Originally Published: 26 AUG 26 09:23 ET Updated: 26 AUG 26 09:46 ET By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta said Wednesday it has agreed to an about $18 billion settlement to resolve claims brought by 29 state attorneys general that it intentionally designed addictive platforms that harmed young people’s mental health. The
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta must tighten controls on children’s accounts and pay $567 million into a fund to remedy its role in a youth mental health crisis, a New Mexico judge ordered Thursday, in a ruling that dealt the social media giant another hefty penalty and compared it to polluting
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Originally Published: 15 SEP 25 08:32 ET Updated: 15 SEP 25 08:40 ET By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that a deal has been reached with China to keep TikTok operational in the United States, the conclusion of a yearslong effort that began during Trump’s first term. “The big
Continue Reading Originally Published: 11 MAR 25 17:41 ET Updated: 12 MAR 25 18:38 ET By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta is once again facing allegations from a former employee that a growth-at-all-costs culture has caused offline harm. A new book called “Careless People,” published Tuesday by former executive-turned-whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, provides a detailed account
Continue Reading Originally Published: 11 FEB 25 01:05 ET Updated: 11 FEB 25 07:18 ET By Josh Campbell, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — The body of water formerly known in the United States as the Gulf of Mexico is now listed for US-based users of Google Maps as the Gulf of America. The change follows an executive order
Continue Reading Originally Published: 14 JAN 25 04:06 ET Updated: 15 JAN 25 03:27 ET By Eric Cheung, Joyce Jiang and Hassan Tayir, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — As Supreme Court justices ponder the future of TikTok in the United States, a growing number of American social media users have responded by moving to an unlikely alternative: Xiaohongshu, a hugely
Continue Reading Originally Published: 11 JAN 25 12:00 ET By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Some of the fastest-growing jobs for 2025 barely existed at the turn of the century, according to a new analysis from LinkedIn. LinkedIn examined millions of jobs based on user updates from January 2022 to July 2024, determining noticeable growth in the artificial intelligence industry,
Continue Reading Originally Published: 18 DEC 24 15:43 ET By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Attorney Tony Buzbee is suing Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, accusing the entertainment company of soliciting his firm’s clients in an effort to get them to sue his firm. In a separate lawsuit, Buzbee is representing a woman identified as “Jane Doe” who alleges she was
Continue Reading Originally Published: 24 SEP 24 10:28 ET By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Police in Spain have arrested five people accused of scamming two women out of 325,000 euros ($362,000) by pretending to be Hollywood star Brad Pitt online. Ten other people were also investigated as part of Operation Bralina, which spanned eight provinces, according to
Continue Reading Originally Published: 30 AUG 24 00:12 ET Updated: 30 AUG 24 09:04 ET By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Tom Hanks is issuing a warning to his followers on social media to be wary of advertisements using his likeness that he says were created “fraudulently and through AI.” “There are multiple ads over the internet falsely using
Continue Reading Originally Published: 20 AUG 24 16:20 ET By Kaitlan Collins, Evan Perez and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — One of Donald Trump’s attorneys was targeted in a hacking attempt, three sources familiar with the matter tell CNN, marking a potentially serious new development as American intelligence agencies confirmed Monday that they have concluded Iran is behind a recent hack into
Continue Reading Originally Published: 23 JUL 24 06:28 ET Updated: 23 JUL 24 09:10 ET By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Bad news for passengers: Delta Air Lines canceled hundreds more flights early Tuesday morning, as the problems caused by last week’s global tech outage continued into a fifth day. Worse news: Delta’s meltdown will probably extend through
Continue Reading Originally Published: 16 JUL 24 17:34 ET By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — How long does it take to reach Venus? For Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly),” it took nearly 14 minutes to travel all the way to the planet of love, a distance of about 158 million miles, NASA announced Monday. The agency transmitted
Continue Reading Originally Published: 01 JUL 24 10:27 ET Updated: 01 JUL 24 13:24 ET By John Fritze and Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to settle the major constitutional questions raised in a blockbuster dispute over laws approved in Texas and Florida intended to protect conservative viewpoints on social media, meaning
Continue Reading Originally Published: 18 JUN 24 16:05 ET Updated: 18 JUN 24 17:16 ET By Erika Tulfo, CNN (CNN) — Netflix is opening massive entertainment venues in two cities that it says will allow fans to immerse themselves in the worlds of their favorite shows. The “experiential” complexes, called Netflix Houses, will include elaborate events, themed gift
Continue Reading Originally Published: 12 JUN 24 19:43 ET By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — World record holder Joey Chestnut may not be competing at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest this year, but now fans will be able to watch Chestnut face off with his rival Takeru Kobayashi on Netflix on Labor Day.
