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Local pushback grows against AI data centers

A frenzy of development to support the artificial intelligence boom is prompting pushback from communities who say they don't want data centers in their backyards. Technology journalist Jacob Ward joins CBS News to discuss.

Google retains spot as world's most popular internet service, but AI is growing fast

Updated on: December 16, 2025 / 3:45 PM EST / CBS News

This chip play’s strong 2025 run could hit a speed bump as earnings loom, charts show

Micron is toting a sizable gain on a year-to-date basis as its earnings release approaches, but that momentum may not last.

Dinosaur tracks showing "herds moving in synchrony" found in Italian region that will host Winter Olympics

December 16, 2025 / 1:25 PM EST / CBS/AFP

Here's an unusual AI play for 2026: Glasses

Eyewear stock Warby Parker has room to run and offers exposure to the AI trade, according to Piper Sandler. The firm will roll out its AI glasses next year.

Relief and reward for passengers as Rome’s ‘museum stations’ finally open

Archaeological treasures revealed during construction at two metro stops led to years of delays

US date rape survivors file lawsuit accusing Hinge and Tinder of ‘accommodating rapists’

Civil suit, citing the Dating App Reporting Project, argues that dating apps could kick off serial rapists but don’t

Disclosure Day: first trailer for Steven Spielberg’s star-studded UFO movie

Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo and Eve Hewson head up the director’s latest effort

The Housemaid review

Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar co-star as Sweeney’s secretive bosses in an upstate New York mansion, and director Paul Feig ramps up the sexual tension with evident gusto

Being Charlie: the film Rob and Nick Reiner made together offers home truths

The 2016 drama, loosely inspired by the father-son relationship, is a gritty drama about addiction that has now become a puzzle piece

Vibe coding startup Lovable's latest funding round values it at $6.6 billion, sources say

Accel is participating in the round, the sources said, adding it would more than triple the valuation it achieved with its previous round in July.

Instagram TV app coming to Amazon Fire streaming device

Meta said Tuesday that it will begin testing its Instagram for TV app in the U.S. via Amazon's Fire TV streaming devices.