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By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Business executives keep talking about it. Teachers are struggling with what to do about it. And artists like Drake seem angry about it. Love it or hate it, everyone is paying attention to artificial intelligence right now. Almost overnight, a new crop of AI tools has found its
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Business executives keep talking about it. Teachers are struggling with what to do about it. And artists like Drake seem angry about it. Love it or hate it, everyone is paying attention to artificial intelligence right now. Almost overnight, a new crop of AI tools has found its
Continue ReadingCNN By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Throughout history, humans have proved incapable of resisting the allure of the Earth’s extremes — its tallest mountains, deepest oceans, even the outer limits of its atmosphere. And as technology has evolved, a sprawling industry of extreme tourism has emerged to give people — mostly wealthy
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Throughout history, humans have proved incapable of resisting the allure of the Earth’s extremes — its tallest mountains, deepest oceans, even the outer limits of its atmosphere. And as technology has evolved, a sprawling industry of extreme tourism has emerged to give people — mostly wealthy people
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Reports of injured children have prompted the recall of 7.5 million Baby Shark bath toys, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced. Zuru LLC, the California company that imports the China-manufactured products, is recalling 6.5 million full-size Robo Alive Junior Baby Shark Sing Swim Bath Toys and
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — In a nod to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ favorite food, Pizza Hut served up its signature dish to select customers in the subways of New York City, the company announced. The limited-time underground deliveries were part of a promotion for the upcoming film, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
Continue ReadingBy Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — Members of the Directors Guild of America voted to approve a new three-year contract with studios Friday, with 87% of membership voting in favor of the deal. “Our new contract secures gains on wages, global streaming residuals, safety, diversity and creative rights that build for the future and impact
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The chief executive of US software firm SolarWinds told employees Friday that “we intend to vigorously defend ourselves” in the face of potential legal action from US regulators over the firm’s handling of a sweeping 2020 breach by alleged Russian hackers, according to an internal SolarWinds email obtained by
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The chief executive of US software firm SolarWinds told employees Friday that “we intend to vigorously defend ourselves” in the face of potential legal action from US regulators over the firm’s handling of a sweeping 2020 breach by alleged Russian hackers, according to an internal SolarWinds email obtained by
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Nikola, a startup company that makes electric and hydrogen-powered semi trucks, said in a tweet Friday morning that several of its trucks had been damaged in a fire at the company’s Phoenix, Arizona headquarters. “Foul play is suspected as a vehicle was seen in the area of the affected
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — A combination of NASCAR equipment, recycled glass and police escorts helped reopen the repaired portion of I-95 in Philadelphia way ahead of schedule. Six lanes reopened to motorists at noon on Friday, 12 days after a bridge collapsed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced. The collapsed
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Bitcoin on Friday shot up to its highest level in about a year. The cryptocurrency rose above $31,400 a coin on Friday, its highest level since 2022, before paring back its gains. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, earlier this week traded above $30,000 for
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — San Francisco’s mayor Thursday proposed remaking the city’s struggling downtown by tearing down abandoned retail space, including the city’s Westfield mall, and building new structures to reshape the struggling city. “We can’t completely rely on retail in downtown restricting what happens in downtown anymore,” Mayor London Breed told Bloomberg’s
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — Attorneys filed a preliminary plan to facilitate a $290 million settlement fund for JPMorgan Chase to compensate victims of Jeffrey Epstein. If approved by a federal judge the settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit first brought on November 2022 alleging that the financial institution where
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — A top European Union official is touring Silicon Valley this week and reminding tech platforms including Twitter and Facebook-parent Meta about their content moderation obligations, just weeks ahead of a deadline to comply with sweeping new EU laws that will apply to large social media platforms. On Thursday, EU
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — A top European Union official is touring Silicon Valley this week and reminding tech platforms including Twitter and Facebook-parent Meta about their content moderation obligations, just weeks ahead of a deadline to comply with sweeping new EU laws that will apply to large social media platforms. On Thursday, EU
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN Business) — The FDIC mistakenly revealed to Bloomberg News details on the biggest customers at Silicon Valley Bank, the failed bank whose depositors were rescued through emergency action by regulators. An FDIC document posted online by Bloomberg News on Friday offers new insights into who benefited from that
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — The Securities and Exchange Commission fined JPMorgan Chase $4 million for mistakenly deleting 47 million emails, many of which the regulator was trying to access as part of multiple probes. The contents of some of the emails, which could not be recovered since they were permanently deleted,
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — After staging a widespread blackout to protest Reddit’s plans for a controversial new pricing policy, some users are now trying a different tactic: flooding the social network with John Oliver pictures. Several of Reddit’s largest self-moderated communities, including r/pics and r/aww, have turned spaces that were once devoted to
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — After staging a widespread blackout to protest Reddit’s plans for a controversial new pricing policy, some users are now trying a different tactic: flooding the social network with John Oliver pictures. Several of Reddit’s largest self-moderated communities, including r/pics and r/aww, have turned spaces that were once devoted to
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