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Service provider Cloudflare experienced an outage on June 12

Internet outages show signs of recovery as Spotify, Google and other popular online services are down for thousands of users

By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — Multiple popular online services were hit by outages on Thursday afternoon, including Spotify, Discord, Google and Amazon Web Services, according to Downdetector, a website that tracks service disruptions across the web. The disruptions came as service provider Cloudflare and Google Cloud experienced service disruptions. A Cloudflare representative told CNN

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A sign for the Public Broadcasting Service is seen on its building headquarters in Arlington

Conservative activists have waited decades to defund PBS and NPR. They’re finally getting their chance

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Richard Nixon tried. Ronald Reagan tried. President Donald Trump tried during his first term in office. All three Republican presidents wanted to strip taxpayer support for PBS and NPR stations. But all three men were stymied by Congress. This time, however, might be different. Trump, emboldened in his second

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US inflation has been fairly tame to start the year; however

US wholesale inflation heated up in May

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — US wholesale inflation rose slightly in May. The latest Producer Price Index, a closely watched measurement of wholesale inflation, showed that prices paid to producers rose 0.1% in May, lifting the annual rate to 2.6%, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Thursday. The upswing marked a turnabout

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Disney and Universal team up to sue AI photo generator Midjourney, claiming copyright infringement

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Disney and Universal are suing AI photo generation company Midjourney, marking the first major legal showdown between Hollywood studios and an artificial intelligence company. Midjourney, which enables users to create realistic-looking images from a text prompt in just seconds, is one of the most popular AI image

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CFPB enforcement lead resigns, slams ‘attack’ on core mission in departure email

By Samantha Delouya and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Cara Petersen, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s acting enforcement director, resigned from the agency on Tuesday. In an email to colleagues announcing her decision, Petersen slammed the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency, which was established as a banking watchdog following the 2008 global financial

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Qantas to close low-cost arm Jetstar Asia

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — Australia’s Qantas QAN.AX said on Wednesday it will close Jetstar Asia, the group’s Singapore-based budget airline, as it reels with rising supplier costs, higher airport fees and intensifying competition among low-cost carriers. The move will free A$500 million ($326.40 million) in capital for the flag carrier to invest in its

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Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at LlamaCon 2025

Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly recruiting a team to build a ‘superintelligence’

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is personally assembling a team to achieve a “superintelligence,” machines that are capable of surpassing human capabilities, according to a Bloomberg report. Zuckerberg is reportedly so frustrated with Meta’s efforts in the artificial intelligence space that he has taken it upon himself to

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