Tech Brew Ride Home C’mon Apple, Buy HBO!
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Oct 21, 2025 HBO Max could be up for sale, and there’s a strong case for Apple to snap it up to rejuvenate the brand. Coinbase is on a shopping spree, acquiring Echo for $375 million to expand its services. Meanwhile, Amazon plans a major automation overhaul that could replace over 500,000 jobs. OpenAI is hiring ex-bankers to streamline financial modeling with AI. And in a groundbreaking innovation, a retinal implant is enabling some blind individuals to read and even complete crossword puzzles.
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HBO Is On The Auction Block
- Warner Bros. Discovery is openly considering a sale after unsolicited interest, putting HBO/Max on the auction block.
- Brian McCullough argues Apple should buy HBO to rescue its dwindling prestige and library value.
Coinbase Expands Through M&A
- Coinbase has made eight acquisitions this year and aims to be a one-stop shop for crypto capital formation.
- The Echo purchase deepens Coinbase's product stack for raising, listing, and distributing token-based capital.
AI Coding Moves From Terminal To Web
- Anthropic launched Claude Code on the web and iOS for Pro and Max users to manage AI coding agents from a browser.
- CloudCode's growth shows agentic AI coding tools are shifting development workflows away from manual typing toward model-driven generation.