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By Mostafa Salem and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — Iran has seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman and is transferring it to an Iranian port in retaliation for the United States confiscating the same vessel and its oil last year, Tasnim News Agency reported Thursday. The media outlet, which is

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Tech companies showed quirky gadgets and new innovations at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas this week, from AI-powered pillows that can reduce snoring and mirrors that can detect your mood to transparent televisions and car mirrors that track your eyes. Although the event, which is the

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Snapchat will now give parents the option to block their teens from interacting with the app’s “My AI” chatbot following some questions about the tool’s safety for young people. The change will mean that if parents opt to turn off the tool, teens can message My AI

By Michelle Toh and Hassan Tayir, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Fan Yifei, a disgraced former Chinese central banker, has admitted making a “huge mistake” in comments aired as part of a documentary by state broadcaster CCTV that alleges he accepted massive bribes from the beginning of his tenure. Fan, who was one of the

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — A group of media executives urged lawmakers on Wednesday to enact new legislation that would force artificial intelligence developers to pay publishers for use of their content to train their computer models. The hearing before the US Senate comes after a blitz of new AI chatbots, most notably OpenAI’s ChatGPT, set off a wave of existential panic among media organizations, threatening to further upend the

CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta advertisers, including dating app company Match Group and Walmart, have raised concerns to the tech giant about their ads appearing alongside disturbing sexual content, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez alleged in an updated complaint in his lawsuit against the tech giant. The updated complaint,

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta advertisers, including dating app company Match Group and Walmart, have raised concerns to the tech giant about their ads appearing alongside disturbing sexual content, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez alleged in an updated complaint in his lawsuit against the tech giant. The updated complaint, filed

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Hybrid? Full-time? Flexible schedule? Fully remote? Remote optional? Shortened work weeks? The return-to-office debate isn’t going away — but one aspect may be coming to a close, and workers won. CEOs are letting up on the battle to get employees to return to the office full-time, five

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — The powerful House Ways and Means Committee is threatening to reconsider the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University amid allegations the elite schools have failed to fight antisemitism on campus. Rep. Jason Smith, the Republican chair of the

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — After a false start Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission gave its approval Wednesday for some investment companies to offer “spot bitcoin” exchange-traded funds. The regulator’s highly anticipated move is expected to make bitcoin investing more accessible to Main Street investors, without requiring them to own the

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks is being sued by a consumer advocacy group alleging that the global coffee chain falsely and deceptively advertises the “committed to 100% ethical sourcing” claim on its coffee and tea products. The lawsuit, filed by the National Consumers League in a Washington, DC court on Wednesday,

By Matt Egan and Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday the FBI is investigating the hack of the agency’s social media account that rocked the bitcoin world earlier this week ahead of the regulator’s approval of a bitcoin exchange-traded fund late Wednesday. “The SEC continues to investigate

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Walmart is joining the AI, drone and tech race. But delivering on the promise of a high-tech shopping future — where its rivals have failed — won’t be easy. The bigbox retailer held a keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for the first time, featuring

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Aaron Rodgers is done as a guest on Pat McAfee’s ESPN show for the remainder of the NFL season. McAfee, who has drawn significant scrutiny for allowing the injured New York Jets quarterback to appear on his program and deliver lengthy conspiratorial rants, made the announcement Wednesday on his

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — One of the first things you learn in driver’s ed is, after you buckle your seatbelt, adjust your mirrors. But if technology from Vietnamese automaker Vinfast enters production, that will be a thing of the past. It’s not some fancy new video mirror system. Many cars already offer that

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Billionaire Bill Ackman is stepping up his campaign to overhaul Harvard University by throwing his considerable influence behind a slate of four outsider candidates vying to join the university’s board of overseers. The move by Ackman takes a page out of the playbook that made him successful

By Clare Duffy and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Amazon on Wednesday cut hundreds of jobs across two different business units: streaming platform Twitch and its film and television studios division. Amazon is cutting “several hundred” roles across Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, according to an internal note shared with CNN. In

