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By Diksha Madhok, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s controversial startup Neuralink has implanted a chip in a human brain for the first time, the billionaire said in a post on his X platform late Monday. The operation took place on Sunday and the patient was recovering well, he added. Musk’s announcement could mark an important

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Europe’s economy avoided ending 2023 in a recession by the narrowest of margins, official data showed Tuesday. Gross domestic product across the 20 countries that use the euro stagnated in the October-to-December quarter compared with the previous three months, according to an initial estimate published by Eurostat. In

By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Toyota has retained its lead as the world’s biggest automaker by sales, beating German rival Volkswagen for the fourth consecutive year. Despite the good news for Toyota (TM), it risks becoming bogged down in scandals over how it puts some of its cars through inspections, and continued

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Amazon Prime’s new drama series “Expats,” starring Nicole Kidman, is currently unavailable to watch in Hong Kong despite being set and partly filmed in the city. The drama largely centers around Kidman’s character, Margaret, an American living in Hong Kong in 2014, when months-long pro-democracy protests swept the city

CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Professional sports teams are becoming real estate empires, building luxury apartments and shopping malls. For decades, major league teams depended on ticket sales, concessions and TV deals to generate revenue. But team owners in recent years have turned to real estate development to bring in extra

By Brian Fung and Clare Duffy, CNN (CNN) — Congress will again grill the chief executives of several big tech companies this week, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, about potential harms from their products on teens. Until now, the social platforms have largely had the same response: We’ll help teens and families make smart decisions

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal civil rights complaint was filed on Monday against Harvard University on behalf of Muslim and Palestinian students who say the school failed to protect them from harassment and intimidation, according to the Muslim Legal Fund of America. The complaint, filed with the Department of Education’s

By Ramishah Maruf and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN New York (CNN) — Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes are ditching Amazon and taking their popular podcast “SmartLess” to SiriusXM, the satellite radio network said Monday. The three-year deal is valued at $100 million, a source confirmed to CNN. SiriusXM gained exclusive rights to the hit

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — A year ago, a Biden administration official set off a firestorm when he suggested the Consumer Product Safety Commission could ban gas stoves, because they have been linked to childhood asthma. Cue the outrage. On Monday, the administration released its new standards. Your gas stove is safe.

CNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Ticket prices for this year’s Super Bowl matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers might even make billionaire Taylor Swift blush. As of Monday, the February 11 game is the most expensive Super Bowl on record, according to TickPick. The average price is

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Ticket prices for this year’s Super Bowl matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers might even make billionaire Taylor Swift blush. As of Monday, the February 11 game is the most expensive Super Bowl on record, according to TickPick. The average price is hovering

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — People tend to hate going to a store and finding deodorant, toothpaste, shampoo, cosmetics and other everyday products locked up on shelves behind display cases. Now, some stores are testing a new way to let customers open the locked displays. Customers, accustomed to self-service at stores, don’t

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Each January, Harvard University alumni are eligible to gather enough signatures to run for the university’s Board of Overseers. Normally, this process plays out quietly. Few, if any, alumni go through the effort to get on the ballot. But, like many things at Harvard today, this year’s

By Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — Amazon and iRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba vacuum, mutually called off their estimated $1.7 billion acquisition deal Monday, citing numerous regulatory hurdles. Immediately after the deal was publicly squashed, iRobot announced it would lay off 31% of its staff and that founder Colin Angle would step down

By Jordan Valinsky and David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Amazon Prime members today may notice something looks a little different when they watch Prime Video: They’ll have to watch ads, unless they want to pay a little extra. Starting Monday, Prime Video will feature “limited” advertisements in its shows and movies. To avoid

CNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — In the wake of the 2020 election, the president of the far-right network One America News sent a potentially explosive email to former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell, with a spreadsheet claiming to contain passwords of employees from the voting technology company Smartmatic, according to court filings. The existence

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — US lawmakers say they’re fighting back against the rise of artificial intelligence-powered scams and fraud with new legislation to overhaul the nation’s robocall rules. The sweeping proposal by House Democrats is a direct response to incidents including the recent deepfake impersonating President Joe Biden, which targeted thousands of

By Kyle Feldscher and David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — WWE’s parent company knew Vince McMahon — the founder of the wrestling behemoth — was a potential liability. It said so itself in government filings. McMahon, who resigned Friday from his role as executive chairman of WWE parent company TKO following accusations of sexual assault and trafficking, posed

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The CEO of Europe’s largest airline, who not so long ago described Boeing management as “headless chickens,” has come out in strong support of the beleaguered US planemaker, pushing back against criticism from several other carriers after this month’s mid-flight breakage on a Boeing aircraft. “I have a