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The economic gap between the U.S. and the U.K. has been widening for more than a decade. As a result, a new study has found that the U.K.'s GDP per capita is now lower than every single U.S. state.
<body><p>STORY: Texas is suing WhatsApp and parent firm Meta.</p><p>The state says they misled consumers over the messaging app’s encryption and privacy standards.</p><p>In a statement Thursday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said “WhatsApp markets its services as secure and encrypted, but it does not deliver on those promises”.</p><p>The lawsuit says users are given false assurance that their messages are encrypted, even though Meta and WhatsApp have access to “virtually all” private communications on the app.</p><p>A Meta spokesman called the allegations “false”, and said that WhatsApp cannot access people’s encrypted messages.</p><p>The suit seeks a court order barring access to Texans’ communications without their consent.</p><p>It also demands monetary penalties.</p><p>The legal action cites reports about a federal probe into claims that Meta had access to unencrypted WhatsApp messages.</p><p>It also refers to a whistleblower report to U.S. financial watchdogs.</p><p>Paxton’s office has previously filed similar claims against big companies, including one against Google.</p><p>Last year the search giant agreed to pay $1.375 billion to settle claims that it violated users’ data privacy.</p></body>
Meta Platforms on Thursday settled the first case set for trial seeking to make social media companies cover the costs that school districts say they have incurred to combat a mental health crisis allegedly fueled by platforms. The agreement fully resolves a lawsuit brought by Breathitt County School District in eastern Kentucky, following earlier settlements by co-defendants Alphabet's YouTube, Snap and TikTok. The case had been scheduled for a June 15 trial in federal court in Oakland, California.
(Bloomberg) -- The S&P 500 Index has had a fitful 2026 as it aims for a fourth-straight year of double-digit percentage gains, something it hasn’t done since the 1990s, while contending with risks from the war in Iran and rising inflation. Most Read from BloombergSpot the Difference: Putin Gets Trump Treatment From Xi in ChinaModi’s Toffee Gift to Meloni Ignites Rally in Wrong Indian StockIran Threatens to Retaliate Beyond Middle East If US AttacksGoldman CEO Slides Into Musk’s DMs During Bid to
U.S. energy storage developers installed 9.7 gigawatt-hours of new capacity in the first quarter of 2026, marking a record high for the quarter, an industry report showed on Thursday. Energy storage capacity grew 32% in the quarter from a year ago despite federal actions the industry says are slowing clean energy development, the report by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence said. The SEIA said the demand is being driven by data centers, volatile electricity prices and disruptions to global gas and gas turbine supplies.
(Bloomberg) -- To judge by a key bond-market signal, the AI boom is only worsening Kevin Warsh’s inflation problem.Most Read from BloombergUS Lawmakers Plan New $130 Fee for Electric Vehicle OwnersHasbro Cancels Dungeons & Dragons Game From ‘Star Wars’ VeteranNATO Is Starting to Consider Hormuz Mission to Protect ShipsUS 30-Year Yield Hits Highest Since 2007 as Selloff DeepensMeta Begins 8,000 Global Job Cuts in AI Efficiency PushThe incoming Federal Reserve chair previously lashed out at the ce
AI’s big bucks go mostly toward computing gear like chips and servers in data centers. Should that trend persist, it could come to bite suppliers including chip giant Nvidia which reports quarterly results after the bell today. Nvidia can insulate itself from cost inflation by expanding offerings that don’t require as much in-demand memory, by passing on higher prices to customers and by inking longer-term deals with its own suppliers at lower prices.
US stocks have been predicted to start Monday trading in the red, as they ended last week, with investors continuing to worry about rising bond yields, stubborn inflation and the economic fallout from higher oil prices. Dow Jones futures were down around 262 points or 0.4%, while S&P 500...
