Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle a landmark U.S. case accusing Facebook and Instagram of deliberately designing their platforms to keep children and teenagers hooked. The agreement, reached this week as a major trial was underway in California, brings one of the biggest legal challenges to Meta’s business to an abrupt end. It also forces the company to make some of its most significant changes yet to how young people use its platforms. Meta does not admit wr

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that the Pentagon acted unlawfully when it designated artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a “supply-chain risk,” handing the Claude maker a major legal victory in its escalating dispute with the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin ruled Thursday that the government’s decision violated Anthropic’s constitutional rights and was not supported by a legitimate national security justification. The 59-page ruling found that the

Salesforce shares surged 22.6% on Thursday, delivering the company’s second-best trading day on record and helping ignite a broader rally across software stocks as investors reassessed fears that artificial intelligence could undermine the traditional software industry. Editorial credit: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock The enterprise software giant closed at $252.05 after its shares jumped following a stronger-than-expected fiscal second-quarter earnings report, an upgraded

Security researchers have uncovered three backdoor-like surveillance implants embedded in the firmware of routers manufactured by Shenzhen Zhibotong Electronics, better known as ZBT, raising fresh concerns about the security of networking equipment sold around the world. The findings, published by cybersecurity firm VulnCheck, reveal that several ZBT routers contain software capable of giving remote operators powerful control over affected devices. Because ZBT manufactures ha

Nvidia has reportedly agreed to acquire artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, in what would rank among the chipmaker’s largest acquisitions and significantly expand its influence across the open-source AI ecosystem. Editorial credit: sdx15 / Shutterstock The deal was first reported by The Information, which cited a person familiar with the matter. Reuters also reported the agreement, noting that neither Nvidia nor Hugging Face immediately responded