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Tech Giants Deliver AI-Powered Earnings Growth

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Quarterly earnings at tech giants Meta and Microsoft surged, indicating that multi-billion dollar AI investments are starting to pay off.

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Markets

For Better or Worse, The Stock Market is All About These 10 Stocks

The top 10 stocks have reached a weight not seen since the 1970s, with their market cap accounting for about one-third of the entire index.

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Regulation

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Might Have Broken Up Live Nation

The Justice Department alleges violations of antitrust laws by maintaining a monopoly in the event-ticketing industry.

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Social Media

EU Hits Meta With Yet Another Child Welfare Investigation

The threat posed by Europe’s new law might have more power to punish Meta than what it’s previously dealt with.

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Finance

Can the Magnificent Seven Ride Again?

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After serving as the driving force for a blistering market rise, the so-called Magnificent Seven have taken an epic stumble in 2025.

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Patent Drop

Meta’s Machine Learning AR Patent Fuses Its AI and Metaverse Bets

Despite investors’ reaction to the company’s big spending, Meta’s potential to monetize AI and its access to data may give it a leg up in the long…

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Social Media

TikTok to Start Labeling AI-Created Content

The platform says it plans to identify and label content created by other AI tools, like Adobe’s Firefly and OpenAI’s Dall-E.

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Geopolitics

US Mulls Export Bans on AI Software to China

The US worries that models like ChatGPT could allow China to launch cyberattacks or even design biological weapons.

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Media & Entertainment

Advertising Industry Sweats a Recession-Spurred Pullback

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The warnings come as the industry adapts to seismic shifts in technology — which means it may just have some new tricks up its sleeve.

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Patent Drop

Big Tech Has an Energy Problem

How tech firms reconcile their desire for endless growth with bold climate goals.

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Real Estate

Big Tech Offloads Office Space, Putting Commercial Landlords in Flux

Some of the more reliable office building tenants are reversing course by letting leases expire or subleasing space across major cities.

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Big Tech

The Metaverse: Coming to a School Near You

The tech titan plans to expand its virtual-reality headset into schools to enable immersive experiences.

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Big Tech

FTC Says Meta is a Monopoly. But in Which Markets, Exactly?

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Central to the trial is one question: Just who, exactly, are Meta’s competitors? The FTC’s answer may be narrower than you’d expect.

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