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) at $235.74 screens attractively under $250. President Trump’s China visit and growing signals that potential Fed Chair candidate Kevin Warsh will take a dovish stance toward AI investment reframe the two biggest overhangs on this stock: export controls and rate policy. Nvidia sits at the center of the AI buildout. Data Center revenue ... Buy Nvidia Under $250 on Trump’s China Visit and Warsh’s Dovish AI Signals
Alphabet's YouTube and Snap have reached settlements in the first case set for trial in litigation seeking to force social media platforms to cover the costs school districts incur to combat a youth mental health crisis they say the companies fueled. The settlements were detailed in court filings on Friday in federal court in Oakland, California, and resolve claims by a Kentucky school district that is still due to take Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms and TikTok to trial on June 15. Terms of the settlements with Breathitt County School District in rural Eastern Kentucky were not disclosed.
The best likely outcome for investors: Symbolic gestures aimed at stabilizing the relationship to preserve the current detente.
For years, Federal Reserve minutes were among Wall Street's most market-moving events. But in today's AI-driven rally, one earnings report may now rival macro data releases in influence: Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA). The Santa Clara, California-based chip giant, whose earnings are due next week, is worth roughly $5.3 trillion and recently surpassed the entire S&P 500 healthcare sector in market value, according to Barron's. Essentially, Nvidia is proving to be more than just another mega-cap tech s
The stock market keeps climbing walls investors barely seem to notice anymore. The S&P 500 just hit another all-time high, extending a rally that has added nearly 50% since the tariff-driven panic low in April 2025. President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, deregulation push, and pro-business policies embedded in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act have ... The S&P 500 Just Did Something It’s Only Done 3 Times Before. Why Trump’s AI Rally Is in Danger
The stock market has been on a tear during President Donald Trump’s second term. Since Jan. 20, 2025, the S&P 500 has climbed 23.4%. More stunningly, it has surged 48.5% since the April 8, 2025 tariff panic low, as investors decided the White House’s trade fights were survivable and artificial intelligence spending was unstoppable. That ... Uh-Oh! President Trump’s Landmark Tax Cuts Bill Could Be What Kills the Trump Bull Market
Investing.com -- A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has declined to "rubber-stamp" a $1.5 million settlement between Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a Friday ruling reported by Reuters.
The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3%. Nike will reduce its workforce by roughly 1,400 workers, or about 2%, mostly in its tech department, as it simplifies global operations. Inflation and economic uncertainty linked to the Iran conflict is giving some chief executives and tech leaders reason to pull back or pause their IT hiring, said Janco Chief Executive Victor Janulaitis.
On Sunday, former White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks said artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the most powerful drivers of the U.S. economy as Morgan Stanley raised its forecast for hyperscaler AI infrastructure spending. Morgan Stanley Projects Massive AI Capex Boom From Big Tech Morgan Stanley now expects Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc., Meta Platforms Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. to collectively spend about $805 billion in capital expenditures in 2026, up from
The narrative about the state of the labor market — whether it remains in stasis or is beginning to heat up — will be shaped this week by a series of data drops.
Pinterest forecast second-quarter revenue above analysts' estimates on Monday, helped by steady spending from advertisers as the image-sharing platform sharpens its ad offerings with deeper artificial intelligence integration. Shares of the California-based company jumped 16% in extended trading. The company has been stepping up investments in AI, rolling out enhancements to its Performance+ ad suite to automate ad creation and improve personalized targeting, which have started to bear fruit.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shut down several crypto scam centers, leading to 276 arrests and $562 million saved. Scott Melker discusses the details in the video above."The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker" airs every day at 12:00 p.m. Tune in for your daily dose of all things crypto.Make sure to also check out Yahoo Finance's new crypto hub to find the latest crypto-related news.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) is the stock dominating every retirement account discussion, every cable hit, and every chart on Twitter, and the multi-year run is precisely why. The more important signal sits elsewhere. Semiconductor revenue is cyclical. Always has been. The Bureau of Economic Analysis already shows the math: manufacturing’s share of GDP fell from 9.7% in ... While NVDA Dominates Headlines, Here’s Where the Real AI Economics Are Hiding
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