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Nilay Patel

Nilay Patel

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    Paramount’s $110 billion Warner Bros. gamble
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    To take on Netflix and YouTube, Paramount has to break the Warner Bros. curse.

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    Trump’s tariffs have cost automakers $35 billion.

    Automotive News ran the numbers based on public filings and found that Toyota was the hardest hit, at $9.1b, while Detroit’s Big Three paid a total $6.5b. It’s unclear how refunds might play out now that the Supreme Court overturned the tariffs as they were originally enacted, but either way that’s a lot of cash stuck in limbo that could have gone to hybrid and EV incentives while Trump’s Iran disaster continues to spike gas prices.

    Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone on reviving the web’s homepage
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    How Yahoo escaped its Verizon death spiral and became profitable again.

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    Anthropic doesn’t trust the Pentagon, and neither should you
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    Techdirt’s Mike Masnick on the history of the NSA and mass surveillance in America, and why Anthropic’s fight with the Pentagon should worry us.

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    Hasbro’s CEO on J.K. Rowling.

    We just published our new Decoder interview with Chris Cocks, the head of Hasbro. I asked him directly about how he thinks about author J.K. Rowling’s politics and what it’s done to the Harry Potter fandom, following Hasbro’s major Harry Potter merchandising agreement announced just last month. Here’s what Chris had to say.

    Hasbro’s CEO has an AI Peppa Pig help design toys
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    Chris Cocks on AI, KPop Demon Hunters, and why Harry Potter still matters.

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    Prediction markets are playing a dangerous game
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    Kalshi and Polymarket are cosplaying as the news, even as gambling on Iran, Venezuela, and nuclear war runs rampant.

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    Zillow’s CEO on growing the company during a housing crisis
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    Jeremy Wacksman on affordability, AI in listings, and the future of real estate.

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    Xbox is in danger. Will Microsoft fix it or kill it?
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    Tom Warren joins Decoder to discuss what Phil Spencer’s departure means for the future of Xbox.

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