How a Texas lawyer used AI to beat Meta in the social media addiction trial

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Trial lawyer Mark Lanier represented the plaintiffs in the landmark social media addiction trial, where Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified.

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  • Mark Lanier said he used AI before and during the social media addiction trial earlier this year.
  • Lanier, who won the case against Meta and Google, said AI has transformed his workflow.
  • He swears by an AI tool that he pays six figures
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GM killed Cruise, but don't count it out of the robotaxi race

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General Motors said it will roll out eyes-off driving on highways in 2028, starting with the Cadillac Escalade IQ.

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  • General Motors spent $10B on its Cruise robotaxi business before shutting it down in 2024.
  • GM is now focusing on autonomy in personally-owned cars.
  • The company's chief product officer said that technology will converge toward robotaxis.

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Forget the golf course, older Americans are spending their retirements online

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Brian Rezendes anticipates his retirement years will be filled with AI agents, algorithms, and APIs — along with the occasional vacation with his wife.

Rezendes, a former pool business owner, retired in April from a retail job in rural North Dakota. Like many retirees, the 64-year-old envisioned his post-work years as a time to relax, travel, and stay active. He did

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Amazon security research reportedly led to the White House’s Anthropic Fable ban

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According to the Wall Street Journal, the export control directive that led to Anthropic cutting off access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 was triggered in part by cybersecurity research from Amazon and conversations between CEO Andy Jassy and the White House. According to the report, the paper from Amazon claims that, through a series of prompts, it was able to get Fable 5 to serve up

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OpenAI says it's 'committed to learning' as a coalition of states investigates ChatGPT's impact on young users

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A group of state attorneys general is investigating OpenAI.

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  • A group of states is now investigating OpenAI.
  • New York State Attorney General Letitia James sent a subpoena to the company on Friday.
  • OpenAI said it's taking the concerns "seriously" and is "committed to learning."

OpenAI said it's "committed to learning" after a coalition of states launched an investigation

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AI workers don't work from home — they 'home from work'

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Founders and workplace experts said that post-pandemic AI startups operate in a high-trust environment and have very tight-knit cultures that demand in-person work.

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  • Founders and workplace experts said that post-pandemic AI startups have a different work dynamic.
  • AI startup employees often voluntarily come to the office and work longer hours without an RTO.
  • Founders said
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The data center boom is colliding with the midterms

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ALBANY, NY - MAY 13: Environmental advocates and progressive lawmakers hold a rally in support of legislation that would put a moratorium on new data centers in the state on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)
Data center proposals have spurred scores of bills in state legislatures and ballot measure campaigns to ban their construction.

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  • The majority of competitive House districts have data centers either planned or under construction.
  • Neither party knows how to handle their political fallout heading into the midterms.
  • Data centers are shaping up to be a
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X-Men ’97 has what Master of the Universe is missing

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In 2026, Marvel and Mattel are both releasing projects designed to capitalize on people's love for iconic animated heroes from their childhoods. Masters of the Universe has put a live-action He-Man on the big screen, and the second season of X-Men '97 is about to fling some of Charles Xavier's mutants into an apocalyptic future. Both projects were clearly made by people who love the