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A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567 million for mental health harm to kids from its platforms

SpaceX shares rise even as company insiders get a chance to sell for the first time

Stock in Elon Musk’s space company rose Thursday even after many SpaceX insiders were freed up to sell for the first time

Meta says its AI model hacked another company, adding to worries about bots going rogue

Meta on Thursday said that one of its artificial intelligence models accessed the internet on its own and hacked another company, the latest in a series of disclosures about AI models going rogue

South Korean satellite captures before and after views of SpaceX rocket's moon crash

A South Korean satellite has captured the first pictures of the moon's fresh crash scene

As AI ‘therapists’ dish out advice, California lawmakers try to set some limits

A chatbot called "Psychologist" offers empathy and advice, but it's not a real therapist

UK won't intervene in Paramount's $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery

British regulators on Thursday gave Paramount the greenlight for its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros

One Tech Tip: Using your smartphone to capture the August total solar eclipse over Europe

A rare total solar eclipse is set to sweep over parts of Europe next week, drawing millions of enthusiasts

A gunman kills a Mexican social media influencer during a livestream

Mexican officials say a social media influencer was killed by a gunman during a livestream in the violence-torn state of Sinaloa

Japanese game company Nintendo reports a jump in profit on the popularity of its Switch 2

Nintendo's first-quarter profit surged 53.5%, driven by the success of the Super Mario movie and strong demand for the Switch 2 console

Federal judge lets Utah enforce its anti-gambling laws on the prediction market Kalshi

Utah can enforce its strict anti-gambling laws on prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket under a federal court ruling