Tootfinder

Still way too many
@… - The number of large companies paying no tax in Australia has declined, says ATO https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10…

The number of large companies paying no tax in Australia has declined, says ATO
The proportion of large companies in Australia that paid no tax in the most recent income year has declined from 36 per cent to 28 per cent over the past 11 years.

Angel Studios says Angel Guild, its program through which members are given a say on which projects the studio produces, has two million paid subscribers (Zac Ntim/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/angel-studios-two-million-paying-guild-members-12…

Angel Studios Says It Has Surpassed Two Million Paying Guild Members
The company had last reported surpassing one million members in March 2025.

Germany Mulls Paying Deutsche Telekom to Replace Huawei Gear
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-30/germany-weighs-paying-deutsche-telekom-to-replace-huawei-gear

Oh for fuck’s sake! Like I don’t have enough to do. But no, even paying for something to get a basic service isn’t enough in this fucked up world. https://infosec.exchange/@themoep/115474387322154883

OpenAI financial data: its stock-based pay averaged ~$1.5M per employee in 2025, ~7x Google pre-IPO and ~34x the average pay of other pre-IPO peers, per Equilar (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-i…

The Dutch coast paying tribute to Ukraine.

this shit makes me so mad lol
yes please let me pay for the convenience of paying you

At the start of the year, I began a list of all the #movies I’ve watched in 2025. I realised I have a huge list of #films I want to watch, but I just stumble through the medium at random, paying little attention to them as they go by. I hoped this list might change that. In reverse chronological order, here are my…

"Because sometimes the most sophisticated position is recognizing that you might be trying to solve the wrong kind of problem...
The real danger isn’t that machines will become intelligent—it’s that we’ll mistake impressive computation for understanding and surrender our judgment to those who control the servers.
The circus continues. The ground approaches. And some of us are paying attention to the actual distance.
"

Why I’m Betting Against the AGI Hype
An Engineer’s (Philosophical) Perspective.

Microsoft had the audacity to raise their Xbox gamepass prices today. Imagine paying $30 A MONTH for this garbage.

The climate crisis wasn't caused by ordinary people—so why are they footing the bill?
Two activists in France are pushing to change that. Their "Tax Their Billions" campaign is shifting public opinion toward making billionaires pay their fair share for climate solutions.
It's about accountability and justice in the transition we desperately need.

Ordinary people can’t keep paying for a crisis they didn’t create
Meet Chloé Sublet and Léa Renault, two activists in France fighting to make billionaires pay their fair share so the cost of the climate crisis doesn’t fall on everyone else

Developers doing the mental gymnastics of justifying spending thousands of $$$ to cloud providers and big tech to avoid paying a small software vendor a single $.

I had to retire my Ossoff sign, which I saved after his election. It was looking ratty. I'll get a new one when they open a local campaign office. I'm not paying the crazy shipping charges to get one delivered.

#China 's government takes up to 35% of small #business prepaid revenue:
"At a fitness center...Mr. Liu was paying for an annual gym membership by scanning a QR code...prominently marked with 'Trusted Consumption Code of Prepaid Consumption Credit Supervision Platform'.
.…

UK traffic to PornHub down 77%.
I wonder - presumably companies are paying for the third party age checks, is there a point where UK traffic goes so low websites that are currently age verifying just abandon it and block the UK altogether?

Bills bring back iconic red helmets, Super Bowl-era uniforms for final regular-season game at Highmark Stadium

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bills-red-hel…

The U.S. Is Paying for Torture: The Suppressed '60 Minutes' CECOT Investigation Video
https://www.blueamp.co/p/the-us-is-paying-for-torture-the

↖️ Why Are Seattle Drivers Paying So Much More for Gas?
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Why-Are-Seattle-Drivers-Paying-So-Much-More-for-Gas.html

Why Are Seattle Drivers Paying So Much More for Gas
Gas prices in Seattle remain significantly higher than the national average due to Washington's high fuel taxes, climate-related fees, geographical distance from oil production, limited local refineries, and elevated regional business costs.

