Meta Platforms Inc. faces a historic antitrust trial beginning Monday that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into social media powerhouses. The looming antitrust trial will be the first big test of President Donald Trump’s Federal Trade Commission’s…
The Supreme Court on Monday is set to hear arguments in a case challenging a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires private insurers to cover health care screenings, tests and checkups for free. Experts say the court’s ruling in the case, called Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, could have sweeping consequences for patient access to…
A haunting portrait of a young Palestinian boy from Gaza who lost both of his arms in an Israeli strike has been named World Press Photo of the Year for 2025. Mahmoud Ajjour, 9, was fleeing an Israeli attack in Gaza in with his family when he turned back to urge his loved ones to…
Sony says it will raise prices starting Monday for some PlayStation 5 video game consoles in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, citing global economic turmoil LONDON — Sony said it will raise prices starting Monday for some PlayStation 5 video game consoles in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, citing global economic turmoil. The company unveiled…
The clock is ticking on a race of President Donald Trump’s own making: a sprint to negotiate dozens of trade deals before his 90-day pause on some tariffs expires — talks that negotiators of past trade deals say come with a range of strategic and logistical hurdles due to Trump’s compressed timeline. Trump announced last…
One year after six quarterbacks flew off the board in the first round of the NFL draft, the teams that took those risks are largely optimistic marching into the 2025 season. But the bevy of quarterback-needy teams sitting toward the top of next week’s draft might not be so lucky, as teams and analysts don’t…
Social media company Meta says that it will start using publicly available content from European users to train its artificial intelligence models, resuming work put on hold last year after privacy activists raised concerns about data privacy LONDON — Social media company Meta said Monday that it will start using publicly available content from European…
A top Salvadoran official on Wednesday rejected Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s request to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man the Trump administration said it mistakenly deported to El Salvador last month. Van Hollen, D-Md., met with Félix Ulloa, the vice president of El Salvador, and framed Abrego Garcia’s deportation as an “illegal abduction.” He said…
NEW DELHI — A 24-year-old American YouTuber who was arrested after visiting an off-limits island in the Indian Ocean with hopes of establishing contact with a reclusive tribe was further detained in custody on Thursday. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov will next appear before a local court in Port Blair — the capital of India’s Andaman and…
TOKYO — Japanese regulators on Tuesday accused U.S. tech giant Google of violating anti-monopoly laws, echoing similar moves in the U.S. and Europe. Google Japan said in a statement that it found the action “regrettable.” It said it has invested in Japan significantly to promote innovation as a technology leader. The Japan Fair Trade Commission’s…
