Conceptual Portrait of Smartphone Addiction and Endless Scrolling. Marco_piunti | E+ | Getty Images This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. Meta says it faces a trillion-dollar penalty and damage to its advertising model. But the trial could go well beyond one company. It could…
Dave Petso has been a wealth manager in Boise, Idaho since the 1980s. His business has survived multiple recessions, the bursting of the dot-com bubble and the 2008 financial crisis. For most of Petso’s 45-year career, Micron, the hometown maker of computer memory, has been a boring enterprise tech company and, in his words, a…
Meta is facing allegations it fostered addictive behavior in teens and children in a legal dispute that could brook the company a $200 billion penalty. OpenAI is making an effort to do better by teens. On Tuesday, OpenAI released ChatGPT for Teens, a version of the chatbot geared toward 13- to 17-years-olds that contains more…
Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of “Inside India“ — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest-growing large economy. Chinese brands dominate the Indian smartphone market, claiming four out of the top five spots, as their low-priced and feature-rich phones appeal to the…
One of the many beauties of options trading is the ability to make money on a rangebound stock. Shares of Meta Platforms are presenting that opportunity right now. With its upside capped by litigation and much of the downside has already been priced in, it may make sense to try to capture some elevated options…
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs the office of U.S. Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) following a meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 26, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters Following the first day of arguments in a high-stakes child safety case against Meta, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Tuesday that…
Sam Altman, CEO and co-founder of OpenAI, speaks to members of the media on the Senate Subway while heading to a meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 29, 2026. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI on Tuesday announced ChatGPT for Teens, a dedicated chatbot experience for users under 18 that the…
The television industry is in flux. Deals, spinouts and partnerships are all reshaping the landscape for traditional TV. While the industry is no stranger to turmoil, the recently rapid pace of change is keeping media investors and onlookers on their toes. This is the backdrop for CNBC’s Future of TV survey: an update from our…
An AI-themed ‘AGI Bar’ in Beijing’s tech-focused Zhongguancun district on Aug. 9, 2026. Pedro Pardo | Afp | Getty Images Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a snapshot of what I’m seeing and hearing from local businesses. Is the AI race about…
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of the media following the company’s “Japan AI Ecosystem” reception in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia on Monday said it will provide the credit and compute for a new artificial intelligence data center for…