Sources: Meta is buying Manus for $2B , after approaching the startup during a fundraising at a $2B valuation; Manus CEO Xiao Hong will report to Javier Olivan (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-buys-ai-s

He'll be paying a very big
Mansion tax
In the country.
#totp

There are at least two instances of Space Battleship Yamato (anime and live-action) and they both feel kinda goofy: a ship-shaped spaceship. I thought that this was some Japanese thing -- paying homage to a heroic part of their history. I recently saw a documentary about the real battleship Yamato and oh boy... what a mess. Are there any Japanese amongst my followers who can tell me if these sci-fi versions are about paying homage? Because to me it feels a bit like historic revisionism.

It’s unbelievable how quickly the USA is going down the drain, private friends paying the military, absurd and opening the door for corruption …https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/politics/anonymous-donor-military-pay-shutdown

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Department confirmed on Friday.

KaVontae Turpin’s Contract Is Not Paying Off https://insidethestar.com/kavontae-turpins-contract-is-not-paying-off

Local, independent journalism triumphing. You live to see it.
How our mission to transform local journalism is paying off https://www.livpost.co.uk/the-tide-is-turning/?ref=the-post-newsletter#share

The tide is turning
How our mission to transform local journalism is paying off

Who would have guessed.
Big Tech is paying millions to train teachers on AI, in a push to bring chatbots into classrooms
https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-teacher-union-microsoft-f7554b6550fb90519dd8129acac8e2…

This stinks. #Trump is now running the government by strong-arming #billionaires into funding it.
BBC News - Mystery donor gives $130m to US military for paying troops during shutdown

Well, that'd be anyone who's paying for that shit.
They're clearly not in their right mind.
https://mstdn.social/@TechCrunch/115447750596928369

TechCrunch (@TechCrunch@mstdn.social)
Attached: 1 image OpenAI released data on just how many of ChatGPT's users are facing mental health challenges, and how its addressing them. https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/openai-says-over-a-million-people-talk-to-chatgpt-about-suicide-weekly/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"When people tell me that there’s been no resistance to the Trump administration... or just aren’t paying attention, because there has, in fact, been a tremendous amount and variety of resistance and opposition and it’s mattered tremendously. When will it be enough is a question that can only be answered if and when all this is over and we find out what comes next."

Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE https://www.404media.co/contractor-paying-random-people-300-to-physically-track-immigrants-for-ice/

A US judge turns down Dr. Phil's bid to proceed under Chapter 11 bankruptcy for his media startup Merit Street and converts the case to a Chapter 7 liquidation (Winston Cho/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Dr. Phil Loses Trial Over His Media Startup’s Bankruptcy
A court determined that the TV host improperly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to protect his own interests, with the intention of paying certain creditors over others.

WTF? Why don't you go like a good sized portion of the civilized world and dump the 'for profit' health care model? Of course the GOP, billionaires, companies that own hospitals and drug companies will scream... Tell them to take a very long off a short pier at the top of a 1,000 metre cliff.
https://flip.it/3sMmr6

They have more money than there is investment growth to be found. Give a hungry person money and they’ll buy food; give a billionaire some money, and they’ll look for a high-risk investment that has a 1% chance of paying off 1000x.
Want to get rich? Convince them you’re one of those investments! 99% chance you’ll fail; 1% chance your BS is actually some kind of genius moonshot! Give them FOMO about it, get free money!
3/

China's central bank unveils an overhaul of its digital yuan framework, including saying that commercial banks will soon begin paying interest on holdings (Timmy Shen/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/383824/china-interest-digital-yuan

@… Just want to point out that some public libraries provide access to such new sources, so you can view without paying.

Love this video. Merry Christmas y'all!
▶️ Finding People with No Customers, Then Paying 100x
#christmas

Looks like there is only one customer left paying @… in bitcoin now.
Between their most recent payment and the one before the exchange rate fluctuated 21%.
If they quit I think I will retire the method.

