AI's arrival complicates Big Tech climate goals, and some worry it's locking in more fossil fuels - AP News

AI's arrival complicates Big Tech climate goals, and some worry it's locking in more fossil fuels  AP News

Nasdaq 100 Sinks Into Correction as Big Tech Keeps Falling - Bloomberg.com

Nasdaq 100 Sinks Into Correction as Big Tech Keeps Falling  Bloomberg.com

Cartoon by Rob Rogers

Rob Rogers cartoon on verdict in Meta, YouTube, social media addiction trial.

By Rob Rogers

At last, David has landed a double punch on the tech Goliaths. Now to hit them even harder | Jonathan Freedland

The US court verdicts declaring Meta liable for getting people addicted and ruining lives must be just the start of a global fightback Good news is so rare these days, you don’t quite know how to take it. You want to celebrate, but a rival instinct tells you it’ll be pulled back somehow, the same feeling you get when your team scores a late winner, but you’re filled with instant dread that the goal will be overturned on a video replay. I confess that is how I responded to the double legal blo...

By Jonathan Freedland

Social media ruling could finally push companies to protect our kids

A jury found Meta and YouTube liable for harming children in a historic first, with thousands of pending cases signaling a Big Tobacco moment for Big Tech.

It’s too late for us. Tech giants’ money won’t bring our children back - The Times

It’s too late for us. Tech giants’ money won’t bring our children back  The Times

Alphabet will surge 40% as Google becomes an AI leader, Wells Fargo says

Alphabet has room to run due to Google being well positioned to emerge as a frontrunner in the artificial intelligence race, according to Wells Fargo.

Big Tech deserves its ‘Big Tobacco’ moment — social media is now a massive liability for Meta and Google

Landmark verdicts shatter the Section 230 shield, turning ‘addictive’ product design into a legal thicket for Meta, Alphabet and others.

By Jim Steyer

Michael Burns: Big Tech’s harm too big to fix with one verdict against Meta and Google

New rules are needed to protect our youth

By Special to National Post

Is this Big Tech's ‘big tobacco’ event? Groundbreaking Meta/ Google verdict could be gamechanger for EU and Irish watchdogs

Meta and Google’s landmark loss in a California civil jury case last week could be a significant boost for Irish and European regulators.

Big tech finally faces its big tobacco moment - The Observer

Big tech finally faces its big tobacco moment  The Observer

Is this Big Tech’s Big Tobacco moment?

Court verdicts in California and New Mexico could mark the end of the social media era as we know it

By Jamie Timson, The Week UK

Two Verdicts in Two Days: How American Courts Are Rewriting the Rules for Big Tech and Children

Will two verdicts against tech platform operators over the danger to children lead to a tidal wave of lawsuits? That jury is out.

By Yves Smith