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FILE – Young people use their phones to view social media in Sydney, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Social media ‘addicting the brains of children,’ plaintiff’s lawyer argues in landmark trial

February 10, 2026 at 8:13 a.m.

Comparing social media platforms to casinos and addictive drugs, lawyer Mark Lanier delivered opening statements Monday in a landmark trial in Los Angeles that seeks to hold Instagram owner Meta...

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos updates media on the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, in Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Sejal Govindarao)

Savannah Guthrie’s demand for mom’s ‘proof of life’ is complicated in this era of AI and deepfakes

February 6, 2026 at 8:04 a.m.

When Savannah Guthrie made a heart-wrenching plea to the kidnapper of her 84-year-old mother to send “proof of life,” she addressed the possibility of people creating deepfakes.

TikTok settles as social media giants face landmark trial over youth addiction claims

January 27, 2026 at 11:57 a.m.

TikTok agreed to settle a landmark social media addiction lawsuit just before the trial kicked off, the plaintiff’s attorneys confirmed.

FILE – Workers install lighting on an “X” sign atop the company headquarters in downtown San Francisco, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

X’s new feature raises questions about the foreign origins of some popular US political accounts

November 25, 2025 at 3:23 p.m.

After a weekend update to the social media platform X, owners of some political accounts, and many others, are located in regions such as South Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe.

FILE – The gaming platform Roblox is displayed on a tablet, Oct. 30, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Leon Keith, File)

Roblox steps up age checks and groups younger users into age-based chats

November 18, 2025 at 3:29 p.m.

Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to chat with other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able...

China says it will work with US to resolve issues related to TikTok

October 30, 2025 at 8:14 a.m.

President Donald Trump’s meeting Thursday with China’s top leader Xi Jinping produced a raft of decisions to help dial back trade tensions, but no agreement on TikTok’s ownership.

FILE – Meta Chief Product Officer Chris Cox speaks at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, Calif., April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Meta adds parental controls for AI-teen interactions

October 17, 2025 at 5:46 p.m.

Meta is adding parental controls for kids’ interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots — including the ability to turn off one-on-one chats with AI characters altogether — beginning early next year.

FILE – A YouTube sign is shown near the company’s headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)

YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle lawsuit over Trump’s account suspension after Jan. 6 attack

September 29, 2025 at 6:45 p.m.

Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over his 2021 account suspension following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S....

President Donald Trump speaks as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

India expresses concern about Trump plan to hike fees on H-1B visas that bring tech workers to US

September 20, 2025 at 1:46 p.m.

The Indian government expressed concern Saturday about President Donald Trump’s latest push to upend American immigration policy, dramatically raising the fee for visas that bring tech workers from India and...

President Donald Trump signs proclamation imposing $100K annual fee for H-1B visa applications

September 19, 2025 at 5:01 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation that will require a new annual $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications, among other changes to the program for highly skilled foreign...

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