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Meta says it’s facing $1.4T in penalties in teen mental health case — a sum equal to tech giant’s valuation
Meta said it based the $1.4 trillion figure, which is nearly as large as the company’s entire market cap, on how the attorneys general of California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey have argued penalties should be calculated if they win the case….
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Major crypto holder Strategy sells $216M of Bitcoin as it abandons co-founder’s ‘never sell’ mantra
Crypto-treasury giant Strategy sold $216 million of Bitcoin last week – a sign that it is abandoning co-founder Michael Saylor’s “Never sell your Bitcoin” mantra as a slumping digital asset market hits its own shares.
Microsoft lays off nearly 5K workers, most of them at Xbox: ‘Our business today is not healthy’
Microsoft is axing about 3,200 jobs across its Xbox video game business as the company moves to restructure the struggling division and pours resources into artificial intelligence. The layoffs include 1,600 employees this week, with another…
Hi Mom text scam: How to spot fake emergency texts
A fake family text claims a phone fell in the sink, then asks you to message a new number. That tiny detour can start a costly scam
AI-crazed San Francisco homebuyers find insane new currency to outbid rivals
Silicon Valley’s AI boom makes Bay Area home-buying “miserable.”
Woman loses savings to AI-powered romance scam featuring intimate video calls with deepfake ‘Dubai prince’
The woman said she met the scammer posing as the prince on a dating site before their conversations shifted to WhatsApp.
DEI finally getting ditched by corporate charities: Here’s what they’re pivoting towards instead
It’s nice to see big corporations backing something that’s concrete and hard to argue with.
I have no AC in the NYC heat wave — 3 tools that are keeping me cool while I sleep
The Post’s wellness reporter McKenzie Beard is among the 850,000 New Yorkers without AC. But she’s found a few solutions — besides fans — to keep her cool at night.
Google loses fight against EU’s record $4.7B fine over alleged antitrust practices
Google on Thursday lost its last bid to overturn a record-breaking $4.7 billion antitrust fine from the European Union, the latest blow as overseas regulators crack down on Big Tech.
Tesla shocks Wall Street with record sales — but shares still tumble
The strong figures suggest Tesla’s mainstay auto business is regaining momentum after two straight annual sales declines.
US government would get 5% stake in OpenAI under Sam Altman proposal: report
Sam Altman has argued that broad public ownership is the best way to ensure Americans benefit from the enormous wealth AI is expected to generate.
Sony making major change to PlayStation video games
The change will not apply to games released, or already scheduled for disc release, before 2028.
Meta contractors posed as teens to test rival AI chatbots on suicide, sex and drugs: report
The covert effort was managed by Meta contractor Covalen and targeted OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Character.AI, according to Wired.
US-based ‘Amazon of South Korea’ forced to recover laptop from Chinese river in bizarre data privacy clampdown: report
A Coupang rep traveled to Shanghai on Dec. 17 to meet with the suspect and his lawyer, who handed over a desktop PC, four hard drives and copies, a graphics card and a signed confession.
Marc Andreessen is making the same audacious bet the Founding Fathers did: that America’s best days are ahead
“We’re the best country in the world,” Marc Andreessen told The Post. “The idea that we still have that level of risk-taking spirit in the country … is a really, really special combination.”
Trump administration lifts controls on Anthropic’s most powerful AI models, ending bitter standoff
Because the San Francisco-based startup could not reliably filter out foreign users in real time, it had disabled the cutting-edge software worldwide.
Meta loses bid to toss lawsuit alleging Facebook and Instagram addict children
Meta said attorneys general had no evidence it misled consumers about its platforms’ alleged addictiveness, including in congressional testimony by Mark Zuckerberg.
Major automaker rehires experienced engineers after AI misses the mark
Ford has rehired experienced human engineers to help address the shortcomings of artificial intelligence (AI) tools meant to tackle quality issues in the automaker’s production processes.
Rocket Lab buys satellite pioneer Iridium for $8B – setting up showdown with SpaceX
Rocket Lab is buying Iridium Communications in an $8 billion cash-and-stock deal – equipping the rocket maker with a global satellite network and wireless spectrum that could help it compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The deal is the latest in a…
Chinese AI is now on par with Anthropic in terms of cybersecurity: report
Chinese artificial intelligence models have caught up to top U.S. systems in cybersecurity – a shift that could add pressure on the White House as it scrambles to figure out its domestic AI policy. Security researchers said a new model released…
How digital price tags are spreading at retailers like Walmart — and sparking ‘surveillance’ fears
Union officials have suggested that the digital tags could eventually be used to exploit so-called biometric data that identifies shoppers who enter stores — in particular facial recognition data — to charge customers different prices.
