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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

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Wall Street breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after a key bond auction eased concerns that the US economy might be falling out of favor with investors. Bonds rallied after an auction for US government bonds saw relatively strong demand. The Treasury on Thursday sold $22 billion

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — From beer to fast food, nothing is safe from pickles. And now, the sweet and sour taste is entering a new frontier: Ramen. Intant ramen maker Cup Noodles is releasing a new dill pickle version, which combines the flavors of the noodles with the tangy and sour

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta is suing the Hong Kong-based maker of the app CrushAI, a platform capable of creating sexually explicit deepfakes, claiming that it repeatedly circumvented the social media company’s rules to purchase ads. The suit is part of what Meta (META) described as a wider effort to crack

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

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

By Ryan Struyk, CNN (CNN) — White House AI czar David Sacks dismissed concerns about artificial intelligence taking away jobs on Tuesday, just days after a major AI leader warned the technology could lead unemployment to climb as high as 20% in the next few years. “Personally, I don’t think it’s (AI) going to lead

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Inflation rose less than expected in May, a month when the effects of higher tariffs were starting to become more widespread. Consumer prices rose 0.1% last month, while the annual inflation rate increased to 2.4% from a four-year-low of 2.3% notched in April, according to the latest Consumer Price

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks is dipping its toes in the increasingly growing appetite for protein, with a new topping for its coffee drinks. The company is testing a new protein cold foam at five US locations as part of CEO Brian Niccol’s plans to expand into the wellness sector and

By Andrew Kirell, CNN New York (CNN) — “The free press is under attack,” Bob Costas said at an awards ceremony Monday evening. “Democracy as we know it is under attack.” The famed sports broadcaster was at the Edison Ballroom podium in New York, accepting a lifetime achievement Mirror Award for his “distinct, consistent and

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — The vibrant burst of orange flavor emanating from a Blue Moon is so lip-smacking good that it’s being turned into a lip balm. The Molson Coors-owned brand is partnering with Eos, a popular beauty company, to make a lip balm inspired by the punchy, Valencia orange flavor

CNN By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Elon Musk said Wednesday that he regrets some of his recent social media posts about President Donald Trump. “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,” Musk said in a post on X. Musk’s relationship with Trump deteriorated in a

By Luciana Lopez, Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — General Motors said on Tuesday that it would invest $4 billion into three US plants to boost production of gas and electric vehicles, as a 25% tariff on imported cars by President Donald Trump threatens the bottom lines of automakers that sell in the

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The latest celebrity start-up trend is no longer tequila. It’s telecom. Actors Sean Hayes, Will Arnett and Jason Bateman — who host the popular “SmartLess” podcast — are launching a wireless service as an alternative to pricier unlimited data plans from major carriers like Verizon, T-Mobile or

By Sean Lyngaas and Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Offline, in real-world Los Angeles, most Angelenos are having a perfectly normal day. But online, the fires and riots are still raging. The powerful algorithms that fuel social media platforms are feeding users days-old and sometimes completely fake content about the recent unrest in L.A., contributing

By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — Popular AI chatbot ChatGPT is experiencing degraded performance after a partial outage on Tuesday, according to parent company OpenAI and the website Downdetector, which tracks outages of major web services. OpenAI said it began investigating issues at 2:36 am on Tuesday, and the problems began to spike around 5:30

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Global economic growth is on track for its weakest decade since the 1960s, according to a new analysis by the World Bank, which cites President Donald Trump’s trade war as a major factor weighing on economies worldwide. The World Bank expects Trump’s barrage of new tariffs on America’s

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Whole Foods employees say a major cyberattack on a leading distributor has left some store shelves and freezers empty. “Our frozen cooler is empty, our bread hearth is bare and customers are increasingly upset,” one barista and bakery employee at a Whole Foods located in Arkansas told

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

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Call it a “chip shortage on steroids.” That’s how one expert told CNN the auto industry is describing a possible shortage of rare-earth elements — minerals that are now center stage in the global trade war. Running low on those minerals could recall the pandemic-era chip shortage that jacked

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Last week, Elon Musk was calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment. This week, Musk is back to praising the administration, softening his tone after the two powerful leaders’ very public breakup. The whiplash came as protests erupted in Los Angeles over actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and