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The Justice Department has launched an antitrust investigation into several major television networks, a move that could reshape how broadcast media operates in America. The probe signals growing regulatory appetite for scrutinizing media consolidation, and comes at a moment when the traditional TV landscape is already under enormous pressure from streaming.
Turning to the open source world, the geographic information platform QGIS has voted to ban AI-assisted contributions to its codebase. It is a significant and deliberate choice, reflecting a broader debate among developers about code quality, attribution, and what it actually means to contribute to a shared project. Not every community is ready to hand the keyboard to a language model.
And in crypto markets, Bitcoin is holding steady around eighty-three thousand dollars as a stronger dollar and rising bond yields keep investor sentiment cautious. Meanwhile, the mining and infrastructure firm IREN has secured a multiyear cloud services deal with AI company Anthropic, a reminder that the lines between crypto infrastructure and artificial intelligence are blurring faster than most people expected.
Those are the stories driving conversation today. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
