Apple is charging you more and blaming AI data centers. That's a big deal.
AI might be awesome in the future. Right now, it's making things more expensive.
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Articles by Peter Kafka
You're going to pay more for lots of things. Blame AI.
The AI data-center boom means a spike in chip costs — but lots of products needs chips. You're going to pick up the tab.
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Lachlan Murdoch just pulled off a $22 billion streaming deal his father could only dream of
Rupert Murdoch spent decades chasing a digital TV Guide. His son Lachlan just bought one, but TV is different now. Here's what it means for streaming.
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What the new AI-powered Siri really means for Apple — and for OpenAI
Two years ago, Apple and ChatGPT were partners. Now it looks like they're breaking up — and the evidence is in the new, AI-powered Siri.
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Bari Weiss was supposed to 'restore trust' in CBS News. It's eroding, says CNN's Brian Stelter.
Bari Weiss may be right to want to remake CBS News, says CNN's media analyst. But she could be "doing the right things, maybe in the wrong ways."
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Paramount's top lawyer says some people who don't like the Warner Bros. deal are antisemitic
Paramount's deal to buy Warner Bros. still needs regulators' approval, so it's striking to see him link some opponents of the tie-up to antisemitism.
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YouTube directors are beating Disney — and saving Hollywood
If you're a young movie director, you get your start on YouTube. Next: graduating to movie theaters, and crushing the competition.
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Google wants me to use emojis in email. I'm delighted about this.
You don't always get what you want. But I needed this and I got it: Now you can use emjoi replies in Gmail.
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Vox's Jim Bankoff explains why he's selling part of his business to James Murdoch
James Murdoch is buying Vox's podcast business, and New York magazine. Why not the rest?
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Versant is the cable TV company Comcast didn't want to own. Here's what CEO Mark Lazarus wants to do with it.
Cable TV is in trouble — but it still makes money, for now. Maybe there's still time for a pivot.
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Kevin O'Leary: I've solved your data center problem
A modest proposal for cold hard cash.
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Condé Nast's CEO says he knows who could replace Anna Wintour one day
Roger Lynch explains how to run a profitable magazine company in 2026 — and how he's thinking about successors to two of his legendary editors.
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BuzzFeed's fire sale to Byron Allen marks the end of an era
BuzzFeed was supposed to be the future of media. But that future wasn't supposed to be a last-ditch sale.
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AI millionaires are already blowing up San Francisco real estate prices. Wait until the IPOs show up.
AI money is already pushing San Francisco housing prices way, way higher — up 14% in the last year. When OpenAI and Anthropic go public, watch out.
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First Kimmel, now 'The View': Disney is pushing back against Trump.
Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro is using a new tactic when it comes to Donald Trump: Push back.
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Why Rupert Murdoch is leaning on Trump in his fight with the NFL
Rupert Murdoch's Fox depends on the NFL for ratings. And he's worried that streaming deals will give the NFL even more leverage.
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This chart shows just how important the NFL is for TV
Some big networks are already mostly NFL delivery devices. Which leads to an obvious question.
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'Something that was very expensive is now available to everybody': Why AI could change software for the rest of us.
Coder and writer Paul Ford says he's blown away by the work AI can do in software now. "It's a very shocking moment."
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Trump's fight against Jimmy Kimmel is bigger than just ABC or Disney
The second round of Trump administration attacks on Disney, ABC, and Jimmy Kimmel has played out differently than the one we saw last fall.
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Disney has decided to keep ESPN
Disney had previously considered spinning out the sports network. New CEO Josh D'Amaro has decided not to, people familiar with the matter said.
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