RE: #Proton had a similar policy and allowed only paying customers to use Passkeys and FIDO2 …

Are you PAYING ATTENTION?
Just today:
The coast guard will no longer qualify swastikas as hate symbols.
Trump called for the death penalty for his political opponents on TruthSocial
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀.
Early voting in the Tennessee special election ends in ONE week.
It's Gay Valimont, and I'm determined to help my friend Aftyn win this special election
-- and put an end to the madness in DC.
Once we flip this seat, Congress will k…

Of course.
In texts, D4 supe Alcaraz wrote of paying workers 'under the table' https://missionlocal.org/2025/11/alcaraz-text-message-under-the-table-taxes-animal-connection/

In text exchange, new D4 supe writes of paying workers ‘under the table,’ skimping on taxes
New texts raise more questions about Mayor Daniel Lurie’s vetting of newest supervisor, Beya Alcaraz

So for the “copying isn’t stealing” crowd, let me make this really clear:
Yes it fucking is
If an author made a copy of their book openly available for download on their site & said “just hit this link to pay me for it” & you downloaded that without paying for it you fucking stole it.
No diff.

Roland Burke: de mislukte pogingen om misinformatie te reguleren vanaf de Volkerenbond tot op heden en de prijs die we daarvoor betalen https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Fun fact: the military, when they're paid by a third party for their service, are called "mercenaries".
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/politics/anonymous-donor-military-pay-shutdown

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Department confirmed on Friday.

On Saturday I did a bike ride and I very carefully tried to ride over some small patches of ice to familiarize myself with how it feels.
Yesterday a friend of mine was out for a gravel ride, did just fine, was all done and rode through a parking lot, hit some ice, went down hard, broke their hip. Argh!
Paying attention to #bikeTooter and

I'm the president. So, I get to do whatever I want. I get to decide how much money I can take from the government. I want it. I take it. Simple as that.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/22/donald-trump-damages-federal-investigations<…

Paying forward a good recommendation I got: Over the weekend, I watched a couple more episodes of "The Pitt". Holy crap, this series is good! Even though objectively not a lot is happening (in the sense of an overarching, connected storyline), the storytelling is superb, I am glued to the screen and can't wait to keep watching. If you are up for some realistic (as far as I can tell) emergency room drama and don't mind a few fairly graphic depictions of medical procedures (o…

Hahahahahaha, the Irish Data Protection Commission is and always has been a sick joke.
Now they’ve just become a parody of themselves.
If you’re surprised by this, you haven’t been paying attention:
https://ar.al/2025/03/21/careless-people/#luck-of-the-irish

Careless people
Notes from “Careless People: A story of where I used to work: Power. Greed. Madness.” by Sarah-Wynn Williams

@… and @… partnership.
Starting today, all paying Tuta users can request 25% off their first year of Ente’s encrypted photo storage so you can not only keep your emails and calendars private, but also your photos.

Sources: Netflix will pay Barstool a yearly fee "in the eight figures" for its video podcasts; Fanatics has pitched WWE podcasts to Netflix which airs WWE Raw (Ryan Glasspiegel/Front Office Sports)
https://frontofficesports.com/netflix-pa…

Netflix Paying Barstool 8 Figures Per Year Amid Podcast Push
Netflix’s deal with Barstool Sports, announced Wednesday, is a multiyear pact worth eight figures per year, Front Office Sports has learned.

Appfigures: between September 30 and October 18, OpenAI's Sora had 2.6M iOS downloads, above the Meta AI app, which had 1.1M; Sora is iOS- and invite-only (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/28/meta-ai-vibes-on-wall-street-radar-i…

Meta's AI app has seen growth soar since launch of Vibes, but trails OpenAI's Sora
The Meta AI app has seen a major jolt in downloads since the company launched Vibes and began paying creators to make AI-generated videos.

totally forgot I was paying for CoPilot. haven't touched it for months.. now cancelled.

