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The companies reached a settlement with a Kentucky school district to avoid a coming trial over accusations that they intentionally designed their platforms to addict young people.

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The Breathitt County School District in Kentucky had sought over $60 million from Meta and other platforms over students' mental health

Meta Platforms on Thursday settled the first case set for trial seeking to make social media companies cover the costs that school districts say they have incurred to combat ‌a mental health crisis allegedly fueled by platforms. The agreement fully resolves a lawsuit brought by Breathitt County School District ‌in eastern Kentucky, following earlier settlements by co-defendants Alphabet's YouTube, Snap and TikTok. The case had been scheduled for a June 15 trial in federal court ​in Oakland, California.

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The latest quarterly earnings from Big Tech companies have given investors ample reason to stay invested in the AI trade, helping lift equities despite the unprecedented disruption in ‌the oil markets that has clouded the economic growth outlook. Nvidia rounded out the results from the so-called ‌Magnificent Seven that includes Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon.com, Meta Platforms and Tesla. Revenue ​growth at the Magnificent Seven remains highly uneven, with Nvidia's blistering pace helping maintain its dominant lead.

Meta plans layoffs, management cuts and employee transfers tied to AI initiatives.

Alphabet's Google, Meta Platforms and TikTok were hit with complaints from European Union consumer groups ‌on Thursday for allegedly failing to protect users from financial scams ‌on their platforms. The move highlights growing pressure worldwide on Big Tech to do more to address ​the negative impacts of social media, particularly for children and vulnerable users. The complaints, filed by the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and 29 of its members in 27 European countries, were submitted to the European Commission and national regulators under the Digital Services ‌Act, which requires large ⁠online platforms to do more to tackle illegal and harmful content.

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Manus co-founders are weighing ways to comply with China's order to unwind Meta's $2 billion-plus acquisition ‌of the AI startup, Bloomberg News reported on ‌Thursday. Founders Xiao Hong, Ji Yichao and Zhang Tao are exploring options, including raising ​about $1 billion from external investors to buy their way back, the report said citing people familiar with the matter. They are discussing a funding round that would value the company ‌at a level to ⁠match what Meta paid to buy Singapore-based Manus, the report added.

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U.S. energy storage developers installed 9.7 gigawatt-hours of new capacity in the first quarter of 2026, marking a record ‌high for the quarter, an industry report showed on Thursday. Energy storage ‌capacity grew 32% in the quarter from a year ago despite federal actions the industry ​says are slowing clean energy development, the report by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence said. The SEIA said the demand is being driven by data centers, volatile electricity prices and disruptions to global gas and gas ‌turbine supplies.

Wall Street has spent the last six months questioning Mark Zuckerberg’s aggressive AI capital spending, with Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) raising its 2026 capex guidance to $125 to $145 billion after a Q1 in which revenue grew 33% year over year. While everyone debates whether Meta is overspending, a quieter filing from SpaceX just laid out ... The Real Winner of SpaceX’s IPO: Mark Zuckerberg

Meta began laying off roughly 8,000 employees Wednesday -- about 10 percent of its global workforce -- as co-founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg pushes to redirect resources toward an ambitious artificial intelligence agenda.In a memo to staff Wednesday, posted by Business Insider, Zuckerberg expressed thanks to departing employees and sought to reassure those remaining.

SpaceX, which is expected to target a valuation of more than $1.5 trillion at IPO, has a financial picture that is notably worse than any other mega-cap U.S. company. Meta, valued in the same range SpaceX is targeting, had sales 11 times that last year and profits of $60 billion. SpaceX, if ultimately valued at $1.5 trillion, would be valued at 80 times sales.

Arm stock pushes higher as Bernstein initiates coverage with an “outperform” rating. Here’s why analyst David Dai sees ARM shares ripping higher from here as the year unfolds.

Intuit reported better-than-expected financial results for its crucial tax season Wednesday, while also announcing a round of layoffs. Intuit said it’s reducing its full-time workforce by 17%. According to Layoffs.fyi, a website that tracks tech layoffs, 111,173 tech employees have lost their jobs in 2026.

Investors are watching whether Nvidia can extend confidence in AI spending through 2027 and 2028.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees in an internal ‌memo on Wednesday that he does not expect more ‌company-wide layoffs this year, according to a copy of the memo ​seen by Reuters. He made the announcement on the same day the Facebook owner carried out a massive restructuring of the company, laying off 10% of its workforce globally and ‌transferring 7,000 other ⁠employees to new initiatives related to AI workflows. The changes are part of a far-reaching overhaul taking place at Meta this year, as the company surges its AI investments in a bid to center AI ‌agents in both its product offerings ​and its approach to work ​internally.

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Cost cuts continue as company increases investment in artificial intelligence

Meta Platform's stock was wavering as the company began cutting roughly 8,000 jobs in a prominent example of AI layoffs.

The cuts of roughly 8,000 jobs, or 10% of staff, are meant to offset the cost of the company’s AI investments.

By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI, May 20 (Reuters) - Indian fashion-to-beauty retailer Nykaa has asked a New Delhi court to make Meta a party to a copyright dispute filed by media firm Zee, court documents

Notifications went out Wednesday morning starting in Asia, with U.S. employees expected to hear during their morning

AI’s big bucks go mostly toward computing gear like chips and servers in data centers. Should that trend persist, it could come to bite suppliers including chip giant Nvidia which reports quarterly results after the bell today. Nvidia can insulate itself from cost inflation by expanding offerings that don’t require as much in-demand memory, by passing on higher prices to customers and by inking longer-term deals with its own suppliers at lower prices.