Meta settles federal trial over claims Facebook, Instagram addict children
Meta has agreed to pay as much as $17.1 billion and implement restrictions on teen accounts to settle claims that the tech giant designed Facebook...
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State sues Snapchat over alleged addictive features and adult content for kids
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday sued Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, on Tuesday, accusing the company of designing the social media app to...
TikTok agrees to pay $400 million to settle Justice Department children’s privacy case
The U.S. Department of Justice has secured a $400 million settlement with TikTok and parent company ByteDance in a case related to children’s privacy legislation,...
Trump crypto meeting signals US ‘not going to slow down’ in bid for digital asset dominance, expert says
President Donald Trump and top financial regulators hosted key figures in the cryptocurrency and digital assets industries at the White House Wednesday, with a major...
US warns of active cyber threat targeting critical infrastructure
Federal agencies are warning that hackers are actively targeting industrial control systems used across U.S. water plants, factories, energy facilities and other critical infrastructure. The...
Meta heads to trial over alleged social media addiction, risks to children
Social media giant Meta is heading to court in a case brought by a group of state attorneys general who claim the company designed its...
Waymo gets regulatory approval to scale up robotaxi service across California, enter 2 new markets
Waymo announced Friday that it is expanding its autonomous ride-hailing business across Northern and Southern California, including into two new major markets. The Alphabet-owned company...
Flock Safety instituting new privacy measures in response to backlash
Flock Safety, the embattled AI-powered security camera operator, announced an overhaul to its privacy and security measures Thursday amid growing backlash from consumers and reports...
Tesla files plans for proposed $10.1B Texas solar manufacturing plant
Tesla is planning to build a massive solar cell factory in Texas that it expects to cost $10.1 billion, according to documents the company filed...
Meta, other companies must face thousands of lawsuits over child social media addiction, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court refused to dismiss thousands of lawsuits against Meta, Google, TikTok and Snapchat, allowing complaints alleging the platforms were designed to be addictive to young users...