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By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — AI company Anthropic announced this week it is giving $20 million to a political group campaigning for more regulation of the technology – but its main rival, OpenAI, is telling its employees it won’t be making similar donations. In a memo to staff on Thursday, OpenAI’s chief global affairs

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Chocolate lovers are experiencing sticker shock this Valentine’s Day. Consumer prices for chocolate have spiked 14.4% year-over-year during the January 1 to early February window, according to market intelligence firm Datasembly. That’s a significant acceleration from the 7.8% price hike during the same period last year and

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — On the surface, the Trump administration’s bet on immigration and jobs seems like simple math: If a swath of workers are removed from the country, employers will need to turn to the workers still in the United States to backfill those jobs. That’s not what’s happening, though. American workers,

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Laura Kotting figured her home heating bill would be higher than usual because of the recent polar temperatures. But she was not prepared for the latest monthly tab to jump nearly 30% to $200 compared to last year. “My first thought was ‘I’m not going shopping. I’m going to

By Sophie Tanno, Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russia has confirmed that it has blocked instant messaging app WhatsApp in the country, instead directing Russian citizens to use its state-backed Max app. The news comes days after it emerged that Russian authorities were restricting access to Telegram, another instant messaging app that is used by

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to tackle huge problems in New York City like housing, mass transit and child care. His starting point? Public bathrooms. There’s a shortage in New York —just one bathroom for every 8,500 residents. Many are musty and the toilets don’t flush. Some double

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to their federal income tax returns, tens of millions of US households pay for tax preparation and filing. Yet many might qualify to do so for free through IRS-approved programs. So why don’t they use them? One reason might be the complexity of the tax code.

By Samantha Delouya, Clare Duffy, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, testified on Wednesday that he does not think users can be “clinically addicted” to the social media app. Mosseri is the first executive to testify in the landmark social media addiction trial against YouTube and Instagram parent company Meta

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — You may not know what neodymium is (or even how to pronounce it). But you have plenty of it in your home. Neodymium is a rare earth, one of the minerals near the bottom of the periodic table that are crucial for everyday life. The element is among the

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks were little changed Wednesday after new data showed the economy added 130,000 jobs in January, exceeding economists’ expectations. Stocks fluctuated between gains and losses. The Dow closed lower by 67 points, or 0.13%. The S&P 500 was flat. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.16%. The

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — US job growth was historically weak last year. And US job growth was significantly stronger than expected at the start of this year. In the January jobs report released Wednesday – a Schrödinger’s cat of employment snapshots – the seemingly opposed dynamics both held true. The US economy added

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — About 125 million people in the US watched the Super Bowl on Sunday night, making it the most-watched program in NBC’s 100-year history, the network said Tuesday. NBC, citing Nielsen ratings data, said the game ranked as “the second-most watched show in US history,” behind only last year’s Super