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By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — After staging a widespread blackout to protest Reddit’s plans for a controversial new pricing policy, some users are now trying a different tactic: flooding the social network with John Oliver pictures. Several of Reddit’s largest self-moderated communities, including r/pics and r/aww, have turned spaces that were once devoted to

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The UK government and the country’s biggest banks met Friday in a bid to defuse a looming mortgage crisis that threatens hardship for millions and represents a huge political headache for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The lenders — which account for more than three-quarters of the UK mortgage

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Workers at about 150 unionized Starbucks stores in the United States are going on strike Friday over a dispute about the coffee chain’s policy for Pride decorations in stores. Starbucks (SBUX) Workers United, the union representing organized stores, has claimed that Starbucks (SBUX) has restricted decorations celebrating

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Journalists could soon enjoy greater protections under federal law. A bipartisan group of US senators and congressmen united this week to reintroduce the Protect Reporters from Exploitive State Spying Act, or as it is more commonly known, the PRESS Act. The legislation, which passed the House last year but

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Taylor Swift, public transit savior? Public transit systems across the United States are getting a much-needed, if temporary, boost from Taylor Swift fans flooding trains, buses and subways to her sold-out Eras Tour. As transit agencies scramble to recover from the pandemic, transit experts say all those

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Bud Light is trying to revive its slumping brand with a new marketing campaign aimed at – appropriately – overcoming adversity. The struggling beer brand unveiled a new ad following its Dylan Mulvaney controversy: The transgender influencer posed with a custom can of Bud Light, and

By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Spirit AeroSystems, a key supplier to Boeing, shut down its factory in Wichita, Kansas, on Thursday after workers represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted to strike. The suspended production comes after employees voted down Spirit AeroSystems’ “best and final offer” and then

By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Minneapolis (CNN) — US home prices fell in May at the largest annual rate in more than a decade, according to a National Association of Realtors report released Thursday. The median existing home price was $396,100 last month, down 3.1% from a year ago, marking the largest year-over-year price reduction

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Loveable or creepy? Depends on who you ask. Furby, the ’90s toy phenomenon that divided kids and parents into opposing camps when it first hit stores and quickly became a craze, is making yet another comeback. Furby-maker Hasbro said Thursday it is reintroducing the bug-eyed, gibberish-talking furball.

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Microsoft (MSFT) and the video game giant Activision Blizzard (ATVI) will face off Thursday against the US government in a high-stakes battle over one of the largest technology acquisitions in history. The showdown in federal court will have the CEOs of both companies taking the stand to defend their

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN Business) — The Covid-19 pandemic exposed glaring weaknesses in America’s medical supply chains, causing a frantic scramble for masks, respirators and other gear needed to fight the virus. In the years since, Americans have faced periodic shortages of antibiotics, common pain relievers, baby formula and key components needed

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Business rivalry seemingly isn’t enough for two of the tech industry’s most powerful billionaires. Now Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg say they want to settle their scores in a cage fight. Twitter owner and Tesla (TSLA) CEO Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage

By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate and one of five people on the submersible missing in the North Atlantic, has cultivated a reputation as a kind of modern-day Jacques Cousteau — a nature lover, adventurer and visionary. Rush has approached his dream of deep-sea exploration with child-like

By Rebekah Riess and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The Georgia autoshop owner who in 2022 paid one of this employees his final wage by dumping 91,500 oil-covered pennies in his driveway has been ordered by a federal judge to pay nearly $40,000 in additional back wages and damages to his employees, court

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Cultivated meat, also known as lab-grown meat, has been cleared for sale in the United States. Upside Foods and Good Meat, two companies that make what they call “cultivated chicken,” said Wednesday that they have gotten approval from the US Department of Agriculture to start producing their

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon on Wednesday, alleging that the e-commerce giant has tricked millions of consumers into signing up for its Prime subscription service through deceptive user interface designs. The complaint filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington also takes aim at

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Not since last year’s disappearance of the Choco Taco have ice cream fans been this shocked. Good Humor confirmed that its Toasted Almond bar, the sweet treat that has been around since the 1960s, is no more. The ice cream maker said in a statement that

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday launched a Senate investigation into working and safety conditions at Amazon warehouses, adding to federal scrutiny on the labor practices of one of the country’s largest employers. Sanders, the chairman of the Senate committee on health, education, labor and pensions, also unveiled a website

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — Gannett, the largest newspaper publisher in the United States, is suing Google, alleging the tech giant holds a monopoly over the digital ad market. The publisher of USA Today and more than 200 local publications filed the lawsuit in a New York federal court on Tuesday, and is seeking

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business (CNN) — Rivian, the electric truck and SUV company backed by Amazon, announced on Tuesday that it will join Ford and General Motors in adopting Tesla’s so-called North American Charging Standard (NACS). Rivian said it will start building its R1T pickup and R1S SUV with NACS-style charging ports starting in

Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Anheuser-Busch InBev’s top marketing executive is speaking out following a monthslong boycott of Bud Light that has cost the brand its title as America’s top-selling beer. “When things get divisive and controversial so easily, I think it’s an important wake-up call to all of us marketers to be

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — YouTube said on Monday that it had removed a video of presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. being interviewed by podcast host Jordan Peterson for violating its policy prohibiting vaccine misinformation. A YouTube spokesperson told CNN that the platform removed the video from Peterson’s channel because it

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Kwon Do-hyeong, also known as Do Kwon, the disgraced former crypto boss who is wanted in the United States and South Korea on fraud and other charges, has been sentenced to four months in prison in Montenegro. A court in the southern European country sentenced Do Kwon and

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Brewers in the United Kingdom are cutting the alcohol content — but not the price — of several of their most popular beers in what’s been described as another example of “shrinkflation.” Greene King, a major UK brewer and pub chain, has cut the ABV, or alcohol content,

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Italy has imposed several curbs on Pirelli’s biggest shareholder, Sinochem, in a move aimed at blocking the Chinese government’s access to sensitive chip technology. The Italian government decided last week to make use of its so-called “Golden Power” regulations, designed to protect assets of strategic importance to the