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Investing.com -- The Strait of Hormuz has emerged as a potential vulnerability for global internet infrastructure, with threats to undersea fiber-optic cables raising concerns among major technology companies and investors, according to a note from Yardeni Research.

Investing.com -- Meta Platforms, TikTok parent ByteDance, Snap, and Alphabet’s YouTube have agreed to pay roughly $27 million to settle claims brought by a Kentucky school district alleging their platforms contributed to a student mental health crisis, Reuters reported on Friday.

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Meta Platforms plans to start testing an AI pendant in the next ‌year, as it charts a roadmap for ‌wearable devices in an effort to reverse losses in its ​hardware division, The Information reported on Friday, citing a memo. • Meta declined to comment to Reuters on the report. • The Facebook and Instagram owner plans ‌to significantly expand ⁠its selection of AI glasses and add a business-focused service called "Wearables for Work" ⁠the report said, citing an internal memo by Alex Himel, Meta’s vice president of wearables.

By Diana Novak Jones May 29 (Reuters) - A Kentucky school district secured approximately $27 million in settlements from social media companies over claims they fueled a student mental‑health crisis,

A Kentucky school district secured roughly $27 million in settlements from Meta Platforms and other social media companies over claims they fueled a student mental‑health crisis, according to records seen by Reuters on Friday. Meta agreed to pay ‌the most at $9 million in the bellwether case for school districts, according to documents that reveal financial terms for the first time as ‌terms of the deals had not been disclosed in court. The operator of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp settled the case brought by Breathitt County School District on May 21, a few weeks ​before a planned June trial, following settlements by co-defendants Snap Inc, YouTube parent Alphabet and TikTok parent ByteDance.

Zacks Investment Research senior stock strategist Andrew Rocco comments on the heightened spending seen across the AI trade — particularly in the memory chip landscape amid shortages — comparing to prior buildouts in American history.

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Meta Platforms (NasdaqGS:META) has launched new global subscription plans across Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Meta AI under a unified Meta One brand. The company is introducing recurring paid tiers for consumers and businesses, including access to premium features and paid chatbot functionality for Meta AI. At its annual shareholder meeting, Meta also signaled interest in offering excess AI computing capacity as a cloud service if internal demand leaves room. For investors watching...

Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley comes on Market Domination to break down the day’s leading tech stories, including private AI developer Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) nearing a $1 trillion valuation after its latest funding round. The company is reportedly targeting a mega-IPO for late 2026.

Meta (META) is launching subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. Yahoo Finance's Julie Hyman and Myles Udland discuss more in the video above.

Meta also announced the global rollout of the subscription plans for its flagship apps, Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp.

Microsoft, ticker NasdaqGS:MSFT, is at the center of a new $9.7b, five year enterprise software consolidation contract with the U.S. Department of Defense. The company has also joined Amazon, Google, and Meta in launching the Data Center Innovation Initiative focused on clean energy and sustainable materials for data centers. These moves touch on U.S. government technology adoption, long term software standard setting, and the environmental profile of AI and cloud infrastructure. Microsoft...

The company is seeking to supplement its advertising business as the costs of its AI buildout mount.

Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang has reportedly agreed to join the advisory board of one of China's most prestigious universities. Nvidia CEO Joins Elite Tsinghua Advisory Board Huang accepted an invitation to join the advisory board of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The board includes some of the world's most prominent business leaders. It has Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim C

The company is going the premium route with Plus versions for its popular sites.

Meta Platforms stock was rising on Wednesday after the tech giant announced that it is introducing subscription plans for its social media apps and its Meta AI chatbot. The move could help offset some of the costs of its massive spending on artificial intelligence. Naomi Gleit, head of product at Meta, said in a video posted to Instagram on Wednesday that the company is starting to roll out paid subscription options to users of its social platforms.

The cloud-storage company joins Apple and Meta as one of AWS’s largest customers for CPU-based computing. Snowflake shares soared 35% after the closing bell.

Iranian state media said the country is committed to restoring commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Meta on Wednesday launched paid subscription plans for its flagship apps, marking a major push by the tech giant to diversify beyond its longtime reliance on advertising revenue.Meta in 2023 launched ad-free, paid versions of Facebook and Instagram in Europe to comply with EU data privacy legislation, giving users a choice between a free, ad-supported experience and a paid, ad-free one. arp/md

When the people building something stand next to the people warning about it, that usually means everyone in the room is worried about the same thing. For most of the past three years, the artificial intelligence conversation has split cleanly into two camps. The builders keep raising bigger ...