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — With any luck, most people will never find themselves in a situation calling for CPR, the Heimlich maneuver or urgent treatment of a snake bite. But if it happens, YouTube will now provide quick access to step-by-step first aid videos made by hospitals and trustworthy health organizations. On Wednesday,

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will highlight in a speech on Wednesday cooling inflation and an economy continuing to defy recession predictions. During an appearance in Boston, Yellen will tout the fact that television prices are down by 28% from their peak, used cars and trucks are 11%

By Parija Bhatnagar, CNN New York (CNN) — Despite the overarching message of the Barbie movie, Barbie herself has faced protracted criticism over the years for the doll’s effects on the self-image of young girls. Barbie hasn’t been evolving fast enough, the critics said, and it continues to portray an unrealistic role model of a

By Nadine Schmidt, CNN Berlin (CNN) — German commuters faced chaos on Wednesday as the country was hit with a three-day national rail strike, adding to travel disruption in Europe’s biggest economy where protesting farmers continued to block roads and highways. Both cargo and passenger trains were affected by the rail strike which led the

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — On Friday, an Alaska Airlines flight carrying 177 people made an emergency landing shortly following takeoff from Portland, Oregon, after part of the wall of a new 737 Max 9 aircraft detached mid-flight and left a gaping hole in the side of the plane. Remarkably, no one was killed

By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China is sure to have surpassed Japan to become the world’s number one car exporter last year, driven by strong demand in Russia and growing global appetite for electric vehicles (EV), a major industry group has forecast. The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) said Tuesday the country

By Juliana Liu and Hassan Taiyer, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese tech company has succeeded in cracking the encryption around Apple’s AirDrop wireless file sharing function to identify users of the popular feature, according to judicial authorities in Beijing. The company, Wangshendongjian Technology, was able to help police track down people who used

CNN By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Kia unveiled a series of highly customizable electric van concepts at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show Tuesday, becoming just the latest automaker to enter that hotly competitive market. Electric vans have become big business as Americans have gotten used to getting more things delivered and automakers and their

CNN, GETTY, WPEC, WPTV, KRQE, DALTON SCHOOL, US ATTORNEY, WBNS, NY STATE By Samantha Delouya and Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — Over the past several days, hundreds of documents from a Jeffrey Epstein-connected lawsuit were unsealed and released for the first time. The last of those documents was unsealed Tuesday. The full

By Samantha Delouya and Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — Over the past several days, hundreds of documents from a Jeffrey Epstein-connected lawsuit were unsealed and released for the first time. The last of those documents was unsealed Tuesday. The full scope of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged criminal activity has remained shrouded in mystery

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Kia unveiled a series of highly customizable electric van concepts at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show Tuesday, becoming just the latest automaker to enter that hotly competitive market. Electric vans have become big business as Americans have gotten used to getting more things delivered and automakers and their corporate-fleet

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Honda unveiled two concept vehicles at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that offer an early look at an upcoming line of electric vehicles. The first of these new EVs, called the Honda 0 Series, will go into production in 2026, Honda announced. The new models will also

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Crypto advocates gunning for approval for bitcoin ETFs by the Securities and Exchange Commission got a false alarm on Tuesday afternoon. The SEC’s X account posted a message saying the regulator had approved them, but SEC Chair Gary Gensler quickly published a message on his own X

By Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — Duolingo laid off around 10% of its contract workers, the company told CNN Tuesday, as the educational technology app moves to rely more heavily on artificial intelligence. While not all layoffs were due to the technology, the language learning company let go of some contractors at the end of

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — VinFast, a Vietnamese electric vehicles maker that only recently entered the United States market, revealed plans Tuesday to go after America’s popular pickup market. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Vinfast unveiled the VF Wild, a mid-sized electric pickup. Although the VF Wild is officially a concept

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Despite a banner season for National Football League ratings and the upcoming playoffs and Super Bowl, the league is conducting voluntary buyouts to at least 200 employees who received offers Monday, a league source confirmed. Sports Business Journal first reported the buyouts, and a league source confirmed