#DearLazyWeb: Hey #Nederlanders ik heb en expat vrag over mijn #VvE. Our management company is absolute garbage. Our VVE management company recently scheduled repainting, during winter, with the most incompetent company possible, who did a horrible job, some of which didn't need to be done. Our windows had just been repainted since they were painted before we moved in, so 1/3 of the work they did was unnecessary, and now they look much worse than they did before. I could go on, but generally lots and lots of complaints along with absolutely terrible service.
Our upstairs neighbor (also an owner) also hates them and wants to switch, but a rental company owns the top half of the building and seems to be trying to force us in to staying. Basically, this management company is super cheap and the rental company are absolutely trash absentee leaches. (They *may* also have not been paying their part of the VvE fees for a while, but I'm not totally sure I understood everything.)
Unfortunately, I am way out of my depth and can't seem to get much help from google. Can anyone give me some advice about what to read or who to talk to, or are we actually stuck?

I joined Labour 3 times.Never again.
"Questions arise for members of the Labour Party. Why would one join a party where being a member means only paying subs and having no voice? Why would one join a party which is itself host to the enemies not only of socialism but of mild social democratic reform? Why would anyone on the left join an organisation that required you to battle the party bureaucracy before you could battle the true political opposition?"

When police talk about how we need to fund them more or there will be chaos and violence, it’s less like paying a doctor for treatment and more like paying the mafia for “protection.”
“Nice city you have there. Shame if anything happened to it.”

Good to remember, the US is selling weapons with profit to Ukraine, the EU is paying for them. No "gifts" or "favors" are involved.
#ukraine #weapons #usa

Cowboys should be paying attention to Trey Hendrickson health status https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-should-be-paying-attention-trey-hendr…

LOL at the idea of someone paying money to Cisco for email software and/or appliances.
I don’t victim-blame, so all I can say is: do not do that and thanks for the giggle. @… https://

I was a baseball fan when I was a kid and for the first time in 32 years my home team is in the hilariously misnamed World Series. I am consequently paying for a sports streaming package for the first time in my life. I feel very strange about this, like I have crossed some threshold of stereotypical adult masculinity.

Hey Fediverse! Request for comments on some software. I'm looking for an application to assist with multiple social media accounts, ie: posting to multiple platforms simultaneously, (Mastodon included of course), and ideally one that supports multiple brand account groups so I can manage clients.
Hootsuite would fit the bill feature-wise but it's paid-only, can't be self hosted, and doesn't support Mastodon.
I'm not opposed to paying for software, but open s…

Agent's Take: Daniel Jones, Sam Darnold and other NFL veteran acquisitions who are paying off this season

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/agents-

Putin's Russia should return to Ukraine its stolen lands and its stolen children, and pay reparations to families for lives lost and property destroyed.
Naturally Trump is against all this, on principle. He doesn't believe in paying bills.

I like when the #NYPost says the quiet part out loud. See, ending illegal labor practices and paying workers a living wage is "anti-capitalist." Being in favor of #capitalism means being happy crushing your workers and driving them into poverty.
If only they said that more…

What if real executive presence wasn't about how you look or sound?
The leaders who inspire us aren't following scripts. They're living four qualities:
Care - paying real attention
Clarity - seeing what matters
Curiosity - asking deeper questions
Courage - facing hard truths
Read more:

Cowboys offseason gamble is paying off after 5 weeks https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-offseason-gamble-is-paying-off-after-5-weeks

It’s definitely a long shot.
But Rae Huang, a 43-year-old community organizer, minister and dues-paying member of the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America,
is making her move, throwing her hat into the ring for mayor of Los Angeles.
The virtually unknown candidate is the deputy director of Housing Now California,
a coalition that fights displacement of tenants at the state and local levels.
Huang, who announced a campaign launch on Sunday, i…

She's challenging Bass from the left. Could she become L.A.'s Mamdani?
Rae Huang, a 43-year-old community organizer and democratic socialist, is waging a long-shot campaign for L.A. mayor, focusing on free buses, public housing and police abuse.

