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Meta's $17 billion settlement mandates new safeguards for kids—many are promising, says safety expert

Following a major legal settlement, Instagram and Facebook users under age 18 will soon have a daily two-hour limit and won't be able to see reactions on posts.

The data center panic is winning while China cheers

“If these data centers are so essential to our national security and economy and have such amazing benefits they should prove it by building them in the richest zip codes in America first.”

Next week will show how sustainable the AI trade is. Here's what's ahead, including a jobs report

Whether artificial intelligence can sustain its advance remains to be seen.

Unlocking cosmic secrets with NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman telescope

NASA's new telescope could change the way we see space. With a wide-field camera that will reveal an area up to 200 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope, and an orbit a million miles from Earth, the Nancy Grace Roman telescope is expected to find tens of thousands of unknown exoplanets.

Military uses high-energy lasers to stop drones at southern border

U.S. troops used a high-energy laser to intercept three hostile drones along the southern border on Tuesday night into Wednesday.

Infallible style: Pope Leo appears in Vanity Fair’s ranks of most fashionable

Pontiff, who has caught the eye in trainers and a baseball cap, praised for taking dress to ‘heavenly heights’

The Limits of Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity

The visionary artist once challenged ways of seeing—until she was seen by everyone.

Younger workers are more scared of AI than older employees, survey finds

August 28, 2026 / 12:18 PM EDT / CBS News

An $18bn settlement – and Zuckerberg barely blinked. The tech titans must be stripped of their power, and soon

Those who said Meta harms children struck a blow, but the ability of big tech to gouge profits and cause harm is barely diminished. That’s the battle to come

Big Tech's massive AI spending is putting one of its longtime strengths to the test

There's new risk emerging from Big Tech's massive artificial intelligence buildout.

Top tech analyst says people are buying more things on Amazon because of AI. He raised his price outlook as a result

Amazon.com could rally as wider AI adoption drives up sales on its online shopping platform, per Evercore ISI.