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New York passes bill banning prices based on personal data Source link

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, is seen in the U.S. Capitol after a meeting in the office of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Thursday, March 26, 2026.Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesMeta shares dropped more than 5% on Friday after the Financial Times reported that the company could potentially raise tens of billions of dollars in a stock offering to fund its artificial intelligence investments.The social media company is pondering the potential stock sale, the FT reported, after rival Alphabet said this week that it plans to raise $85 billion from selling equity, increasing that…

Actors have had their voices cloned by an AI fueled disinformation campaign that’s targeting Armenia. Source link

Options traders are storming into bets against crypto’s most vocal evangelist Michael Saylor. Call it mutiny on Strategy.Flows around Saylor’s Strategy (MSTR) and the company’s variable-rate preferred stock STRC are turning bearish this week after traders had been more balanced in the preceding month despite a steady decline in bitcoin that began in mid-May.More than twice as many puts traded versus calls in Strategy Friday and more than three times as many puts were bought than calls, on almost three times the daily average volume the past month. Of the $335 million in premium traded as of writing, $250 was…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and the White House are in ongoing talks about a possible government stake in the artificial intelligence company, CNBC confirmed on Friday.The discussions have been in progress for more than a year, as Altman first shared the idea with the Trump administration in 2025, according to a source familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because the details are confidential. The talks continued this week as Altman met with a range of lawmakers and officials in Washington, D.C., about regulation and the latest developments in AI.As part of the potential agreement, OpenAI could…

Arm, Marvell among market cap stock movers on Friday Source link

My hopes were high for the new Prime Video superhero series Spider-Noir, based on all those amazing trailers. But I also had some trepidation. Could the actual series live up to the hype? As it turns out, yes, it could. Spider-Noir is a triumph, fusing fast-paced storytelling, compelling characters, gorgeous cinematography and production design, and whip-smart dialogue into a hugely entertaining, loving homage to a magical bygone era. (Some spoilers below, but no major reveals.) Marvel Comics created its “noir” line in 2009, reinterpreting familiar Marvel characters in an alternate universe, usually set during the Great Depression in the US.…

Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., talks with reporters outside a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesThe leader of the congressional committee that oversees how the House functions says he is working on legislation to not only ban current lawmakers from making prediction markets bets on elections and politics but that he wants to expand that to former federal lawmakers and candidates for those offices.Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisc., who chairs the House Administration Committee, told reporters this week he doesn’t see an issue in…

Bill Pulte, FHFA Director, speaking on CNBC on Jan. 8, 2026.CNBCPresident Donald Trump reportedly said Friday that he wants incoming acting director of national intelligence Bill Pulte to “start the process” of firing large numbers of employees in the DNI’s office.The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump, in an interview, said those firings would be part of a shakeup of the U.S. intelligence community. The office of DNI oversees 18 U.S. intelligence agencies, including the CIA and the National Security Agency. Trump’s comments are certain to further roil members of Congress, including Republican senators, who have already criticized the president’s…

Goldman Sachs names top Canadian oil stocks for free cash flow growth Source link