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By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — The next wave of tech devices may not have a screen. You might not realize that they’re recording you. And you might not even realize they’re tech gadgets at all. Qualcomm, whose chips power smartphones from major Android device makers, launched a new chip Monday for new products along

By Brian Stelter, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — No senior Trump administration officials or cabinet members appeared on the Sunday show television circuit a day after the US and Israel began a major military operation in Iran, killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The absence of any Trump officials was noteworthy because many administration

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), which wrapped up its final year under Warren Buffett’s leadership, reported Saturday that operating earnings for the fourth quarter totaled $10.2 billion, down 29.8% from last year, on weakness from its insurance business. Last year’s operating earnings totaled about $44.5 billion, down 6% from the previous

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — We’ve been talking about AI changing the world for a long time. But this week felt different — as if it were right in the middle of something big. The stock market tumbled — three separate days — because of investors’ both bearish and bullish fears about AI, including

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced late Friday that the company had signed a deal with the Pentagon for its AI tools to be used in the military’s classified systems, but with seemingly similar guardrails rival Anthropic had also requested. The deal with OpenAI comes the same day President Donald

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — ChatGPT maker OpenAI has the same redlines as Anthropic when it comes to working with the Pentagon, an OpenAI spokesperson confirmed to CNN. That means even if the Pentagon decides to cancel its Anthropic contract in favor of OpenAI, it’ll have to contend with the same concerns over the

By Clare Duffy, Samantha Delouya, CNN New York (CNN) — Kaley started using YouTube at the age of 6, downloading the app on her iPod Touch to watch videos about lip gloss collections and the online kids game Animal Jam. She posted her first video when she was 8 — in it, she played Animal

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Viewers and readers of CNN might be wondering the same thing that CNN employees are asking right now: What will Paramount’s ownership mean? Answers are in short supply. Paramount executives have privately talked about the prospect of combining its CBS News unit with CNN. They have also praised CNN’s

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The prices businesses pay to each other took a sharp turn higher in January, new data showed Friday, indicating that more tariff-related price increases could be still to come. The Producer Price Index rose 0.5% last month, a pickup from December’s 0.4% rate, according to the latest data from

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Technology stocks aren’t carrying the market like they used to — but investors can protect their portfolios during the volatility. After years of powering the market on the promise of revolutionizing productivity, tech and AI stocks have hit a lull. It’s been four months since the tech-heavy

By Stephanie Yang and Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — A global shortage in memory chips sparked by artificial intelligence has dealt a “tsunami-like shock” to the smartphone industry, pushing prices to all-time highs, according to a new report. A worsening shortfall of memory components is expected to put phone manufacturers out of business

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration ordered federal agencies and contractors that work with the military to cease business with Anthropic after the company refused to allow the Pentagon to use its artificial-intelligence technology without restrictions. Government agencies, including the Pentagon, have six months to phase out use of Anthropic’s products, President

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Less than a year ago, David Ellison was the head of a small production company. Now, he’s on the verge of becoming the king of Hollywood. The Paramount Skydance CEO emerged victorious Thursday night in a bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery. It was a prize Paramount desperately needed

CNN By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Anthropic is rejecting the Pentagon’s latest offer to change their contract, saying the changes do not satisfy the company’s concerns that AI could be used for mass surveillance or in fully autonomous weapons. The Pentagon and Anthropic are at odds over restrictions the company places on the use

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Savannah Guthrie intends to return to work at NBC’s “Today” show at some point, according to two sources close to the network. When that might happen is highly uncertain, and completely up to Guthrie, given this month’s agonizing and all-consuming search for her mother Nancy. But word of Guthrie’s

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Anthropic is rejecting the Pentagon’s latest offer to change their contract, saying the changes do not satisfy the company’s concerns that AI could be used for mass surveillance or in fully autonomous weapons. The Pentagon and Anthropic are at odds over restrictions the company places on the use of

CNN By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Paramount emerged as the victor in the months-long battle for Warner Bros. Discovery after Netflix backed out of the bidding war Thursday, leaving Paramount poised to acquire Warner’s vast media empire, including CNN. Netflix said it has “declined to raise its offer for Warner Bros.” after the Warner

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is cutting its staff by 40%. The reason: “intelligence tools,” according to a letter to shareholders by co-founder Jack Dorsey. Dorsey thinks most companies will follow suit in the near future. The company is laying off more than

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Paramount emerged as the victor in the months-long battle for Warner Bros. Discovery after Netflix backed out of the bidding war Thursday, leaving Paramount poised to acquire Warner’s vast media empire, including CNN. Netflix said it has “declined to raise its offer for Warner Bros.” after the Warner Bros.

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Papa Johns is the latest pizza chain to close hundreds of locations following a tough quarter as customers pull back on spending. The company revealed during Thursday’s earnings call that approximately 300 underperforming restaurants in North America will close by the end of 2027, with about 200

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — US mortgage rates dropped below 6% this week, cracking a key threshold after years of punishing borrowing costs that sidelined millions of would-be buyers. On Thursday, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 5.98% for the first time since 2022, according to Freddie Mac. Homeowners who secured rock-bottom

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — A month ago, Børge Brende interviewed US President Donald Trump following his address to government and business leaders in Davos, Switzerland. On Thursday, the president and CEO of the World Economic Forum, which organizes the annual gathering in the Swiss alps, announced he was stepping down following an

By Lisa Eadicicco, David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Anthropic has reached a familiar crossroads for a growing tech company: how to scale without compromising the principles that set it apart. The AI company has made safety its guiding principle. It advocated for AI regulation and called for worker protections as AI replaces some human tasks.

By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Burger King, home of the Whopper, is making the first changes to its best-selling menu item in nearly 10 years after consumers complained. The Whopper will replace its soft bun with a more premium one, use a new creamier mayonnaise and be served in a box instead

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump in his State of the Union address Tuesday briefly mentioned his intention to help private-sector workers save for retirement if they don’t have access to an employer-sponsored plan. “Half of all of working Americans still do not have access to a retirement plan with matching contributions

By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — Artificial intelligence is starting to change the way people work, find information and even form social relationships. Yet very little has changed about the devices people often use to access AI: smartphones. Samsung wants to change that with its Galaxy S26, a new series of smartphones announced Wednesday. The

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Economist and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers announced plans on Wednesday to retire from his professorship at Harvard University at the end of the academic year amid scrutiny over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a statement, Summers described the retirement as a “difficult decision” and

By Clare Duffy, Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — Anthropic, a company founded by OpenAI exiles worried about the dangers of AI, is loosening its core safety principle in response to competition. Instead of self-imposed guardrails constraining its development of AI models, Anthropic is adopting a nonbinding safety framework that it says can and will change.

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Roofers are turning down jobs. Painters are locking themselves inside the homes they’re finishing. Concrete crews have monthslong waiting lists. In the Twin Cities and surrounding suburbs, the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has slowed home construction to a crawl – at a time when Minnesota, like much of the

By Brian Stelter, Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Paramount has officially raised its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company, to $31 per share, and now the WBD board says it is extending the window for talks with Paramount about a possible deal. In addition to the higher price per share, Paramount