YouTube will stream the Oscars — exclusively — beginning in 2029
The news highlights YouTube’s growing dominance in the television space and a major shift as streaming takes on more live events.
Meta is pausing its dream of sharing Quest’s Horizon OS with third-party headset makers
The company said that it would revisit opportunities for third-party partnerships in the future.
Cisco says Chinese hackers are exploiting its customers with a new zero-day
Cisco said it discovered a Chinese hacking campaign targeting its customers by exploiting a zero-day in some of the company’s most popular products.
Facebook is testing a link posting limit for professional accounts and pages
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
Amazon appoints longtime AWS exec Peter DeSantis to lead new AI org
DeSantis has spent 27 years at Amazon, including eight years as an SVP for AWS, the cloud provider that powers about one-third of the internet.
Rad Power Bikes files for bankruptcy and is looking to sell the business
It’s the latest e-bike company to seek bankruptcy protection after pandemic-era excitement for the category wore off.
Radiant Nuclear raises $300M for its semi-sized 1 MW reactor
Radiant Nuclear is developing a small modular reactor to replace diesel generators. The startup previously raised $165 million in May.
Coursera and Udemy enter a merger agreement valued at around $2.5B
Coursera and Udemy, two of the biggest names in online learning, are combining platforms next year.
Bluesky launches a privacy-focused ‘find friends’ feature without invite spam
The Bluesky contact matching feature is opt-in and your data won’t be used to spam your friends, the social network says.
Google’s vibe-coding tool Opal comes to Gemini
The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool, which lets you build AI-powered mini apps, inside the Gemini web app, allowing users to create their own custom apps.