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Instagram chief defends youth mental health decisions at trial
Landmark US trial tests whether social media firms can be held liable for harm to young users The top executive at Meta Platforms’ Instagram defended the social media platform’s choices around features that some company insiders called harmful to young users, at a trial on claims the app helped fuel a youth mental-health crisis. Adam Mosseri, … Read more
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release.
Anthropic Is Valued at $380 Billion in New Funding Round
The artificial intelligence start-up raised another $30 billion and its valuation more than doubled since its last funding round in September.
Why Tech Giants Are Accused of Causing Social Media Addiction
new video loaded: Why Tech Giants Are Accused of Causing Social Media Addiction In a series of landmark trials, plaintiffs are alleging that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products. Our technology reporter Cecilia Kang describes what’s at stake for tech giants and social media users. February 12, 2026
Gail Slater Leaves Role as Justice Dept.’s Antitrust Chief
Her departure comes after months of mounting tension over her division’s work to determine whether companies violated antitrust laws.
Anthropic Invests $20 Million in Super PAC to Counter OpenAI
Anthropic and OpenAI now have their own well-funded political groups that will square off in the midterm elections over artificial intelligence safety and regulation.
Laid-Off Battery Plant Workers Pin Blame on Ford, not Trump, for Lost Jobs
Ford Motor shut down a battery factory and laid off 1,600 workers after President Trump and Republicans gutted government support for electric vehicles.
Chinese AI rivals intensify competition as DeepSeek prepares new model launch
Amid mounting competition, DeepSeek, ByteDance, Alibaba, others set to unveil their latest AI models BEIJING: One year after Chinese startup DeepSeek rattled the global tech industry with the release of a low-cost artificial intelligence model, its domestic rivals are better prepared, vying with it to launch new models, some designed with more consumer appeal. The … Read more
Instagram Chief Says Social Media Is Not ‘Clinically Addictive’ in Landmark Trial
Adam Mosseri, who leads the Meta-owned app, testified that the company was careful to test features used by young people before releasing them.