From PC Mag: SpaceX has filed to trademark "Starlink Mobile," suggesting CEO Elon Musk is serious about launching a mobile carrier.

On Thursday, an X user noted that SpaceX had submitted a filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office on Oct. 16—shortly after Musk entertained the idea of competing...

From The Verge: Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is reporting that Johny Srouji, senior vice president of hardware technologies, told Tim Cook he is “seriously considering” leaving Apple for another company in the near future. It was reported in October that Srouji was “evaluating his future at the tech...

From PC World: OpenAI has turned off ads appearing on ChatGPT while it works out how best to improve the model’s precision, its top researchers said.

In early December, a user complained about the nonsensical way in which ChatGPT was showing ads for Target below a conversation the user was having...

From CNET: Netflix announced on Friday that it will acquire Warner Bros, HBO and its streaming business HBO Max, in an $82.7 billion deal. That deal is now being contested by Paramount, which confirmed today that it's launching a hostile bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.

Netflix's deal would...

From TechCrunch: OpenAI and Instacart are launching a grocery shopping experience inside of ChatGPT, allowing customers to brainstorm meal ideas, make a grocery list, and check out, all without leaving the chat interface.

This builds upon an existing partnership between OpenAI and Instacart; more...

From PC World: For better or worse, Microsoft Teams is one of the most important communication apps in the professional world. It’s used by millions for chat messages, video conferences, and sending files. Now, according to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, Teams is getting a new feature in February 2026...

From TechCrunch: Many daters on Hinge are getting annoyed with matches who just like their profiles but never bother to start a conversation. It often leads to this awkward silence, putting all the pressure on one person to make the first move. Instead of coming up with something interesting to say...

From The Verge: Slack users can now access Anthropic’s Claude Code directly in Slack by tagging Claude on coding-related messages and threads. The new feature is launching today in beta as a research preview.

When Claude is tagged, it will now automatically scan the message to see if it’s a coding...

From PC Mag: The cybersecurity pushback against AI-powered browsers is escalating, with research giant Gartner and a UK government agency flagging them as potential threats.

"Cybersecurity must block AI browsers now," Gartner writes in a new report published last week. “AI browsers are nascent and...

From Tom's Hardware: Intel is currently preparing to launch a refreshed version of its existing Arrow Lake lineup next year for desktop, with minor improvements in binning and tuning across the board. We already detailed three chips from this family in a previous leak — one of them was the high-end...