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Some US adults are using AI for financial guidance but few trust it, Gallup poll finds

U.S. adults are using artificial intelligence for financial guidance, but it’s far from the most trusted source of advice

Court orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online

A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms

Sydney Towle, content creator who documented life with cancer, dies at 26

Sydney Towle, known for her social media content about living with a rare cancer, has died at 26

A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567 million for mental health harm to kids from its platforms

SpaceX shares rise even as company insiders get a chance to sell for the first time

Stock in Elon Musk’s space company rose Thursday even after many SpaceX insiders were freed up to sell for the first time

Meta says its AI model hacked another company, adding to worries about bots going rogue

Meta on Thursday said that one of its artificial intelligence models accessed the internet on its own and hacked another company, the latest in a series of disclosures about AI models going rogue

South Korean satellite captures before and after views of SpaceX rocket's moon crash

A South Korean satellite has captured the first pictures of the moon's fresh crash scene

As AI ‘therapists’ dish out advice, California lawmakers try to set some limits

A chatbot called "Psychologist" offers empathy and advice, but it's not a real therapist

UK won't intervene in Paramount's $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery

British regulators on Thursday gave Paramount the greenlight for its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros

One Tech Tip: Using your smartphone to capture the August total solar eclipse over Europe

A rare total solar eclipse is set to sweep over parts of Europe next week, drawing millions of enthusiasts