Gas prices haven’t been this low since July 2021
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The great gasoline spike of 2022 has completely unwound, giving consumers a major boost after a year of high inflation.…
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‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games to pay $520 million in record-breaking FTC settlement
By Brian Fung, CNN Epic Games, maker of the hit video game “Fortnite,” has agreed to pay a total of $520 million to settle US government…
Continue ReadingEU agrees to the world’s largest carbon border tax
By Hanna Ziady, CNN European Union governments have reached a deal on the world’s first major carbon border tax, as part of an overhaul of the…
Continue ReadingMeta faces EU probe over antitrust concerns linked to Facebook Marketplace
By Brian Fung, CNN The European Union is investigating Facebook-parent Meta for possible antitrust violations stemming from the tight link between…
Continue ReadingLionel Messi’s Argentina jerseys are sold out worldwide
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Fans of Lionel Messi looking to scoop up his official Argentina jersey following the soccer star’s first-ever…
Continue ReadingWhy the market is obsessed with unemployment
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN As the year comes to a close, it seems that the market’s focus on inflation rates are shifting to a new area of…
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s poll results are in: He should step down, Twitter voters say
By Brian Fung, CNN A Twitter poll created by Elon Musk asking whether he should “step down as head of Twitter” ended early Monday morning…
Continue ReadingChina bets on private sector to boost Covid-hit economy
By Laura He, CNN Beijing has vowed to go all out next year to save its Covid-hit economy by boosting consumption and loosening control over private…
Continue ReadingTwitter deletes controversial new policy banning links to other social platforms
By Brian Fung, CNN Twitter deleted its controversial new policy on Sunday evening that had banned links to certain other social media platforms, less…
Continue ReadingIran’s government accesses the social media accounts of those it detains. Tech companies appear ill-equipped to stop it
By Katie Polglase and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN In between being blindfolded, locked in solitary confinement, and interrogated in a wheelchair while…
Continue ReadingElon Musk says he will step down as Twitter CEO if voted out by a poll he tweeted
By David Goldman, CNN Twitter’s mercurial new boss may be out the door after less than two months on the job, if results of a Twitter poll go…
Continue ReadingSam Bankman-Fried to appear in court Monday to drop extradition fight
By Kara Scannell, CNN Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to appear in a Bahamas court on Monday to reverse his decision to contest…
Continue ReadingElon Musk says Twitter will ban some links to other social media sites, sparking backlash
By Brian Fung, CNN Twitter said Sunday it would ban links to other social media services and suspend accounts that try to direct users to alternative…
Continue Reading‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ gives James Cameron his first $100 million domestic debut
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN The highly anticipated “Avatar: The Way of Water” took in $134 million at the US box office, giving director James…
Continue ReadingVirtual reality titan John Carmack is leaving Meta
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Video game pioneer John Carmack is resigning from his consulting position at Meta with “mixed feelings” about the…
Continue ReadingListen up: Headphones are getting really weird
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When Huawei recently teased a new smartwatch in a promotional video, it featured an unusual design: the watch…
Continue ReadingHousing slump likely to continue but some see hopeful signs ahead
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Mortgage rates have ticked down recently, but are still up dramatically from a year ago thanks to the surge in long-term…
Continue ReadingElon Musk offers journalists he banned from Twitter ability to return under certain condition
By Oliver Darcy New Twitter owner Elon Musk offered several of the journalists he banned from the social media website earlier this week the ability…
Continue ReadingHoliday discounts are already hard to resist. The best bargains are yet to come
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Stores are drowning in a glut of merchandise this holiday season, keeping the discounts fast and furious in the runup to…
Continue ReadingThe hottest holiday gift is a massive, half pound Fruit Loop
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Just in time for the holidays, artist collective MSCHF is releasing its newest playful art piece: a giant, 930-calorie, $19.99…
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