offer you, as leaders, insights and strategies on how you can become more effective in your role, to be strong and to be kind...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-dy

WBD's board says it will "carefully review and consider" Paramount's revised offer, which includes a full backstop personally guaranteed by Larry Ellison (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bus…

Warner Bros. Discovery Says It Will “Carefully Review and Consider” Paramount’s Revised Offer
David Ellison submitted his revised tender offering, backed by his father Larry Ellison, Monday morning.

AI sales startup Clay launches its second employee tender offer in under nine months, valuing it at $5B, up from $3.1B in August and $1.5B in its May 2025 offer (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/business/dealbook…

Clay, an A.I. Sales Start-Up, Lets Employees Cash Out. Again.
The company is part of a newer generation of software upstarts holding multiple tender offers where workers can sell stock before going public.

Series C, Episode 09 - Sarcophagus
ALIEN: I told you, I don't kill superfluously. When I was alive before, I was accustomed to being served by intelligent menials. I'm prepared to offer you all a choice. You can live as my-
TARRANT: Intelligent menials?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/309/308

Raiders Could Receive Enticing Travon Walker Trade Offer for Maxx Crosby https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/travon-walker-maxx-crosby-trade-offer/

Welcome to Tone-Con 2026!
(That'll be $150)
I'm finally admitting I'll never have the energy to sell off my comics so I'm having a reseller come by and make me an offer. This is about half the collection. I definitely felt hording impulses as I unloaded these boxes from the garage.

DHS increases offer for undocumented migrants to $3,000 if they voluntarily leave by end of 2025 (Nicole Sganga/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-undocumented-migrants-self-deportation-offer-increased/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251222/p25#a251222p25

If you're seeing family and friends over Christmas, offer to unsubscribe them from any marketing messages that bother them. It's the kind of thing people never get around to doing, but it makes a difference! Less noise and fewer pings makes room for nicer things

"AI" screening on job sites has people looking to network their way into jobs via dating apps
https://interviews.slashdot.org/story/25/12/29/2144201/tough-job-market-has-people-using-dating-apps-to-get-interviews …

Tough Job Market Has People Using Dating Apps To Get Interviews - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Most people use dating apps to find love. Tiffany Chau used one to hunt for a summer internship. This fall, the 20-year-old junior at California College of the Arts tailored her Hinge profile to connect with people who could offer job referrals or ...

“Make the seats adjustable” is a thought I bring to teaching, for example: Does the context I’m creating for learning accommodate people with all different kinds of minds? What variations am I not accommodating? Can I make some things more individually adjustable to better embrace those variations? Can multiple instructors / learning environments / schools offer the flexibility that I can’t offer myself?
Total adjustability is impossible; infinite flexibility is impossible. But as an ongoing effort, as a •direction•, this work is both feasible and useful.
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Trump says Ukraine deal is not ‘final offer’ as officials gather for Geneva summit | Ukraine | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/23/trump-says-ukraine-deal-is-not-final-offer-as-officials-gather-for-geneva-summit

Netflix revises its WBD offer to an all-cash deal for $27.75 per share, with the same $82.7B enterprise value; its original bid had $59B in debt financing (Brian Stelter/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/01/20/media/netflix-all-cash-offer-warner-bros-discovery

Netflix revises its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery. Now, it’s all cash
In an ongoing struggle over the future of Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix says it is now prepared to pay all cash for Warner Bros. and HBO, rather than a mix of cash and stock.

Last day to download this ebook free!
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The Women of Microsoft ($28 value) eBook free download offer ends Nov 5
An inspiring exploration of the women who have shaped and led Microsoft and the lessons we can learn from them.

Seahawks offer ardent defense of Darnold in loss https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46995273/seahawks-offer-ardent-defense-sam-darnold-4-ints

Range, which uses AI to offer flat-fee financial planning services to mass affluent households, raised a $60M Series C led by Scale Venture Partners (Ryan Lawler/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2025/11/25/range-flat-fee-invest…

Exclusive: Flat-fee advisor Range raises $60M for AI financial planning
The company offers flat-fee financial planning to mass affluents.

Pali Text Society book clearance
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Critical Survey (Vol. 34, Issue 2) Dear Colleague, The latest issue of Critical Survey…
via Input 4 RELCFP https://

openflights: Openflights airport network
A network of regularly occurring flights among airports worldwide, extracted from the openflights.org dataset. Nodes represent airports, and direction of edge (i,j) indicates a regularly occurring commercial flight by a particular airline from airport i to airport j. Multiple edges may exist between a pair of airports if multiple airlines offer that flight, or if one airline offers multiple such flights each day.
This network has 3214 node…

Dallas Cowboys have found a unique advantage that no other stadium can offer https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/dallas-cowboys-have-found-unique-advantage-no-other-stadium-can-offer/5679121d36a271c230fb5b…

A good friend of mine has the Muppet character "Beaker" as his avatar. For reasons.
He offers me advice. I offer him advice. We chat. These are #ChatsWithBeaker

SBA told laid-off employees they could get their jobs back. It rescinded that offer a day later (Jory Heckman/Federal News Network)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/11/sba-told-laid-off-employees-they-could-get-their-jobs-back-it-rescinded-that-offer-a-day-later/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p98#a251119p98

Spectral peak picking improves tactile speech perception https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-28930-6 "The algorithm is suitable for real-time use in wearable sensory substitution devices and could aid the development of effective haptic hearing aids."