Continue Reading Originally Published: 23 MAY 24 11:13 ET Updated: 23 MAY 24 12:39 ET By Rashard Rose and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire prosecutors filed 26 criminal charges against the political consultant behind a robocall that used artificial intelligence to impersonate President Joe Biden and urged voters not to participate in the state’s primary this year. The
Continue Reading Originally Published: 22 MAY 24 19:39 ET Updated: 22 MAY 24 20:15 ET By Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department and several states are expected to file a lawsuit as soon as Thursday against Live Nation Inc, citing alleged antitrust violations at least in part due to the market dominance of the company’s Ticketmaster
Continue Reading Originally Published: 20 MAY 24 09:40 ET Updated: 20 MAY 24 21:45 ET By Brian Fung, Clare Duffy and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Actor Scarlett Johansson said in a statement shared with CNN on Monday that she was “shocked, angered and in disbelief” that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman would use a synthetic voice
Continue Reading Originally Published: 15 MAY 24 04:00 ET Updated: 15 MAY 24 10:46 ET By Zachary Cohen, Sean Lyngaas and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Operatives working for the Chinese and Iranian governments prepared fake, AI-generated content as part of a campaign to influence US voters in the closing weeks of the 2020 election campaign, current and former US officials
Continue Reading Originally Published: 13 MAY 24 20:12 ET By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Ellen DeGeneres is set to star in a new Netflix comedy special where she will address the controversy surrounding her long-running talk show. According to DeGeneres, who was quoted in a news release, the upcoming hour-long comedy special will be her “last special.” It will
Continue Reading Originally Published: 30 APR 24 12:16 ET By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to enforce age-verification requirements for porn sites, rejecting a request from the adult entertainment industry to block the law on First Amendment grounds. Texas’ law requires any website that publishes a substantial amount of content that is
Continue Reading Originally Published: 18 APR 24 00:47 ET Updated: 18 APR 24 02:32 ET By Melissa Alonso and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement agencies in at least four states have reported 911 service interruptions Wednesday evening, and service was later restored in some areas. Authorities in South Dakota, Texas, Nebraska and Nevada announced outages in multiple cities, but details about what was causing the outages weren’t immediately
Continue Reading Originally Published: 15 APR 24 17:21 ET By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Some H&R Block customers who waited until the last day to file their taxes faced frustrating outages that began Sunday night, according to the company and Downdetector. The outage was resolved by Monday afternoon, the tax preparer’s support account posted on X,
Continue Reading Originally Published: 12 APR 24 14:09 ET Updated: 12 APR 24 14:15 ET By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — About 576,000 Roku accounts were compromised in a cyberattack, the company said on Friday, the second security breach for the streaming service this year. Hackers gained access to user accounts through stolen login credentials, Roku said in a blog post.
Continue Reading Originally Published: 15 APR 24 08:43 ET By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Monday is the last day for some Verizon customers to apply for a refund as part of a $100 million settlement from a class-action lawsuit. Earlier this year, the wireless carrier sent an email or postcard to eligible customers alerting them to file a
Continue Reading Originally Published: 11 APR 24 13:05 ET By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift’s music is back on TikTok following an ongoing dispute with her music distributor Universal Music Group over royalties. The return of her songs on the popular social platform comes as she is set to release her latest and much-anticipated album,
Continue Reading Originally Published: 01 APR 24 11:18 ET Updated: 01 APR 24 16:21 ET By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — OpenAI has unveiled a new artificial intelligence tool that can mimic human voices with startling accuracy. The AI voice generator has a range of potential applications, including for accessibility services, but could also prompt concerns
Continue Reading Originally Published: 01 APR 24 12:26 ET By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Department of Education has found another problem impacting some college financial aid forms that could further delay students’ aid awards, leaving them in limbo as they decide where to enroll next year. The problem involves tax data transferred from the Internal
Continue Reading Originally Published: 15 MAR 24 17:44 ET Updated: 15 MAR 24 17:45 ET By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Trade Commission is looking into Reddit’s plans to license its platform content to artificial intelligence companies, the social media company disclosed Friday in a securities filing. The disclosure emerged ahead of the company’s long-anticipated initial
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