A look at Google's TPU evolution, its decision to sell chips to competitors after 12 years of internal use, the TPU vs. GPU architecture showdown, and more (The Chip Letter)
https://thechipletter.substack.com/p/tpu-mania
Tubi joins Roku in striking partnerships with top creators like MrBeast and Jomboy Media to repackage their content on FAST channels (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/tubi-roku-youtube-1236405292/
#Magika 1.0: Smarter, Faster #FileDetection with Rust and AI
https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/12/magika-
My bet is that this will turn into a fairly substantial copyright and contract case.
"Kristen Bell Is the Star of a New Fox Jesus Podcast. No One Told Her"
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/kristen-bel…
Samsung rolls out a Perplexity TV app, which works alongside Samsung's Vision AI Companion, on its 2025 TVs; 2023 and 2024 TV models will get it later this year (Artie Beaty/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-get-perplex…
Study: a "drip" season release strategy leads to a 48% greater short-term retention of subscriptions vs. binge drops (Tony Maglio/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/weekly-releases-vs-bin…
Fox plans to broadcast 69 live matches from the 2026 FIFA World Cup on the Fox broadcast network, up from 34 matches in 2022; the remaining 35 will run on FS1 (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/f…
The NYT announces the addition of a TikTok-like Watch tab to its app, featuring a mix of short-form, scrollable, vertical news videos, available October 22 (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/21/new-york-times-watch-tab-tiktok-nyt-app