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By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — YouTube will begin guessing users’ ages using artificial intelligence on Wednesday, as part of an effort to prevent kids from accessing inappropriate content online. It’s part of a broader push to make social media safer for young people, but some users are already worried about what it

By Alexandra Skores, Paula Newton, CNN Ottawa (CNN) — Air Canada is preparing to lock out its flight attendants who voted to go on strike this weekend. Travel disruptions could start Thursday and could continue until a deal is reached. The airline said it would suspend operations on Saturday and could remain shut down till

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday sued Early Warning Services (EWS), which operates Zelle, alleging the electronic money-transfer service fails to protect its users from “massive amounts of fraud.” The lawsuit alleges that EWS knew that key features of Zelle’s service made it susceptible to fraud, but

By Reuters (CNN) — World oil supply will rise more rapidly than expected this year and next as OPEC+ members further increase output and supply from outside the group grows, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday. Supply will rise by 2.5 million barrels per day in 2025, up from 2.1 million bpd previously forecast, said

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Amazon is rolling out same-day delivery of fresh food to more than 1,000 cities, a sign that it’s finally finding success with its grocery business after years of shifting strategies. In a move that Amazon describes in a press release as one of its “most significant grocery

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Fake Labubu dolls that could pose a choking hazard for young children have flooded the UK market, a consumer standards body has warned. Legitimate Labubu toys, created by Hong Kong artist Kasing Lung and sold by Chinese toymaker Pop Mart, have become a viral and profitable sensation around the

By Gordon Ebanks, CNN (CNN) — American families, weary of high grocery prices, are looking for ways to cut costs. The cost of food at home in July rose 2.2% from the year before, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. More than 80% of American adults cite the cost of groceries as a source

By Matt Egan, CNN Las Vegas (CNN) — Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI,” fears the technology he helped build could wipe out humanity — and “tech bros” are taking the wrong approach to stop it. Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist and a former Google executive, has warned in the past that

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — Days after Goldman Sachs’ top economists published research claiming price increases stemming from higher tariffs are poised to soon be borne mostly by consumers, President Donald Trump is urging the bank’s CEO, David Solomon, to get a new economist. “Tariffs have not caused Inflation, or any other problems for

By Clare Duffy, Lisa Eadicicco, CNN New York (CNN) — Artificial intelligence search company Perplexity has made an unsolicited, $34.5 billion offer to purchase Google’s Chrome browser, a surprise move by a Google Search challenger that’s looking to upend how people find information online. Perplexity spokesperson Jesse Dwyer confirmed to CNN the details of the

By Alicia Wallace, David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — E.J. Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is no longer considering suspending the monthly jobs report — one of the most crucial and historic measurements of US economic activity — after proposing the unprecedented action during an interview that published Tuesday.

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is considering suing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday. Her comments came after Trump wrote earlier Tuesday that he was “considering allowing a major lawsuit against Powell to proceed.” “Fortunately, the economy is sooo good that we’ve blown through

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Falling gas prices helped keep overall inflation tame in July; however, a broader array of products got even more expensive last month, showing that President Donald Trump’s expansive tariffs are being passed along to consumers. Consumer prices rose 0.2% in July, keeping the annual inflation rate at 2.7%, according

By Ramishah Maruf, Samantha Delouya, CNN New York (CNN) — Hours before President Donald Trump fired former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer this month, E.J. Antoni appeared on former White House strategist Steve Bannon’s podcast to discuss the BLS’ monthly jobs report, which showed much-lower-than-expected numbers for July and shockingly steep revisions for

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Taco Bell’s Mountain Dew Baja Blast is getting its first permanent new flavor in two decades, the chain’s latest push into the fast-growing beverage sector. The fast-food chain is rolling out Thursday “Baja Midnight,” a new, purple-hued version of the cult-favorite soda, which mixes passion fruit flavors

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Eastman Kodak, the 133-year-old photography company, is warning investors thats it might not survive much longer. In its earnings report Monday, the company warned that it doesn’t have “committed financing or available liquidity” to pay its roughly $500 million in upcoming debt obligations. “These conditions raise substantial

Story by Reuters (CNN) — Norway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, said on Tuesday it expects to divest from more Israeli companies as part of its ongoing review of investments in the country over the situation in Gaza and the West Bank. The fund announced on Monday it was terminating contracts with

By Clare Duffy, Emily Williams, CNN Fort Collins, Colorado (CNN) — In his nine years at the Fort Collins, Colorado, police department, Officer Scott Brittingham says he has taken a lot of pride in the process of writing reports after each call for service. But when the department decided to test a tool to speed

By John Liu, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk said his artificial intelligence start up xAI will sue Apple for allegedly favoring AI competitors in its App Store in what he called a breach of antitrust regulations. In a series of posts on X on Monday, a social media platform he owns, he accused Apple of