Costco will use Instacart's white-label e-commerce service to offer grocery delivery in Spain and France, extending their partnership beyond North America (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-30/instacart-to…

Paramount reaffirms its $30/share all-cash bid after WBD's board officially rejected it, saying its bid offers "superior value and certainty" for shareholders (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/par

Paramount Sticks to $30/Share Offer for WBD After Board Rejects Bid
David Ellison's Paramount Skydance is signaling that it will fight for the hearts and minds of Warner Bros. Discovery with the $30/share offer it has already put forward -- and that it won't go higher.

"That possibility is being explored through a new collaboration between Corewell Health, Michigan State University, and Every Cure, a nonprofit biotech organization focused on unlocking new uses for existing medications."
Decades-Old Drug May Offer First Real Hope for Ultra-Rare, Life-Threatening Genetic Disorder
https://scitechdaily.com/decades-old-drug-may-offer-first-real-hope-for-ultra-rare-life-threatening-genetic-disorder/

Zelensky Opens Way to Demilitarized Zone in Eastern Ukraine to Reach Peace (Constant Méheut/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/world/europe/zelensky-demilitarized-zone-offer.html?unlocked_article_code=1._E8.Jb8C.-7-Bu3uodpdH&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251224/p37#a251224p37

Jerry Jones' wild Micah Parsons-Quinnen Williams trade claim refuted by Jets insider https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/jerry-jones-wild-micah-parsons-quinnen-williams-trade-claim-refuted-jets-insider

openflights: Openflights airport network
A network of regularly occurring flights among airports worldwide, extracted from the openflights.org dataset. Nodes represent airports, and direction of edge (i,j) indicates a regularly occurring commercial flight by a particular airline from airport i to airport j. Multiple edges may exist between a pair of airports if multiple airlines offer that flight, or if one airline offers multiple such flights each day.
This network has 3214 node…

Crypto exchange Bybit plans to offer banking services via "MyBank" accounts that can hold USD and other currencies, set to launch in February pending approvals (Ryan Weeks/Bloomberg)

Week 13 betting guide: Texans to keep up with Colts? Broncos extend win streak? https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/46941241/week-13-nfl-odds-spreads-lines-props-best-bets-sunday-football-games-thanksg…

Analyzing What the Raiders Have to Offer HC Candidates https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-analyzing-what-have-offer-hc-candidates

The Kremlin has announced that Vladimir Putin has been invited to join Donald Trump’s “
board of peace”,
set up last week with the intention that it would oversee a ceasefire in Gaza.
The Kremlin spokesperson,
Dmitry Peskov, told journalists on Monday that Russia was seeking to “clarify all the nuances” of the offer with Washington, before giving its response.
The claim of an invitation comes with Putin showing no signs of ending his invasion of Ukraine,
in…

Cowboys' Jerry Jones makes wild admission on Micah Parsons, Quinnen Williams Jets trade https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/new-york-jets/news/cowboys-jerry-jones-micah-parsons-quinnen-williams-jets-de…

E.W. Scripps' board unanimously rejects Sinclair's unsolicited acquisition proposal of $7 per share in cash and stock, offered in November (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/scripps-rejects-sinclair-unsolicited…

Scripps Rejects Sinclair Unsolicited Acquisition Offer
The board of E.W. Scripps Co. unanimously rejected the unsolicited acquisition proposal submitted by Sinclair, the second-biggest U.S. TV station owner groups.

Nonprofit groups offer legal assistance to U.S. troops amid debate over boat strikes (Dan De Luce/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/nonprofit-groups-offer-legal-assistance-us-troops-debate-boat-strikes-rcna249524
http://www.memeorandum.com/251216/p145#a251216p145

Source: smart ring maker Oura plans a tender offer for early investors at a 25% discount to its $11B valuation from Series E, aiming to stay private longer (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-23/smart-r…

Senate Democrats Offer Deal To End Govt Shutdown - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/11/senate-democrats-offer-deal-to-end-govt-shutdown/

Republicans offer early support for Trump's Minnesota pivot (Meredith Lee Hill/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/26/congress/tom-homan-gop-support-00746206
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p58#a260126p58

Amazon partners with Harris Farm to offer fresh food delivery in Australia for the first time, starting in inner Sydney, free for Prime members on AU$100 orders (Carrie LaFrenz/Australian Financial Review)
https://www.afr.com/companies/retail/amazo…

Harris Farm Amazon grocery delivery partnership challenges Woolworths, Coles
Amazon has partnered with Harris Farm to begin same-day delivery of fruit and vegetables for the first time across Sydney as it competes with Coles and Woolworths

Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly swatted down a Democratic offer to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for a year, calling it a “nonstarter” as the partisan impasse over the shutdown continued into its 38th day.
https://www.

