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Meta Sets New Limits for Teenage Instagram Users

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Meta will roll out a feature to place teenaged users into a new type of account with beefed-up privacy settings and parental controls.

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Regulation

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Might Have Broken Up Live Nation

The Justice Department alleges violations of antitrust laws by maintaining a monopoly in the event-ticketing industry.

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Social Media

EU Hits Meta With Yet Another Child Welfare Investigation

The threat posed by Europe’s new law might have more power to punish Meta than what it’s previously dealt with.

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Media & Entertainment

America’s Shortening Attention Spans are Corporate Gold

The stakes for media and tech companies have never been higher, even if attention spans have never been shorter.

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Social Media

Meta Patent Adds AI Voice Assistants Across Devices and Apps

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Its latest patent for a way to perform “concierge-type services” via voice adds to the company’s broader AI ambitions.

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Big Tech

Meta Faces Lawsuit From 41 States Alleging Harm to Young Users

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A sprawling lawsuit alleging Meta intentionally designed Instagram and Facebook with features it knew were harmful to younger users.

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Technology

So You Want to be an Influencer

Everyone wants a create content on TikTok account, generating millions of dollars, but reality is a harder truth.

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Banking

Goldman Sachs Taps a New Generation of Leadership Ahead of Deals Boom

The toast of Wall Street has elevated a new generation of executives to run its investment banking and trading operations.

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Artificial Intelligence

Mistral CEO Says the Company Wants an IPO

Mistral is among a clutch of privately held AI startups like OpenAI and Anthropic that have seen valuations soar.

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Policy & Power

Is Trump Pivoting From a Trade War to an International Tax Fight?

The Trump 2.0 era may have officially begun this week, but the much-hyped tariff-fueled trade war has not. At least, not yet.

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