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Warner Bros. is blockbuster finale to $4.5 trillion M&A haul

Global transaction values have risen around 40% to about $4.5 trillion this year, data compiled by Bloomberg show, the second highest on record.

By Michelle F. Davis, David Carnevali, Ryan Gould, Swetha Gopinath and BloombergDecember 15, 2025
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The word of the year is ‘slop,’ Merriam-Webster says
By Anna Furman and The Associated PressDecember 15, 2025
‘2026 has to be a year of execution’: AI investment pressures, supply-chain risks, and strategy misalignment are all on the line for CFOs
By Alex Zank and CFO BrewDecember 15, 2025
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Ford writes down $19.5 billion as it pivots electric Lighting line of vehicles
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 15, 2025
Rivian CEO says the EV maker’s new large driving model will one day allow for fully autonomous driving—and maybe a spot in the robotaxi race
By Jordyn Grzelewski and Tech BrewDecember 15, 2025
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Former Meta integrity chief says new report reveals ‘disappointing’ ad fraud epidemic at the social media giant

An internal audit warned of systemic corruption, yet Meta expanded Chinese ad partnerships that generated billions—much of it tied to fraud.

By Lily Mae LazarusDecember 15, 2025
‘I had to take 60 meetings’: Jeff Bezos says ‘the hardest thing I’ve ever done’ was raising the first million dollars of seed capital for Amazon

“The whole enterprise could’ve been extinguished then,” Bezos recalled.

By Dave SmithDecember 15, 2025
Google cofounder Sergey Brin said he was ‘spiraling’ before returning to work on Gemini—and staying retired ‘would’ve been a big mistake’

Brin said he planned to study physics at cafés following his retirement in 2019.

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 15, 2025
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This Thrive-backed startup says it aspires to be the “Amazon of homes”

Since 2022, Homebound has raised a combined $400 million in equity and real estate capital, the company told Fortune.

By Allie GarfinkleDecember 15, 2025
Chess.com cofounder says it took a pinch of delusion to bring the traditional game online—and it’s a ‘requirement for every successful entrepreneur’

Chess.com cofounder Danny Rensch says that “necessity breeds genius.” An onslaught of life crises and a dash of self-delusion pushed him to create the platform beloved by 235 million users.

By Emma BurleighDecember 14, 2025
Even in Silicon Valley, skepticism looms over robots, while ‘China has certainly a lot more momentum on humanoids’

“The humanoid space has a very, very big hill to climb,” said Cosima du Pasquier, founder and CEO of Haptica Robotics.

By Matt O'Brien and The Associated PressDecember 13, 2025
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Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt wonders why AI companies don’t have to ‘follow any laws’

Gordon-Levitt said that without establishing the principle that a person’s digital work belongs to them, the industry is heading down a “pretty dystopian road.”

By Nick LichtenbergDecember 15, 2025
What happens to old AI chips? They’re still put to good use and don’t depreciate that fast, analyst says

“For inference, the latest hardware helps but is often not essential, so chip quantity can substitute for cutting-edge quality.”

By Jason MaDecember 15, 2025
Bittensor, the AI-linked cryptocurrency founded by a former Google engineer, just halved its supply. Here’s what that means

The mechanics of Bittensor mirror those of Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency.

By Ben WeissDecember 15, 2025
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Businesses face a confusing patchwork of AI policy and rules. Is clarity on the horizon?

With dozens of state measures on AI and a new executive order seeking to override them, businesses will have a lot to sort through in 2026.

By John KellDecember 15, 2025
Making nightmares into reality: AI finds fans in the Islamic State, other militant and terrorist other groups worldwide

“One of the best things about AI is how easy it is to use,” said someone on a pro-IS site last month.

By David Klepper and The Associated PressDecember 15, 2025
Microsoft AI boss Suleyman opens up about his peers and calls Elon Musk a ‘bulldozer’ with ‘superhuman capabilities to bend reality to his will’

“And somehow he sort of mostly manages to pull off what appears to be impossible.”

By Jason MaDecember 13, 2025
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AI coding tools exploded in 2025. The first security exploits show what could go wrong

While a breach of the tools hasn’t so far caused a wide-scale attack, there have been a few exploits and near-misses.

By Sage LazzaroDecember 15, 2025
Judge tells notorious crypto scammer ‘you have been bitten by the crypto bug’ in handing down 15 year sentence 

Do Kwon orchestrated a $40 billion fraud, leading to 2022 crypto crash

By Carlos GarciaDecember 12, 2025
Black Lives Matter leader in Oklahoma City indicted on claims she used funds for vacations, groceries and real estate

Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, 52, was indicted earlier this month on 20 counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering, court records show.

By Sean Murphy and The Associated PressDecember 12, 2025
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