WATCH: Senate meets as Republicans reject Democratic offer to end shutdown
Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly swatted down a Democratic offer to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for a year, calling it a “nonstarter” as the partisan impasse over the shutdown continued into its 38th day.

An interview with Minnesota Star Tribune editor Kathleen Hennessey about becoming the central hub of local information amid a surge of immigration operations (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/01/24/2026

“We’re not trying to recreate social media”: How Minnesota’s Star Tribune navigates a local crisis
The publication tries to offer a sober alternative to a social media swarm as a deadly shooting deepens the crisis in Minneapolis.

Bengals shut down massive Dolphins offer to trade up for Joe Burrow in 2020 NFL Draft, per report

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bengals-dolphins-trade-rumors-joe-burrow-…

Sources: Hugging Face declined Nvidia's $500M investment offer at a $7B valuation in late 2025; Hugging Face says it does not want a single dominant investor (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/d14419c5-7fa5-4128-9858-7f83259ca02e

Underground Legal Clinics Offer a Lifeline to Migrants Facing Mass Deportation (Hunter Walker/Talking Points Memo)
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/underground-legal-clinics-offer-a-lifeline-to-migrants-facing-mass-deportation
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p105#a251215p105

WhatsApp launches Strict Account Settings, a high-security mode to protect high-risk users like journalists and public figures from sophisticated cyberattacks (Raphael Satter/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel

Snap launches a wholly-owned subsidiary called Specs Inc. for its upcoming AR glasses, in a bid to facilitate minority investment and offer distinct branding (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/869210/snap-specs-smart-ar-glasses-new-subsi…

Snap is turning its smart glasses team into its own company
Snap is launching a separate business for its upcoming Specs augmented reality glasses in a bid to lure new investors to the project.

Files offer details on Epstein's death in federal custody (Derek Hawkins/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/26/epstein-suicide-files-evidence/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251226/p10#a251226p10

Disney and Gulf region streamers Shahid and OSN announce a bundle offer; all three apps are available through Shahid, owned by Saudi broadcaster MBC (Jesse Whittock/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/disney-shahid-osn-streaming-bundle-gcc-1236652367/

Disney+ Unites With Middle Eastern Streamers In “First-Of-Its-Kind” Bundle
Disney+ is uniting with Middle Eastern streamers Shahid and OSN+ for a three-in-one bundle offer billed a a"first-of-its-kind."

Robinhood plans to launch a futures and derivatives exchange with Susquehanna in 2026 and says it's buying MIAXdx, which clears and executes derivatives trades (Hannah Erin Lang/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.

Robinhood, Susquehanna to Launch Exchange to Expand Prediction Markets Offerings
The new exchange will help Robinhood offer additional prediction contracts tied to sports, elections and other future events

Uber launches Uber AV Labs, a division to collect real-world driving data via sensor-equipped vehicles to train reinforcement learning models for its partners (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/uber…

Exclusive: Uber launches an 'AV Labs' division to gather driving data for robotaxi partners | TechCrunch
Uber is not developing its own robotaxis again; instead it plans to collect and offer data. It's a bet that more volume will help autonomous vehicle partners solve the weirdest edge cases.

Sources: WBD is preparing to tell its shareholders to reject Paramount's latest offer and plans to recommend they support the existing deal with Netflix (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/warner-preparing-t…

WhatsApp launches Strict Account Settings, a high-security mode to protect high-risk users like journalists and public figures from sophisticated cyberattacks (Raphael Satter/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel

Tether submits an all-cash offer to acquire a 65.4% stake in Italian soccer club Juventus, says it will invest €1B in the club if the acquisition is completed (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sports/tether-submits-offer-buy-italian-soccer-clu…

Major insurers have recently sought permission from US regulators to offer policies excluding liabilities tied to businesses deploying AI chatbots and agents (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/abfe9741-f438-4ed6-a673-075ec177dc62

WBD's board unanimously rejects Paramount's amended $108.4B acquisition offer, saying the bid still has "significant" risks compared to Netflix's $83B offer (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/deal

Warner Bros. Discovery Rejects Paramount's Amended $30 Per Share Bid Over 'Insufficient Value' and 'Lack of Certainty'
The board says the revised $108.4 billion bid continues to offer "significant costs, risks and uncertainties" compared to its $83 billion deal with Netflix.