“It is a shocking situation to be in that I don’t think anybody anticipated a year ago,”
Wrong. EVERYONE who was paying attention anticipated it... in 2017.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-ice-secret-police-civil-rights-unaccountable…

Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump Is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests and tactics.

An Alabama state board votes to keep its contract with PBS for now, rejecting an effort to become the first state to cut ties following federal budget cuts (Kim Chandler/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/alabama-pbs-2149809fa142c792fab0ca6e8730ee80

Alabama Public Television to keep PBS contract
The commission that oversees Alabama Public Television voted to continue paying its contract with PBS. The decision came after a public backlash to the idea of dropping PBS. The Alabama Educational Television Commission voted without dissent to continue paying the contract with PBS that runs until July. It also voted to create a committee to explore the future direction of Alabama Public Television. A proposal to take the first step toward severing ties failed when no commissioner seconded the …

This weekend will be a bit sad. It is the last weekend for the farmers market. We will miss the fresh local products until next May. I made it a point to pay cash so that they don't have a portion go to the credit card company. I go to our local bakery several times a week and buy fresh bread, rolls, and treats. Again, paying cash. When possible, I try to patronize small independent businesses.
Do I pay a bit more? Probably, but there is a huge difference in the quality, and th…

"Self-hosting DNS for no fun, but a little profit!" – Morten Linderud
https://linderud.dev/blog/self-hosting-dns-for-no-fun-but-a-little-profit/

Cowboys’ RB Switch Paying Off: Javonte Williams Outshines Dowdle https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-rb-switch-paying-off-javonte-williams-outshines-dowdle

a16z releases a report, with Mercury data, on the top 50 AI companies startups pay for; OpenAI leads, followed by Anthropic, Replit, Freepik, and ElevenLabs (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/02/a-ne

A new a16z report looks at which AI companies startups are actually paying for | TechCrunch
a16z releases its first AI spending report that shows which AI-native application layer companies startups are actually spending money on .

I would add that his comment is spot on but does not apply to the whole population, and we ought to be paying a lot more attention to the people here in the US who do know what life without democracy is like.
Like for example: Jim Crow existed in full force within living memory, and a huge part of the current fascist pitch in the US is bringing it back.

Mick Shots: Buckle up for a nifty holiday treat https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mick-shots-buckle-up-for-a-nifty-holiday-treat

What would you do if the federal government wanted you in jail and Jamie Dimon was paying your legal bills?
Here’s what Charlie Javice did:
She spent money on luxury hotel upgrades, extravagant meals and cellulite butter, a personal care product that some people use to treat their skin, as a lawyer for the bank said in a hearing on Friday.
Then, she sent the receipts to the bank.
All told, Ms. Javice has spent more than $60 million — and counting — on her defense, acco…

JPMorgan Had to Pay for Charlie Javice’s Legal Fees — and Her Restaurant Bills
When prosecutors accused Charlie Javice of fraud, JPMorgan was forced to pay for her defense. The bank is not happy about her “shocking” spending.

Mick Shots: Buckle up for a nifty holiday treat https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mick-shots-buckle-up-for-a-nifty-holiday-treat

Guardio, which helps detect malicious code created with AI tools, raised $80M led by ION Crossover, and says it has 500K paying users and $100M in ARR in 2025 (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/19/security-startup-guardio-n…

Security startup Guardio nabs $80M from ION Crossover Partners | TechCrunch
Guardio is leveraging its experience building browser extensions and apps that scan for malicious and phishing sites to build a tool that looks for artifacts in code and websites made with vibe coding tools.

Bloomberg Media says it has added 100K subscribers over the past year and is nearing 700K paying readers and viewers, and reports revenue up 7% YoY in 2025 (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazet

Bloomberg uses 'synthetic characters' to test out products and marketing
COO Julia Beizer shared insights into how business giant Bloomberg has grown subscribers and revenue at a Press Gazette event.

