Artificial intelligence
Meta up nearly 3% in premarket as it plans mass layoff to offset increased AI spending
Arda Kucukkaya | Anadolu | Getty Images Meta stock was on the up before U.S. markets opened on Thursday following reports the company is planning to lay off over 20% of its workforce to balance its staggering AI spending plans this year. While the timing and details of the cuts had not been finalized, top […]
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How Paris Hilton turned a persona into a global business empire
Paris Hilton, often called the “original influencer,” takes Tania Bryer to a New York hotel steeped in history and shares how she turned personal pain into purpose — building a brand that has generated billions in sales. Paris Hilton became a household name in the early 2000s as a new kind of celebrity — one […]
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Who is really footing the AI energy bill? Inside the debate about data center electricity costs
Advocacy groups and community members protest laws surrounding data centers while outside the Texas Capitol in Austin Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. Austin American-statesman/hearst Newspapers | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images The companies racing to build the massive infrastructure needed for the artificial intelligence boom are facing growing backlash over electricity costs, as households and policymakers question […]
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Amazon wins court order to block Perplexity’s AI shopping agent
The Perplexity app in the Apple App Store on a smartphone arranged in Washington, June 1, 2025. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal judge temporarily blocked startup Perplexity from accessing Amazon‘s site with its Comet artificial intelligence browser, according to court filings. Amazon sued Perplexity in November, alleging the startup took steps […]
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OpenAI to buy cybersecurity startup Promptfoo to better safeguard AI agents
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI said Monday that it is acquiring the cybersecurity startup Promptfoo, which provides tools to help safeguard and test complex artificial intelligence systems. The Sam Altman-led firm did not disclose the […]
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Online age-verification tools spread across U.S. for child safety, but adults are being surveilled
Thomas Trutschel | Photothek | Getty Images New U.S laws designed to protect minors are pulling millions of adult Americans into mandatory age-verification gates to access online content, leading to backlash from users and criticism from privacy advocates that a free and open internet is at stake. Roughly half of U.S. states have enacted or are advancing […]
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Samsung reveals first details of its AI smart glasses to CNBC
The Samsung exhibition stand features the prominent ”A new era of mobile agentic AI” slogan by the South Korean company Samsung Electronics. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images Samsung’s upcoming smart glasses will have a camera and be connected to a smartphone, a top executive told CNBC, as the tech giant prepares to make […]
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ATMs are fighting for relevance — here’s how they’re keeping up in a digital economy
As payments go digital and consumers migrate online, demand for branches and ATMs is shrinking — raising new questions about their place in a fully digital economy. As payments go digital and consumers migrate online, demand for branches and ATMs is shrinking — raising new questions about their place in a fully digital economy. For […]
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Op-ed: What $5 billion humanoid robots taught me about risk, jobs and the future of the economy
An Apollo humanoid robot prototype, made by Apptronik Inc., demonstrates its dexterity during a media day at the Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus in Berlin, Germany on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Recently, Apptronik announced a $520 million funding round at a valuation north of $5 billion, with Alphabet‘s Google DeepMind […]
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As bond investors fret over an AI bubble, what to know — and how to find an opportunity
There is no reason to be rattled by the surge in bond issuance from hyperscalers, according to Bob Michele, chief investment officer and head of global fixed income at JPMorgan Asset Management. While the market’s focus this week has largely been on the U.S.-Iran conflict , artificial intelligence’s power to disrupt certain businesses has remained […]
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