Netflix’s Bid for Warner Bros Explained

Apple Silicon’s Johny Srouji says he’s staying, Australia enforces a sweeping social media ban for kids, Netflix makes a massive $72 billion gamble against YouTube, ChatGPT can use Photoshop for you, and Meta gives you some control over its algorithm.

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Links from the show

• Is Apple Cooked? - YouTube
• Stephen Lemay Bio - Cult of Mac
• Apple Rocked by Executive Departures, With Johny Srouji at Risk of Leaving Next - Bloomberg
• Apple Silicon chief Johny Srouji reportedly commits to staying at Apple for now - 9to5Mac
• Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins | Social media ban | The Guardian
• Tim Cook meets lawmakers in effort to shift App Store age proposal - 9to5Mac
• Netflix Just Made a $72 Billion Bet Against YouTube
• Netflix is buying Warner Bros. for $83 billion | The Verge
• Paramount Makes Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery - The New York Times
• Google Project Aura hands-on: Android XR’s biggest strength is in the apps | The Verge
• Google details Gemini in Chrome’s agentic browsing security
• Instagram gives you more control over your Reels algorithm | The Verge
• Inspired by all of you who started "dear threads algo" requests, we're going to test a new feature where if you post "dear algo" it will actually put more of that content in your feed!
• Sam Altman’s Sprint to Correct OpenAI’s Direction and Fend Off Google - WSJ
• Here are iPhone’s most downloaded apps and games of 2025 - 9to5Mac
• OpenAI hires Slack’s CEO as its chief revenue officer | The Verge
• You can buy your Instacart groceries without leaving ChatGPT | TechCrunch
• ChatGPT can now use Adobe apps to edit your photos and PDFs for free | The Verge
• Trump could introduce ‘mandatory’ social media reviews for travelers | The Verge
• SpaceX Said to Pursue 2026 IPO Raising Far Above $30 Billion - Bloomberg
• TIME Person of the Year 2025: How We Chose | TIME
• What Amazon’s New Flagship Kindle Scribe Colorsoft Gets Write