Adobe plans to acquire NYSE-listed Semrush, which helps companies run search engine optimization as AI use rises, for $1.9B in cash, paying $12 per share (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/d…

Sources: Adobe nears a $1.9B deal to acquire NYSE-listed Semrush, which helps companies run search engine optimization as AI use increases, paying $12 per share (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/bus…

Apple and Formula One announce a five-year US media rights deal for all races starting in 2026; sources: Apple is paying $140M/year, up from ESPN's ~$85M/year (Alex Sherman/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/apple-f1-media-deal-streaming.html

Q&A with Lyft CEO David Risher on the company's turnaround, AI, paying drivers more, Uber, partnership with Tensor for autonomous vehicle tech, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/811532/lyft-uber-david-risher-interv…

Lyft CEO David Risher on paying drivers more and the shift to robotaxis
How Lyft is thinking about autonomy in the AI era, and why service is the most integral rideshare component.

ByteDance's Cici, an overseas counterpart of China's most popular AI chatbot app Doubao, is quietly gaining traction in the UK, Mexico, and Southeast Asia (Zeyi Yang/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/bytedances-ai-chatbot-is-quietly-ga…

ByteDance’s Other AI Chatbot Is Quietly Gaining Traction Around the World
ByteDance is paying for ads and partnering with influencers to promote its AI chatbot app Cici in countries like the UK, Mexico, and Indonesia.

Sources: Apple is set to announce an exclusive US media rights deal with Formula One, paying $140M per year; F1 races average 1.4M viewers on ESPN (Alex Sherman/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/apple-wants-to-reform-sports-streaming…

Sources: UK companies and groups tell the UK that a planned ban on paying ransoms to ransomware gangs is unlikely to stop attacks and risks collapsing services (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3dc82018-2d3a-444e-8400-07d4c27a7665

An interview with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on YouTube as the future of TV, paying out $100B to creators, partnering with the NFL, scripted content, and more (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

YouTube Just Ate TV. It’s Only Getting Started
In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth. CEO Neal Mohan on his $100 billion vision for YouTube’s future and the disruption it’s left in its wake.

Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic are providing millions to the American Federation of Teachers to build AI training hubs aimed at educating 400,000 teachers (Jocelyn Gecker/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/artificial-int…

Microsoft and OpenAI invest millions in AI training for teachers
The country’s largest teachers unions are teaming up with tech companies like Microsoft and OpenAI to help educators build literacy in artificial intelligence. The tech giants are paying for training for teachers to apply AI skills in the classroom. For the companies, the partnerships are also opportunities to make inroads into schools and win over students in the race for AI dominance. American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten says skepticism guided her negotiations, but the…

Sources: Stripe is paying ~$1B to acquire Metronome, and the deal is expected to be predominantly cash; PitchBook: Metronome was valued at $470M in February (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)

Scoop: Stripe Is Paying $1 Billion To Acquire Billing Startup Metronome
The acquisition will double Metronome’s valuation in less than a year, sources tell Upstarts Media. And it’s all about AI software growth.

Apple and F1 announce a five-year US media rights deal that will bring all races to Apple TV beginning in 2026; sources: Apple is paying about $140M per year (Alex Sherman/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/apple-f1-media-deal-streaming.html

Apple and F1 reach 5-year media deal, bringing all races to Apple TV streaming in the U.S.
Apple and Formula 1 announced their long-awaited five-year U.S. media rights deal that will bring all U.S. televised races to Apple TV

An interview with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on YouTube as the future of TV, paying out $100B to creators, partnering with the NFL, scripted content, and more (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

YouTube Just Ate TV. It’s Only Getting Started
In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth. CEO Neal Mohan on his $100 billion vision for YouTube’s future and the disruption it’s left in its wake.

ROG Xbox Ally X review: great performance and grips, silent cooling, good 120Hz display, and USB-C, but Windows optimization isn't great and poor battery life (Rebecca Spear/Windows Central)
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/asus/asus-rog-xbox-ally-x-review…

Our review proves Xbox Ally X sets the bar in handheld PCs
We spent dozens of hours playing games and testing the performance on the Xbox Ally X. It's an impressive device worth paying attention to. Our review.