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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Workers might start feeling faint when they sign up for work-based health coverage for 2027. Premiums are expected to skyrocket for the fourth year in a row, and employees will likely pay more when they receive care, too. The increased costs will put an additional squeeze on Americans’ already-tight

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — As a new mom-to-be, my social media feeds have clocked me — funneling endless videos my way about pregnancy, nursery prep and birth stories, to the point of baby information overload. I needed a break. I recently told my Instagram algorithm I’m no longer interested in seeing

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after the company was found to have misled users about its privacy practices in a case related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The Wednesday ruling marks one of the largest-ever legal penalties for a tech giant —

By Lisa Eadicicco, Hanna Ziady, CNN (CNN) — Governments and companies around the world are racing to fix vulnerabilities revealed by artificial intelligence that could affect 70% of the world’s websites. Some websites and services briefly went dark after the set of vulnerabilities were announced Wednesday. The US National Security Agency and Europe’s cybersecurity agency

CNN By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — There were many times I didn’t want to put the iPhone Duo down. Once you get used to reading, watching TV and scrolling through Instagram on a giant screen, it’s hard to go back to a tiny glowing rectangle. There’s just one issue: Many apps are still made

By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — There were many times I didn’t want to put the iPhone Duo down. Once you get used to reading, watching TV and scrolling through Instagram on a giant screen, it’s hard to go back to a tiny glowing rectangle. There’s just one issue: Many apps are still made for

By T.M. Brown, CNN (CNN) — On October 6, the Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza won the Caine Prize for African Writing, for the short story “The Blue Fighter.” Less than a week later, The Atlantic published a piece declaring that the story’s narrator “has all the personality of a chatbot.” “The AI detector Pangram flags

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has welcomed the UK government’s controversial decision to approve the development of a major new gas field in the North Sea that could begin production as soon as this month. “The U.K. has started drilling in the North Sea, one of the greatest and

By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — SpaceX shares shot up more than 8% Wednesday morning after a better-than-expected earnings report and CEO Elon Musk’s revelation that SpaceX and Tesla had formed special committees to discuss a potential merger. Asked about the long-rumored tie-up on an earnings call Tuesday, Musk voiced support for the

By Sadie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — The second-hand online marketplace Vinted has removed listings of looted French goods and stepped up checks on “suspicious” adverts, as the country’s authorities seek to prevent goods stolen during riots from being sold online. Vinted says its teams have taken “immediate action to identify and remove listings linked to

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — The White House has been excluding CNN from President Donald Trump’s trips on Air Force One, disrupting a decades-old tradition of pooled TV coverage. Now an attorney for CNN is warning that the network will take additional legal action if the White House continues to prevent its news crews

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced at a Kansas rally on Monday that his administration is introducing an $8 billion aid package for farmers in the face of high diesel and fertilizer costs. The package comes just two weeks before midterm elections, where political headwinds threaten to complicate Republicans’ efforts to

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Global energy markets are more than a year away from returning to normal and remain highly vulnerable to “overlapping crises” in the Middle East, the head of the International Energy Agency has warned. His comments come as oil prices have been marching upwards in recent weeks. Brent crude,

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Wall Street is increasingly scrutinizing the massive debt companies are taking on to fund the artificial intelligence boom. Rising interest rates and uncertainty about the pace of the data center buildout are fueling concerns about whether heavily indebted AI companies will be able to earn enough to

By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — At the top of one of Ryanair’s European website’s reads “fly FROM 24.99€.” The Irish-based airline is one of the most profitable low-cost carriers in the world with a network that crisscrosses Europe. The success lies in its commitment to its business model, which cuts airline costs to the

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — France is on fire, and it faces a political and an economic reckoning that feels dangerously familiar to Americans. The country is nearing a fiscal crisis, because it spent more than it can afford to pay back. The bill is coming due much faster than expected after bond rates

CNN, BFMTV, @EPERDUMENCE VIA INSTAGRAM, CORMAC DELANEY, X , ELYSEE, @EMMANUELMACRON VIA X By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — French authorities promised a “massive” police presence for planned protests on Saturday and imposed localized curfews for a second consecutive night as the country grapples with the fallout from its worst rioting in years. The moves

By Liam Reilly, Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Jon Stewart will remain at the helm of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” through December 2028, extending his once-a-week hosting role through the next presidential election. Skydance announced the two-year extension on Monday, resolving uncertainty about Stewart’s contract, which was due to expire in December. The new

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — In a major setback for the kingdom’s economic ambitions, Saudi Arabia has canceled a major conference scheduled for next week in Riyadh amid a wave of attacks by Iran-backed Houthi militants. Known as “Davos in the Desert,” the Future Investment Initiative will now take place on an undisclosed date

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — CNN legend Christiane Amanpour, the network’s chief international anchor, said Monday that she will sign off from CNN next June. “After many months of thought and a few sleepless nights, I have decided to separate from CNN, my partner of 43 fantastic years!” Amanpour said in a statement. Amanpour,