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Jury finds Meta and YouTube negligent in landmark social media addiction trial The jury says Meta and YouTube will have to pay $3 million in damages. The jury says Meta…

Meta is cutting several hundred jobs The cuts will impact employees in the U.S. and other international markets. The cuts will impact employees in the U.S. and other international markets.

Apple overhauls its app developer platform with 100 new metrics, more tools Apple is adding 100+ new App Store Connect metrics, giving developers deeper, first-party insights into monetization, subscriptions, and…

Bernie Sanders and AOC propose a ban on data center construction Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced companion legislation to halt construction on new data centers until Congress…

DeleteMe acquires social media security tool Block Party Tracey Chou founded Block Party in 2018 as a tool to help people stay safe from targeted harassment on Twitter, inspired by…

Google launches Lyria 3 Pro music generation model Google is launching Lyria 3 Pro, an upgraded music model that generates longer, more customizable tracks, as it expands AI music tools…

Russia arrests alleged owner of cybercrime forum LeakBase, report says Russian state-owned media reported that police in Russia arrested the administrator of LeakBase, a large hacking forum. Russian state-owned media…

Waymo relies on firefighters and police to bail out stuck robotaxis In at least six instances identified by TechCrunch, first responders have had to take control of Waymo vehicles and…

Reddit takes on the bots with new ‘human verification’ requirements for fishy behavior Reddit will require suspected automated accounts to verify they’re human, as it ramps up efforts to curb…

How soap opera-TikTok hybrids became a billion-dollar business Over the past few years, a new category of mobile apps has quietly exploded into a multi-billion dollar business. They’re called “micro…