Meta’s $17.1 billion settlement will be over 12-times larger than the second largest big tech privacy settlement in the past four years
The settlement is just 1.17% of Meta’s $1.46 trillion market cap.
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Pro-Russian group claims credit for biggest-ever hack on Norway government services after $9.2 billion pledge to Ukraine
A pro-Russian hacker group claimed responsibility after Norway renewed its security cooperation with Ukraine.
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Goldman Sachs Global Institute co-head: remaking our world for machine intelligence
The irony is that a world redesigned for machines may eventually allow us to recover something more purely human as we…
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Dubai airport traffic plunged 31% as the Iran war sent travelers looking for routes outside the Middle East
Dubai International says traffic is recovering after two months of disruption, but some overseas airlines have yet to…
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Saudi brothers mint billion-dollar fortune from AI boom
MIS shares have surged 87% this year after its Humain data center project expanded fivefold to 250 megawatts and $2.34…
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Bill Gates wants to tax robots to deter businesses from replacing humans with machines
"The tax system nudges you toward replacing people with machines."
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Zelenskyy gives Elon Musk Order of Freedom, asks for more Starlink access for Ukraine
The Ukrainian President awarded the world's richest man one of Ukraine’s highest state honors, citing his “outstanding…
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Six months into the Iran war, Hormuz is still shut — and now Tehran wants military ships excluded
Iran says commercial vessels would follow designated routes through Iranian and Omani waters, but the proposed…
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Polarized America united around one issue: the data centers powering the stock market and the biggest tech boom in decades
“I don’t think that enough people understand that this is going to create really good jobs,” said Heather McKenzie, a…
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The U.S. declared an ‘onslaught’ on Iran. China’s banks got a pass
China buys 80% of Iran's oil exports. Treasury sanctioned a tanker and a Hong Kong shipper — not the banks tied to the…
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Target’s minstrel-costume apology erased days of stock gains
Shares hit a 52-week high of $169.89 on Aug. 24. They fell 3.78% the next day, after Target pulled a costume critics…
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Trump’s own trade chief downplays the Canada tariffs he’s escalating: ‘We don’t actually expect a huge impact’
“Imposing new tariffs on Canada is a mistake,” Susan Collins said while campaigning Monday, mentioning lobster,…
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Kid safety trial hears Instagram chief’s frustration over safety feature, ex-Meta employee who quit over ‘values’
Adam Mosseri appeared annoyed: “There are many features we launch over many aspects of safety and well-being” that the…
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Dolly Parton, country-music legend and cultural icon, dies after brief battle with cancer at 80 years old
She said no to Elvis Presley over songwriting royalties. Years later, Whitney Houston's cover of that same song broke…
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Intuit hits a record milestone of $20 billion in revenue—and sets the stage for a strategic pullback
CFO Sandeep Aujla calls it a “reset to reaccelerate”—Intuit is trading near-term revenue for a rebuilt…
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New York metro area touts $3.5 billion impact from World Cup, silent on full costs from transit overruns and hosting FIFA
The final tally came after some naysayers derided the total spend from both New York and New Jersey, which put up an…
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Current price of oil as of August 26, 2026
When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.
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Alex Karp was right: you don’t own your data
Generative AI companies say you own your "Inputs" and "Outputs." Their legal agreements leave out who owns the…
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OpenAI’s new revenue chief has a simple mission: make the money match the hype
Rajic, 53, has earned a reputation as one of the most disciplined, successful enterprise sales leaders in tech.
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There’s a deal on the table to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but Trump isn’t part of it—yet
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
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Mark Cuban wants companies to give their employees more stock. Could that narrow the divide between the bottom and the top?
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Nike brought back a 32-year veteran to save the $60B brand. Two years later, its turnaround is still a ‘long, hard slog’
CEO Elliott Hill has started fixing Nike’s business. Winning back the consumers and cultural cachet it lost could be…
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North Carolina teachers spend an average of $1,632 of their own money on school supplies—a foundation just gave $2M so they won’t have to
Exponential Scholars, a new North Carolina nonprofit founded by "quiet philanthropist" Holly May, funded more than…
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Bill Gates fears world leaders are unprepared for 3 major AI risks: ‘Stunted’ child development, emboldened criminals, and vanishing jobs for Gen Z
“I believe we need time to prepare for the period of social, political, and economic upheaval we are about to enter.”
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Gen Z wants to be ‘tradwives.’ New data reveals the exact salary your spouse needs to earn—and in most states it’s under $100K
And for the average American family, one parent would need to be earning around $80,000 to sustain the other quitting…
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Corporate America’s anti-woke retreat is reaching its limits
Some absurd questions I hear: Which words create the most risk? Which commitments belong in communications? Which…
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Deloitte puts the lunar economy at up to $566 billion by 2050—and SpaceX is speeding the timeline
The report, shared with Fortune ahead of its Wednesday release, says ripple effects could push the total above $1.1…
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Instagram is like a digital cigarette and box of chocolates that ‘encourages gluttony.’ How do you fix that?
“The algorithms change the whole nature of it, and that’s where my chocolate metaphor went awry,” safety advocate Larry…
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How IHH Healthcare CEO Prem Kumar Nair is planning for a longer-lived Asia
The head of Asia’s largest private health group is advancing clinical longevity, cancer care, AI and neighborhood-based…
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Cursive’s unlikely AI-fueled comeback, explained
More than 25 states now require cursive. The science backing it is dodgy, to say the least.
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The Medicare GLP-1 discount is here, so why are some sick people excluded?
“I'm obese, morbidly obese, BMI 42. I had quadruple heart bypass surgery. I'm at risk for stroke. I'm prediabetic. And…
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Every politician says they’re for the working man, so why are only 1% of elected officials from the working class?
Researchers tracking 97 democracies find working-class candidates are just as qualified and likely to win as…
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The creator economy is headed for $500 billion, so why do their fans feel like a prison?
NYU's study of 54 top creators finds a psychological toll researchers call "audience entanglement." One creator said…
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Florida lost 450,000 ACA enrollees as Trump officials and analysts clash over why
At 40%, Florida has the smallest proportion of its workforce receiving health insurance through their employer in the…
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Pope Leo XIV on AI’s new ‘form of domination’: it risks becoming a tool of ‘economic colonialism’
Addressing Catholic legislators, the pope said algorithms are creating a new form of domination and warned AI threatens…
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