Wall Street drops again to close its 5th straight losing week and its worst since the Iran war
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks deepened their drops Friday as Wall Street finished off a fifth straight…
Meta ordered to pay $538m in US trial over child exploitation, user safety claims
A US jury has found Meta Platforms violated state law in a lawsuit brought by New Mexico’s attorney-general,…
New Mexico jury says Meta harms children’s mental health and safety
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico jury determined Tuesday that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health…
Landmark trial against Meta highlights mental health risks for children
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A daunting stream of testimony and evidence has been presented in a New…
Rage, suspicion, fear: Why Laurel’s residents want to stop a new state psychiatric facility
On a Tuesday afternoon in early March, a group of neighbors stood at the end of their residential…
AI’s promise and peril examined in 2 new documentaries
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Artificial intelligence’s dystopian specter has spawned a pair of documentaries dissecting a technology that’s…
The rise and fall of Oculus: How Meta’s VR ambitions once began
The rise and fall of Oculus: How Meta’s VR ambitions once began What began in 2009 as the…
Meta Quest 4: CTO confirms work on two new VR headsets
Meta’s CTO reiterated this week that Meta continues to invest in VR and is optimistic about its long-term…
Bill Gates ‘sends warning’ to investors from Davos: Not all companies will be …
Bill Gates has warned investors that not every company riding the artificial intelligence (AI) wave will succeed. Speaking…
Meta ‘turning a blind eye’ to illegal gambling ads, UK Gambling Commission says
Britain’s Gambling Commission said on Monday that Meta Platforms, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, was turning a…
Fighting back: Beijing builds its own ‘small yard, high fence’ to shut out US tech
“Small yard, high fence” was how Jake Sullivan, national security adviser under President Joe Biden, described US tech…
VR headsets in California prisons offer escape, practical experience
CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (AP) — Jacob Smith has been in prison for two decades, but he and other inmates…