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, will lay off about 600 employees as it seeks to reshuffle its resources in response to technological changes in the financial industry. “We see our industry changing faster than at any time since the founding of BlackRock,” wrote CEO Larry Fink and

By Matt Stiles and Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — Two major US airlines are scrambling to deal with cancellations and newly mandated inspections after the Federal Aviation Administration grounded 171 planes in the wake of Friday’s mid-flight blowout aboard an Alaska Airlines flight. That’s when a Boeing 737 Max 9 lost a chunk of its

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — US lawmakers are mobilizing to prevent abrupt price hikes on millions of Americans’ internet bills, announcing new legislation to rescue a popular government program that’s set to run out of funding this spring. The previously unreported bipartisan legislation expected Wednesday in both the House and Senate would allocate $7

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Lawmakers investigating Harvard University’s response to antisemitism are demanding the Ivy League school turn over a treasure trove of documents in two weeks. In a letter on Tuesday to Harvard leaders, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce for the first time detailed the mountain of

By Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — Substack has removed several publications for inciting violence, the newsletter publisher said in a statement shared with CNN Tuesday, as writers from across the platform threatened to quit over the presence of pro-Nazi content. After Casey Newton, founder of Substack tech news publication Platformer, flagged a list of publications

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — While Boeing is starting 2024 with yet another crisis about its safety and reliability, it reported record orders for the end of 2023 Tuesday. The American plane maker capped its best year since the 737 Max grounding in 2019 following two fatal crashes, reporting record new plane orders in December and one

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The European Union is looking into Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI and whether it may warrant a formal merger investigation, EU officials said Tuesday. The announcement highlights growing scrutiny of OpenAI, one of the most influential companies in the artificial intelligence industry, after a high-profile leadership crisis last year resulted in

CNN By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Executives at Boeing are hosting an all-hands safety meeting with staffers on Tuesday, just days after a harrowing inflight blowout on a 737 Max 9 jet shortly after takeoff that led to a grounding of certain Boeing aircraft. The company-wide “Safety Webcast” will be hosted by

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The American oil industry is on high alert for an escalation of the violence in the Middle East that disrupts the flow of oil out of the region. Mike Sommers, CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, worries there is a growing chance the crisis will intensify and

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing CEO David Calhoun acknowledged the company’s “mistake” in the wake of the Alaska Airlines incident at a staff-wide “safety meeting” Tuesday. “We’re going to approach this number one acknowledging our mistake,” Calhoun told staff, according to a video of the meeting provided to CNN by Boeing.

By Diksha Madhok, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Starbucks plans to operate 1,000 stores in India by 2028, opening the equivalent of one new location every three days for the next four years, as demand for coffee burgeons in the world’s fastest-growing major economy. To achieve its target, the company will focus on opening coffee

By Juliana Liu and Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong/Taipei (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has vowed to go after “flies and ants” as part of an intensifying anti-corruption campaign that will target industries such as finance, energy and infrastructure. China will tackle “hidden risks” and increase the punishment for people who offer bribes, Xi was quoted

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — News organizations seldomly see their reporting publicly called into question by their parent companies. But that rare and embarrassing scrutiny is precisely what German publishing powerhouse Axel Springer has treated its financial-focused US outlet, Business Insider, to. The dust up comes as Business Insider takes fire from billionaire Bill Ackman for publishing a pair of stories

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes is stepping down from his role and will be replaced by the airline’s president and COO in February, according to an announcement Monday. On February 12, Joanna Geraghty will take over as CEO and will join the company’s board. She’s worked at JetBlue

By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — More office space is currently sitting empty in the United States than at any point since 1979, said Moody’s Analytics, which began tracking office leasing vacancies that year. The surplus of office space is mainly due to the massive shift in how employees show up for their

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Millions of Americans risk losing internet access or may face higher internet prices by as early as April if Congress does not quickly approve more funding for a popular federal aid program, the Federal Communications Commission warned on Monday. In a letter to US lawmakers obtained by CNN,

