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By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — Google wants to be your go-to fitness coach and wellness adviser… even if you have an Apple Watch. The tech giant announced a slew of health updates on Thursday that put its AI coach front and center, part of a broader strategy to compete with OpenAI, Microsoft and a

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stood outside a luxury skyscraper in Manhattan for a video on Tax Day to deliver on his trademark plan: “We’re taxing the rich.” The skyscraper, located on ritzy Central Park South and built at a cost of $1.5 billion, seemed a

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — When the April jobs report is released Friday morning, it is expected to show that the US labor market added 67,000 positions. If so, that’s roughly one-third of the 178,000 jobs created in March. While in comparison the April total may seem like a sharp deceleration or a tepid

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Shirley Modlin started her manufacturing business 20 years ago in her garage with her husband. Now, she fears the company won’t survive. Modlin’s tiny company based in Powhatan, Virginia, faces major delays on components and price hikes of up to 400% that she blames on tariffs. She

By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — For tens of thousands of seafarers on the 1,600 ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz, “Project Freedom” was anything but. President Donald Trump’s operation to “guide” ships through the strait lasted just 48 hours. Only two ships were guided through. Now, shipping companies and stranded seafarers are again

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Banks scoffed. Potential partners rejected him. Newspaper owners mocked the idea. But Ted Turner persevered and won. Turner faced an extraordinary uphill battle to launch CNN in 1980. Before the network became an institution, a shorthand for 24/7 breaking news around the world, it was a dare that many

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — No one likes higher taxes. But New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to tax wealthy residents’ second homes has elicited a highly emotional response from two of the city’s richest. “Creepy and weird,” is what Ken Griffin had to say Tuesday at a conference about Mamdani’s

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Jet fuel prices nearly doubled. Airlines cut flights. Travelers were still buying tickets. That was already a pretty good recipe for higher airfares. And then, Spirit Airlines went out of business. Passengers were already paying more to fly – even before the industry lost the budget airline famous for

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Sweetgreen is hoping to lure back cash-strapped desk workers who have grown tired of its salads with sandwiches. The chain will begin selling chicken wraps — four versions priced under $15 — on Wednesday, marking Sweetgreen’s latest effort to revive sales and shake the perception that it’s

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Google, Microsoft and xAI will share unreleased versions of their AI models with the government to curb cybersecurity threats, the National Institute of Standards and Technology announced on Tuesday. The partnership comes after Anthropic’s powerful new Mythos AI model pushed concerns about AI’s impact on cybersecurity to a tipping

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued The New York Times on Tuesday, escalating a months-long investigation into the newsroom and advancing a discrimination case the paper has cast as politically motivated. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, was brought on

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — James Murdoch may be the next owner of New York magazine and Vox Media’s podcast network. Murdoch’s investment company, Lupa Systems, is in talks to acquire the assets for $300 million or more, two people with knowledge of the discussions told CNN. It is unclear if there are active

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Since independent vehicle crash testing began in the mid-1990s, automakers have been incentivized to make safety changes that have saved thousands of lives each year. Now, a new group is hoping to take a similar approach to artificial intelligence. Nonprofit media watchdog Common Sense Media is launching

By John Liu, Hanna Ziady, CNN (CNN) — Oil prices fell Tuesday after posting sharp gains at the start of the week as fresh attacks in the Gulf raised doubts about the durability of a ceasefire between the United States and Iran. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was down 1.4% to $112.9 a barrel

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk sought a potential settlement with OpenAI two days before his massive trial against the ChatGPT maker began last week, a new court filing from OpenAI says. Musk sent a message to OpenAI President Greg Brockman “to gauge interest in settlement” on April 25, according to a filing

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Wall Street wants more proof that Big Tech’s enormous spending on artificial intelligence will pay off. The largest US tech companies are on a spending spree to try and get ahead in the AI race. Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG), Meta (META) and Microsoft (MSFT) continue to spends