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Elon Musk’s data centers are pushing out a family that’s owned land since “before people of color were allowed to”

Reporter USAugust 26, 2026

On a 2-acre property in Mississippi, 52-year-old Krystal Polk’s family lived off the land for generations, raising chickens and pigs, growing onions and herbs and trading their peaches for pears. The land, on the border with Tennessee in the city of Southaven, was her family’s survival, Polk said. “We lived a very simplistic life,” she […]

How the Robot Games are going in Beijing

Reporter USAugust 25, 2026

The World Humanoid Robot Games are underway in Beijing, China, in a stadium repurposed from the 2022 Winter Olympics. Many of the machines on display can now outrun and out-jump even the best real-life Olympians. Anna Coren has the story.

AI companies accused of hoarding and destroying millions of books

Reporter USAugust 24, 2026

More than a dozen public interest and consumer advocacy groups are urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate leading artificial intelligence developers for allegedly buying, scanning and destroying books used to train their large language models, a practice the organizations described as “destructive” and anticompetitive. In a letter to FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner […]

Woman covertly filmed by Meta AI smart glasses raises privacy and consent concerns: “I had no say”

Reporter USAugust 24, 2026

A woman discovered she had been secretly filmed by a man wearing Meta’s AI-powered smart glasses when friends and people she hadn’t talked to in years sent her a video posted on social media. “It went viral. Across all platforms, probably over 200,000 views,” Toluwa Omitowoju said. It’s a growing trend with content creators increasingly […]

Walmart to let shoppers use Apple Pay, other tap-to-pay methods starting in August

Reporter USAugust 22, 2026

Walmart will soon let its customers make purchases using Apple Pay and other tap-to-pay methods, the retail giant said on Friday. Beginning on Aug. 24, customers at select Walmart stores will be able to choose a tap-to-pay option at checkout, allowing them to make purchases with Apple Pay, Google Pay and other digital payment technologies. […]

TikTok to pay 0 million to settle claims it violated children’s online privacy laws

TikTok to pay $400 million to settle claims it violated children’s online privacy laws

Reporter USAugust 22, 2026

The Department of Justice said on Friday that TikTok and China’s ByteDance have agreed to pay $400 million to settle claims that the social media platform violated U.S. children’s online privacy laws. The agency sued TikTok in 2024, alleging that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting and retaining data from its […]

Coinbase CEO says CLARITY Act will protect crypto users from another FTX collapse

Reporter USAugust 21, 2026

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is making the case for a new bipartisan cryptocurrency bill backed by President Trump, telling CBS News on Thursday that it will broaden consumer protections and prevent a repeat of the FTX fallout. “The current status quo today is that there isn’t much clarity about what the rules are. And so […]

Discord suspends livestreams in Brazil amid backlash over girl’s suicide

Reporter USAugust 20, 2026

Rio de Janeiro — Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, said Monday that it had suspended livestreams in Brazil after criticism that it failed to protect children and adolescents. The move came in the wake of a suicide case. Brazil’s government, under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the country’s Supreme […]

Women are being left behind in high-paying AI jobs boom, LinkedIn study finds

Reporter USAugust 20, 2026

The artificial intelligence jobs boom is exacerbating the gender gap women already face in the technology industry, according to new research from the jobs and networking site LinkedIn, which shows that women are underrepresented among new hires for AI jobs. In the U.S., women candidates accounted for just 26% of hires into jobs that require AI […]

Meta’s federal trial begins over child social media addiction claims

Reporter USAugust 19, 2026

Opening statements kicked off Tuesday in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a California federal court, where states are seeking billions of dollars in damages for social media harms to children. Attorneys general from California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are seeking a financial penalty that could, in theory, total as much as $1.4 […]

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Elon Musk’s data centers are pushing out a family that’s owned land since “before people of color were allowed to”

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