The U.S. Justice Department has approved David Ellison’s $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, clearing a major regulatory hurdle for a deal that would combine two of Hollywood’s most influential media companies. The approval greenlights a transaction that, if completed, would bring Paramount’s portfolio together with Warner Bros. Discovery’s sprawling entertainment and…

OpenAI is facing a joint investigation by a group of state attorneys general, adding to growing scrutiny of how leading artificial intelligence systems are developed and deployed in the consumer marketplace. The probe involves multiple state attorneys general working together, according to recent reports. The investigation centers on OpenAI, the company behind widely used AI…

U.S. stocks steadied after SpaceX’s initial public offering, a blockbuster debut that tested investor appetite for mega-size listings without derailing broader markets. SpaceX shares rose 19% in their first day of trading after the company priced its offering at $135 a share, in what was billed as the largest stock debut ever. The offering put…

Former President Donald Trump’s name has been removed from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, according to a court filing, even as a tarp remains in place at the Washington, D.C., venue. The filing says the removal has been completed after a court-ordered deadline tied to the dispute over the building signage….

SpaceX has gone public in a blockbuster debut that valued the company at more than $2 trillion, according to multiple published reports, marking one of the largest and most closely watched initial public offerings in modern market history. The offering priced at $135 a share, with reports describing an opening-day surge that pushed the implied…

Spencer Pratt has conceded the Los Angeles mayoral race, while signaling he intends to continue a political fight against the candidates moving forward in the contest, using the word “war” to describe his next steps. Pratt, a celebrity and first-time mayoral candidate, publicly indicated he was accepting the election outcome as the field narrowed. In…

A federal judge said the Trump administration must provide a firm assurance that a proposed Justice Department “anti-weaponization” fund is truly dead if it wants a lawsuit over the program dismissed, according to multiple reports. The fund, described in coverage as a $1.8 billion initiative, has been the subject of a court fight in which…

A former SpaceX welder is expected to become a millionaire after a historic initial public offering tied to the company, according to reports from CBS News and AOL. The coverage centers on a worker who previously held a welding job at SpaceX and stands to benefit from equity connected to the newly public offering. The…

Google has filed a lawsuit against an alleged China-based cybercrime operation it says used artificial intelligence tools to send scam messages and defraud “hundreds of thousands of victims,” according to published reports. The complaint targets what Google describes as an organized network that abused its Gemini AI technology as part of a broader fraud and…

A suspect was killed after an active shooting in Midland, Texas, that left multiple victims, including at least one person dead, officials said. Authorities reported that the incident unfolded in Midland, a city in West Texas. Early accounts from officials described multiple people being shot and transported for medical care, with at least one fatality…

SpaceX shares jumped in their first day of trading after the company completed a record-breaking $75 billion initial public offering, marking one of the biggest market debuts in U.S. history and putting the closely watched aerospace company into public hands for the first time. The IPO priced at $135 per share, and early trading left…

Google has filed a lawsuit targeting an alleged China-based cybercrime operation that it says used artificial intelligence to generate and distribute scam text messages at scale. The complaint, filed by Google, accuses a network of operators of using AI tools to help craft persuasive spam and phishing-style texts designed to trick recipients. The company alleges…