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TNB Tech Minute: Warner Reopens Deal Talks With Paramount

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: India’s Adani Group plans to invest $100 billion on AI infrastructure. And, Infosys and Anthropic to partner on AI for businesses in regulated industries. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:22.5

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0:25.9

See how at uspMI.com.

0:31.3

Here's your morning TNV Tech Minute for Tuesday, February 17th.

0:35.8

I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

0:38.7

Warner Brothers Discovery will restart deal talks with Paramount, setting the stage for a

0:43.3

potential bidding war with Netflix. Last week, Paramount sweetened its nearly $78 billion

0:48.8

all-cash hostile offer for all of Warner Discovery. Warner said Paramount has indicated it would be willing to

0:55.6

up its offer to $31 per Warner share from $30 if Warner would agree to engage in negotiations.

1:03.2

Netflix has a $72 billion agreement to acquire Warner's movie and TV studios and HBO Max

1:09.6

streaming service. It said in a statement that

1:12.1

its offer remains superior but has granted a seven-day waiver for talks. India Zadani Group plans to

1:18.6

invest $100 billion to develop large-scale data centers powered with renewable energy by 2035. It's the

1:26.0

largest such commitment in the nation so far. The Indian

1:29.0

conglomerate said today that the new initiative will build on partnerships with Google and Microsoft

1:33.8

and aim to expand its data center portfolio to 5 gigawatts. Adani said its investment is expected

1:40.0

to spur further spending across server manufacturing, electrical infrastructure, cloud platforms,

1:45.0

and supporting industries over the next decade. And InfoSys has agreed to partner with Anthropic

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