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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says it's "hard to see" a legitimate antitrust action against the Paramount Skydance purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery. He speaks on "Bloomberg Tech."

Apple sued OpenAI for trade secret theft, accusing the artificial intelligence startup and its hardware chief of engaging in a coordinated campaign to steal information about upcoming products. Apple alleges that OpenAI encouraged Apple employees to share information, components, drawings and other materials related to upcoming products. Mark Gurman reports.

A plaintiff using the alias “Noah Doe” has filed a 901‑page lawsuit in New York Supreme Court seeking rights to around 3.7 million dormant bitcoin, worth roughly US$285 billion, spread across 39,069 wallets including some linked to Satoshi Nakamoto and the Mt. Gox hacker.

A jury rejected Elon Musk's claims that OpenAI under Sam Altman's leadership betrayed its mission to benefit the public by morphing into a for-profit business, finding that he waited too long to sue the company. In a post on X this week, Musk said that he will be filing an appeal with the Ninth Circuit court, noting "the judge and jury never actually ruled on the merits" of the case. For a closer look, we speak with Matthew Schettenhelm, media litigation analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence.

President Donald Trump criticizes Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the Fed building renovation costs during a Cabinet meeting at the White House.

West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey discusses why he brought a suit against Apple, alleging the company has knowingly allowed users to store and distribute child sexual abuse material on its iCloud platform. McCuskey joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."