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AMD Buys Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 Billion, Betting on 'Physical AI'
Technology

AMD Buys Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 Billion, Betting on 'Physical AI'

AMD has agreed to acquire the spatial-intelligence startup World Labs in an $8.2 billion all-stock deal, bringing founder Fei-Fei Li in as executive vice president and chief scientist. The move signals that the AI industry's next race is not about bigger language models, but about AI that understands the physical world.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20266 min read
Paramount and Warner Bros. Are About to Merge: What It Means for HBO Max, Paramount+, and Your Bill
Streaming

Paramount and Warner Bros. Are About to Merge: What It Means for HBO Max, Paramount+, and Your Bill

HBO Max and Paramount+ are set to combine into a streaming giant with nearly 220 million subscribers β€” but a $77 billion debt load has viewers bracing for price rises.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20267 min read
Disney+ and Hulu Just Crossed $21 a Month: Inside Disney's Sixth Price Hike in Six Years
Streaming

Disney+ and Hulu Just Crossed $21 a Month: Inside Disney's Sixth Price Hike in Six Years

Standalone ad-free Disney+ and Hulu now cost $21.49 a month β€” but the bundle, at just 50 cents more, is the real product Disney wants you to buy.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20266 min read
Netflix UK Raises Prices Again: What the September 2026 Increase Means for Subscribers
Streaming

Netflix UK Raises Prices Again: What the September 2026 Increase Means for Subscribers

The ad-supported plan jumps 33% as Netflix raises UK prices for the second time in under two years β€” here is every new price, the pattern behind it, and what subscribers can do.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20267 min read
Peak XV Raises Seed Ceiling to $5 Million as Surge 12 Backs 18 Deep-Tech Startups
Startups

Peak XV Raises Seed Ceiling to $5 Million as Surge 12 Backs 18 Deep-Tech Startups

With more than $50 million committed to its 12th cohort, Peak XV is betting that the seed round of 2026 has to do the work a Series A used to do.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20268 min read
A $1.5 Billion Week: Health-Tech Startups Close September With a Funding Frenzy
Startups

A $1.5 Billion Week: Health-Tech Startups Close September With a Funding Frenzy

From Ortet's $500 million launch to Precision Neuroscience's $250 million brain-computer interface round, investors poured capital into health AI with real clinical grounding.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20269 min read
Island's $400 Million Series F at $6.4 Billion Bets the Browser Can Govern AI Agents
Startups

Island's $400 Million Series F at $6.4 Billion Bets the Browser Can Govern AI Agents

The enterprise browser pioneer is recasting itself as an 'agentic control plane' β€” and investors from Sequoia to Evolution Equity Partners just priced that thesis at $6.4 billion.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20268 min read
EliseAI Raises $350 Million at a $4 Billion Valuation as Vertical AI Hits Its Stride
Startups

EliseAI Raises $350 Million at a $4 Billion Valuation as Vertical AI Hits Its Stride

The New York startup's latest round β€” led by Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer β€” nearly doubles its valuation in a year and crowns vertical AI as the venture market's clearest thesis.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20268 min read
The Raiders Are 3-0: What a Wild NFL Week 3 Taught Us About the 2026 Season
Sports

The Raiders Are 3-0: What a Wild NFL Week 3 Taught Us About the 2026 Season

A record-tying 12 one-score games, Travis Hunter's first interception, and the league's most shocking 3-0 team: breaking down Week 3.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20268 min read
The Planet That Shouldn't Exist: Webb Finds Ammonia on HATS-6 b
Space

The Planet That Shouldn't Exist: Webb Finds Ammonia on HATS-6 b

A Jupiter-sized world around a tiny star 500 light-years away is cooler than physics predicts β€” and laced with a gas almost never seen on exoplanets.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20267 min read
Webb's 'Cosmic House of Mirrors': Hundreds of Hidden Galaxies Revealed
Space

Webb's 'Cosmic House of Mirrors': Hundreds of Hidden Galaxies Revealed

A new James Webb image turns the galaxy cluster MACS J0454.1-0300 into a natural telescope, exposing hundreds of galaxies that were invisible before.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20267 min read
Crew-13: The Astronauts Ending America's Six-Month Launch Drought
Space

Crew-13: The Astronauts Ending America's Six-Month Launch Drought

Two Americans, one Canadian and one Russian are set to lift off for the International Space Station on October 1 β€” the first US crew launch since Artemis II.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20267 min read