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DAILY ISSUE · 2026-05-28

Thursday 28 May 2026

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Fertitta Entertainment to buy Caesars for $17.6bn ($31/share) in largest US casi
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MARKETS · rates central banks · 2026-05-28SCOOP 83

Fertitta Entertainment to buy Caesars for $17.6bn ($31/share) in largest US casino acquisition

Fertitta Entertainment, controlled by billionaire Tilman Fertitta, agreed to acquire Caesars Entertainment in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $17.6 billion, including assumption of about $11.9 billion of Caesars debt. Caesars shareholders would receive $31.00 per share in cash, a 49% premium to the unaffected share price as of February 25, 2026 (and a 46% premiu

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Carnival Confirms ~6 Million Affected After April Social-Engineering Breach Clai
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Carnival Confirms ~6 Million Affected After April Social-Engineering Breach Claimed by ShinyHunters

Carnival Corporation confirmed a data breach affecting approximately six million individuals, stemming from a social-engineering attack on an employee in April 2026. The company says an unauthorized actor used social engineering to deceive an employee and gain access to a limited portion of its IT systems on or around April 10, 2026; Carnival's security team identified the unau

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Leaked Disney memo details 'Project Gemini' plan to decommission the H
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MEMOS · leaked memos · 2026-05-28SCOOP 71

Leaked Disney memo details 'Project Gemini' plan to decommission the Hulu app, contradicting public assurances

An internal Disney streaming document obtained by Business Insider, reported widely on May 27-28, 2026, outlines a multi-phase plan called 'Project Gemini' to migrate Hulu's content and features into Disney+ and ultimately retire the standalone Hulu app. The leaked memo states that 'the Hulu tech stack and app will be decommissioned after all users have transitioned' to Disney+

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Anthropic raises $65B at ~$965B valuation, eclipsing OpenAI, and confidentially
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MODELS · frontier releases · 2026-05-28SCOOP 88

Anthropic raises $65B at ~$965B valuation, eclipsing OpenAI, and confidentially files for IPO

Anthropic closed a $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion post-money valuation, the company and reporting said on May 28, 2026, surpassing OpenAI to become the most valuable AI startup for the first time. The round was co-led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, Sequoia Capital, Capital Group, Coatue and D1 Capital Partners, with additional participation from Baill

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Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.8 with gains in agentic coding, computer use an
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MODELS · frontier releases · 2026-05-28SCOOP 78

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.8 with gains in agentic coding, computer use and 'honesty' metrics

Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 on May 28, 2026, an incremental upgrade to April's Opus 4.7, holding pricing flat at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens (standard) and $10/$50 for fast mode. The company reported across-the-board benchmark gains: agentic coding rising from 64.3% to 69.2%, multidisciplinary reasoning with tools from 54.7% to 57.9%, ag

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