US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with travel industry executives in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 2, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump posted a stream of AI-generated images and a series of sweeping and unverified claims on Truth Social on…
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, center, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Feb. 19, 2026. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images First, Anthropic updated Fable and Mythos. Then came model enhancements from Meta and Google. OpenAI followed suit by releasing…
Sports legend LeBron James speaking at the CNBC Game Plan Summit in New York City on July 16, 2026. Shea Kastriner | CNBC Superstar athlete LeBron James teased an upcoming partnership with prediction market platform Polymarket in a social media post on Saturday. James posted a 14-second video on social media platform X that appeared…
Mike Moore Attorney General from Jackson Mississippi gives his opening remarks during the tobacco hearings, seated next to him is D. Scott Wise, partner, Davis, Polk and Wardwell in New York. Douglas Graham | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images As a central figure who helped negotiate the blockbuster $246 billion tobacco master settlement in…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaves the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles after defending the company in a landmark social media addiction trial, Feb. 19, 2026. Jon Putman | Anadolu | Getty Images Meta‘s watershed social media trial just wrapped up in California, but now attention is shifting to the wider industry with TikTok, YouTube…
In a major case between Meta and 52 attorneys general across the U.S. alleging the social media giant knowingly designed products that were harmful and addictive to kids, the two sides settled on Wednesday, with the Facebook and Instagram parent company agreeing to pay about $17 billion. It’s one of multiple trials related to alleged…
Meta Platforms ‘ mounting legal battles over allegations that it fostered addictive behavior in kids have become a headline risk for the already troubled Club stock. But like Jim Cramer, Bank of America warns investors against letting the courtroom drama overshadow the long-term opportunity. “While the stock is down on [California] trial headlines, we believe…
Trump Media interim CEO Kevin McGurn on Monday defended his company offering faster access to President Donald Trump‘s Truth Social posts, and said more customers have signed up for the pricey and controversial service. “We’re getting into the mid-teens now, and we’re climbing,” McGurn told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” when asked if more companies had started…
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…
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…
