Charter closes its $34.5B Cox acquisition, announced in May 2025, uniting two of the biggest US cable and broadband providers, and completes its Liberty deal (Georg Szalai/The Hollywood Reporter)

CBRE says New York City now tops U.S. tech talent markets with 394,300 jobs, overtaking the Bay Area’s 375,730, driven by AI hires and finance recruitment. DeepSeek unveiled a multimodal V4 Flash model nearing Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 performance. Samsung announced a 2026 shareholder-return program of $65.1-$79.5 billion. Nevada approved permits for up to 5,000 Tesla robotaxis. Uber was fined €825 million under GDPR for automated driver-account deactivations. OpenAI released a macOS Messages plugin that lets ChatGPT read, draft, and send messages.