By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The president of the embattled National Association of Realtors, Tracy Kasper, announced on Monday she would step down, alleging blackmail, according to a statement from the association. Kasper — who has led the nation’s largest professional trade organization, with 1.5 million members, since August when she took

CNN By Parija Kavilanz and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Tiger Woods has broken up with Nike after a protracted 27-year collaboration with the world’s largest sportwear company, the golf legend announced on Monday. “Over 27 years ago, I was fortunate to start a partnership with one of the most iconic brands in

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Pat McAfee, the ESPN host currently embroiled in a feud with an executive for alleged “sabotage,” said Monday that his relationship with the network is “strong” and that he doesn’t regret any of his comments. On Friday’s broadcast of “The Pat McAfee Show,” the former NFL punter said ESPN

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — OpenAI on Monday pushed back against a lawsuit filed last month by The New York Times alleging that the artificial intelligence juggernaut violated copyright law by using Times journalism to train its systems, calling the suit “without merit.” “The New York Times is not telling the full

By Parija Kavilanz and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Tiger Woods has broken up with Nike after a protracted 27-year collaboration with the world’s largest sportwear company, the golf legend announced on Monday. “Over 27 years ago, I was fortunate to start a partnership with one of the most iconic brands in the

By Samantha Delouya and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The fourth round of documents from a lawsuit connected to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted pedophile who died in jail before he could face trial on federal sex-trafficking charges, were publicly released Monday morning. The latest release of 17 unsealed documents follows thousands of pages already unsealed last

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Alaska Airlines and United Airlines, both major US operators of the Boeing 737 Max 9, cancelled a combined 342 flights Monday as the grounding of the aircraft continues to majorly disrupt their schedules. FlightAware, an airline tracking service, said 138 Alaska flights were cancelled Monday, amounting to

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Shares of Boeing and one of its key suppliers dropped sharply on Monday as investors grew worried about possible damage to the businesses after a piece of fuselage on a Boeing 737 Max 9 blew out mid-flight. The Alaska Airlines flight, which had been travelling from Portland, Oregon,

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing used to have a reputation for unmatched safety and quality in its commercial jets. No longer. The terrifying accident aboard a 10-week-old 737 Max 9 flight Friday night is only the latest in what has been a long line of safety and quality control questions about

By Wayne Chang and Michelle Toh, CNN Taipei/Hong Kong (CNN) — China said Monday it has detained a foreign national who was the head of an overseas consulting firm for allegedly spying on behalf of the United Kingdom. China’s civilian spy agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), said in a statement that it had

By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Another former top business leader in China has been kicked out of the Chinese Communist Party, showing how a crackdown on the country’s financial sector is continuing into the new year. Tang Shuangning, the ex-chairman and party chief of the China Everbright Group, has been expelled over “serious violations

By Eva Rothenberg and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Audacy, the struggling multi-platform audio content company, has begun prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, the company announced Sunday. The internet radio conglomerate — among the biggest radio companies in the country — was saddled

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Some airlines have experienced delays this weekend after an Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Friday when a panel and window blew out of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft. The incident has led to a federal investigation, and a number of airlines

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said Sunday that he has “good reason to believe” the plagiarism accusations against his wife Neri Oxman were spearheaded by either faculty or administrators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ackman said it was based on “new information,” which he did

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — The first companion robot with ChatGPT, an AI “smart belt” that helps guide the visually impaired and AI-powered vacuums, mops and other appliances. Coming off a year where artificial intelligence dominated headlines and attention across the tech industry, the new products launching at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show

By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Pat McAfee, the sports-talk sensation who has found life working for the “Worldwide Leader in Sports” can be more complicated than hosting his own YouTube show, has accused his new business partners of purposefully undermining him and his show. On a Friday broadcast of “The Pat McAfee

CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — A controversial New York Times opinion piece that openly speculated this week whether Taylor Swift is a closeted queer person has drawn the ire of the pop superstar’s associates, CNN has learned. “Because of her massive success, in this moment there is a Taylor-shaped hole in people’s ethics,”

By Eva Rothenberg and David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing faces scrutiny over the safety of its aircrafts after an Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Friday when a panel and window blew out. Although it’s unclear what or who was to blame for the incident, engineering and quality

