With ACA subsidies set to lapse, millions of Americans face a painful spike in health plan costs
Mahwah, New Jersey, resident Tina Jump recently learned that the premium for her Affordable Care…
Meta failed to protect social media users from scam ads, lawsuit alleges
A new lawsuit alleges that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, misled users about the company’s efforts to prevent scams on its platforms. The Consumer Federation of America (CFA), a nonprofit advocacy group that filed the complaint in Washington, D.C., superior court, alleges Meta failed to block ads that could pose a risk…
King Charles visits White House for state dinner hosted by Trump, after rare address to Congress
2m ago King Charles jokes about White House ballroom King Charles III recognized the U.S. and U.K.’s shared history in a toast during the White House state dinner — and cracked a few 18th- and 19th-century jokes. At one point, he referenced the ballroom that President Trump is seeking to build on the White…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman “deeply sorry” for failing to alert law enforcement to Canada school shooter’s ChatGPT account
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has apologized to members of a Canadian community where a mass shooting took place earlier this year for not flagging the ChatGPT account of the shooter to law enforcement. “The pain your community has endured is unimaginable,” Altman wrote in a letter shared Friday on social media by the British Columbia…
How high energy bills, driven by new data centers, are affecting average Americans
This week, Maine’s governor vetoed a bill that would have made the state the first to ban the construction of new data centers. Shanelle Kaul reports. Source link
What we know about the suspect in shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Cole Tomas Allen, the suspected gunman who tried to attack the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night, left behind what officials are calling a written “manifesto” in which he clearly stated he wanted to target officials in the Trump administration, a senior U.S. official told CBS News. The president and first lady Melania Trump were…
How the AI-driven data center boom is leading to skyrocketing energy bills for many Americans
Atlanta — It is a sunny afternoon in Atlanta, Georgia, but inside Carolyn Kayne’s 3,000-square-foot home, it is cold. “I’m walking around in a ski suit trying to stay warm in the winter,” Kayne told CBS News. It is just one of the ways Kayne has tried to beat her skyrocketing electric bills, which have almost…
AI is fueling a surge in crypto fraud schemes, IRS investigators say. For one victim, “There’s nothing left.”
Kyle Holder’s entire life savings were stolen from her by sophisticated scammers who used artificial intelligence to perfectly manipulate her. Her $300,000 in retirement and savings accounts, saved over decades, disappeared into the cryptocurrency universe in under three months. Holder was one of thousands of Americans swindled out of a total estimated at $20 billion…
As U.S. re-arms during Iran ceasefire, long-term concerns emerge about advanced munitions supplies
Washington — Days after the United States opened its military campaign against Iran, President Trump sought to project confidence in the nation’s war footing, declaring that America possessed a “virtually unlimited supply” of key munitions and could fight wars “forever” using them. The remark conveyed a familiar image of American military power, a projection of…
Meta to cut 8,000 jobs as it charges into AI
Meta plans to lay off roughly 8,000 employees, or 10% of its workforce, in a move to slash costs as the technology company pushes deeper into artificial intelligence. In an internal memo sent to workers, Meta said the job cuts are intended to make the company more efficient and to offset its other investments. The…
Trump Media replaces CEO Devin Nunes as its losses top $1 billion
Trump Media & Technology Group is replacing CEO Devin Nunes, who led the company through its public debut and a subsequent surge — and swoon — in its market value. Trump Media, which trades under the ticker DJT — the same as President Trump’s initials — said Tuesday that Nunes would be replaced by interim CEO Kevin…