An estimated 33 million American adults will struggle at some point with a phobia – an intense fear of something that poses little or no threat, from flying to cockroaches to a trip to the dentist. Susan Spencer talks with experts about the lengths people will go to in order to overcome their fears. Source…
As always, Super Bowl LVII was among the biggest U.S. sporting events of the year, with a sold-out crowd of more than 70,000 fans and an estimated 113 million people watching across the country. While it was a massive event with billions of dollars in economic activity, and a championship at stake, it was also…
Meta, Instagram’s parent company, is introducing PG-13-style content limits for all teen accounts. Under the new policy, users under 18 will have mature or sensitive material hidden or restricted, with parents able to add further controls. Tara Hopkins, Instagram’s global director of public policy, joins “CBS Mornings Plus” to discuss the changes. Source link
President Donald Trump headed for Asia for the first time this term, a trip on which where he’s expected to work on investment deals and peace efforts before meeting face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping to try to de-escalate a trade war. “We have a lot to talk about with President Xi, and he has a lot to…
The massive Amazon cloud computing outage on Monday took down websites and disrupted internet service for hours globally. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger breaks down how people can protect themselves for incidents like the outage in the digital age. Source link
Warner Bros. Discovery has signaled that it may be open to a sale of its business just months after announcing plans to split into two companies. In an announcement Tuesday, the entertainment giant said it had initiated a review of “strategic alternatives” in light of “unsolicited interest” it had received from “multiple parties” for both…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams endorsed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the race to replace him. The endorsement came just two days before the start of early voting. Adams and Cuomo appeared Thursday afternoon at NYCHA’s Carver Houses, where they embraced as they met. “Andrew and I are two kids from New York, and…
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have joined prominent computer scientists, economists, artists, evangelical Christian leaders and American conservative commentators Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck to call for a ban on AI “superintelligence” they say could threaten humanity. The letter, released Wednesday by a politically and geographically diverse group of public figures, is squarely aimed…
A cancer doctor in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is marking breast cancer awareness month by wearing a different kind of pink for each of the 31 days in October, and it’s more than a fashion statement. Advocates say the color pink is linked to breast cancer because it symbolizes femininity, care, and solidarity. Dr. Lori Alfonse at…
OpenAI said Tuesday it is launching an artificial intelligence-powered website browser, heightening the company’s competition with Google, the Alphabet-owned unit that has long dominated online search. The new browser, called ChatGPT Atlas, is for now only available on Apple laptops that run the company’s Mac operating system. Access will soon expand to Apple’s iOS, Microsoft…