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Here’s something sure to make Elon Musk smile – short sellers, those investors who placed bets that the value of Tesla shares were going to go down, lost a combined $12.2 billion last year, more than short sellers lost on any other company in 2023. That estimate,

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — A controversial New York Times opinion piece that openly speculated this week whether Taylor Swift is a closeted queer person has drawn the ire of the pop superstar’s associates, CNN has learned. “Because of her massive success, in this moment there is a Taylor-shaped hole in people’s ethics,” a

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Community colleges provide access to postsecondary education at a much lower cost compared to four-year universities. But even as employers nationwide are struggling to find qualified workers, community college enrollment is barely beginning to recover from a two-decade steady decline and an even steeper dive when the

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Venture capitalist Ramanan Raghavendran is taking the helm of the University of Pennsylvania’s board of trustees following the sudden resignation of Scott Bok last month amid a firestorm of controversy. The school announced on Thursday that Raghavendran, a Penn graduate and managing partner of venture capital firm Amasia, is taking over as

By Samantha Delouya, Jeff Winter and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The third round of documents from a lawsuit connected to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted pedophile who died in jail before he could face trial on federal sex-trafficking charges, was publicly released Friday. Friday’s release included over thirteen hundred pages as of mid-afternoon, and

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — A California state judge has ruled that Snap must face a lawsuit from families whose children allegedly used the Snapchat app to purchase fentanyl on the platform. Tuesday’s ruling by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lawrence Riff permits a dozen claims to proceed against Snap from the relatives

By Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — Google’s refusal to bargain with unionized YouTube Music workers is illegal, a Wednesday ruling from the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found. After a group of Texas-based contract workers for YouTube Music unanimously voted last April to join the Alphabet Workers Union (AWU), Google refused to bargain over

By Anna Cooban and Robert North, CNN London (CNN) — Maersk announced Friday that it will suspend all shipping through the Red Sea for the “foreseeable future” because of the threat of attacks on vessels using the vital maritime trading route. The move comes after the Danish company paused transits through the area “until further

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Sam Altman called on the tech sector to have more “empathy” for Muslim, Arab, “and especially palestinian” colleagues amid the ongoing war in Gaza. The chief executive of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, one of the most powerful startups in the world, said in a post on X that Muslim,

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal labor regulator has filed a complaint against electric vehicle maker Lucid, accusing the company of firing two employees who supported a United Auto Workers union organizing effort at the company. The complaint was filed Tuesday by a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — China is opening an investigation into the price of brandy imported from the European Union in a move seen as retaliation for the bloc’s probe into an influx of cheap Chinese electric cars into Europe. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce told reporters Friday that it had launched the

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — McDonald’s said that it’s experiencing “meaningful business impact” in the Middle East because of the war between Israel and Hamas, joining Starbucks in issuing public statements trying to squash misconceptions and boycotts affecting the brands. In a letter posted on LinkedIn, McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski said that

By Diksha Madhok, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Gautam Adani has had a good start to 2024. After a tumultuous year, the Indian tycoon has just retaken his former position as Asia’s richest man, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The founder of the sprawling Adani Group is now worth $97.6 billion, which makes him

By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Neri Oxman, an academic and wife of billionaire investor Bill Ackman, plagiarized parts of her doctoral dissertation at MIT, according to a report from Business Insider. Ackman has become one of the most prominent critics amplifying a series of accusations, including plagiarism, against Harvard’s leader, who resigned this week. The Business Insider report, which CNN

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — SpaceX responded to a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) consolidated complaint and an order notifying the company of an administrative hearing by filing its own motion with a federal court, alleging that the structure of the NLRB itself is “unconstitutional.” The NLRB filed a consolidated complaint Wednesday

By Samantha Delouya, Jeff Winter and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Nineteen unsealed documents from a lawsuit connected to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted pedophile who died in jail before he could face trial on federal sex-trafficking charges, were publicly released on Thursday. This is the second batch stemming from a December 18 court order