The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements in one such trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court began on Monday. Instagram’s parent company Meta and Google’s YouTube face claims that their platforms deliberately addict…
Washington — The Trump administration told a federal judge late Friday that the Kennedy Center is still weighing whether to offer a full slate of performances or more limited programming over the coming months, as the government grapples with a court order requiring the institution to stay open. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper last month blocked…
At just 23, Jacob Palmer is already running his own electrical company. He launched the business in 2024 after starting in the field as an apprentice electrician, a career path he embarked on when college turned out not to be for him. Palmer has no regrets about his decision to forego college and instead establish…
People are using artificial intelligence today for a range of tasks, from preparing work presentations and shopping to conducting scientific research. But is AI also useful in tackling the most consequential and complicated calculation a worker is ever likely to face: Can they afford to retire? Americans are already turning to AI for financial advice,…
After the tabled hep B vote, some liaison members from top medical organizations shared their agreement for holding off on making changes to the current recommendations. Some also urged more transparency in how decisions will be made on future potential recommendation changes. “I would urge the committee to use the methodical scientific method to weigh…
Elon Musk, famously a man with big ideas, is building a semiconductor plant vast enough to power those ambitions. Musk on Saturday announced what he calls the “Terafab,” a semiconductor manufacturing plant to be located in Austin, Texas, that will produce chips for Tesla vehicles, SpaceX spaceships and Optimus humanoid robots. Currently, Musk’s companies rely…
Bill Curry, 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before him. Each quarter, for several years, he has made the 2½-hour drive to Oklahoma City for an epidural in his spine to treat his back pain. But this year, because of a new Medicare program,…
The people who best understand what artificial intelligence is capable of are the very workers calling for its rapid development to be reined in, as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman meets with government officials in Washington, D.C., this week. Altman’s meetings follow the release of a public letter signed by more than 1,000 AI staffers across…
Artificial intelligence will dramatically change the nature of work, but stop short of replacing most employees, according to a recent analysis. Over the next three years, AI will “reshape” between 50% and 55% of U.S. jobs, Boston Consulting Group researchers estimated. “What people do in these jobs will be different, even if the job is still…
Hours after federal judges blocked Texas from using its newly drawn congressional map, state leaders filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court. The redrawn map sparked a nationwide redistricting battle and is part of President Trump’s efforts to preserve a Republican majority in the House of Representatives in next year’s midterm elections. The Tuesday…
