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Meta's $17 billion teen safety settlement with state attorneys general

Some coverage values the Meta teen-privacy settlement as high as $18 billion, underscoring its scale as one of the largest tech-related state settlements.
Following the U.S. settlement, Meta and Roblox pledge stronger child-safety measures in the Philippines, including AI-assisted age verification and faster takedowns of harmful content.

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Liberal Billionaire-Backed Group Supercharging Global Green Energy Push — Sep 22, 2025A green energy coalition tied to billionaire-backed outfits such as the Bezos Earth Fund and the Rockefeller Foundation was preparing to funnel another $7.5 billion into global projects, Reuters reported on Monday. The…

770-Billion-Parameter Hy4 Preview Open-Sourced by TencentTech — 3dTencent released Hy4 Preview, a 770 billion-parameter open-source model with 49 billion active parameters per query and a context window over one million tokens, aimed at powering CodeBuddy and WorkBuddy, though early benchmarks show mixed results and raise questions about its transformative impact. While independent tests suggest rivals still outperform in certain benchmarks, investors appear to hedge expectations as Tencent trades below its GF Value, underscoring caution about AI hype translating into immediate growth.

Blue City Could Lose Control Of Its Billion-Dollar Homelessness Budget — Jun 16, 2025A federal judge will decide whether to appoint a receiver to take control of Los Angeles’ billion-dollar homelessness programs after the city allegedly flouted settlement agreements requiring shelter beds and encampment…

DAVID BLACKMON: Billionaire-Funded Lawfare Takes Another Big Hit In New JerseyOpinion — Feb 8, 2025Things are just not going well for the leftwing activist groups, billionaire-funded NGOs and trial lawyer firms who have recruited a growing number of state and local government entities to sue U.S. oil and gas…

IJRAs California Burns Billions To Fail At High-Speed Rail, China Laid Enough Track To Circle America Three TimesParis Apodaca · 6 min · 5h

Petersburg Data Center Boom Reshapes Digital EconomyTech — Jul 21, 2026Victoria is expanding its data-centre pipeline to establish itself as Australia’s AI hub, with major Melbourne proposals and a plan to unlock up to AUD 25 billion in private investment. In Petersburg, Virginia, 2024 zoning changes treating data centers as by-right uses have accelerated billion-dollar developments, including NuVu’s 1.1 billion campus and additional multi-building projects from several developers.

RankingMost underrated cities in AmericaAmerica's biggest cities hog all the spotlight, while dozens of smaller gems get overlooked despite great food, culture, and character. These underrated cities deserve recognition beyond the usual coastal favorites. Cast your vote and help crown the most underappreciated city in the country.693 votes · 21 candidates

Brazil Plans 2.3-Billion-Real AI Supercomputers in Two Sites — Aug 20, 2026Brazil is investing about 2.3 billion reais ($444 million) to build two AI supercomputers, splitting the funds between Huawei/iFlytek in Rio de Janeiro and a Nvidia-led project in Rio Grande do Norte to diversify suppliers and boost technological autonomy. The funding, drawn from the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development, aims to strengthen data sovereignty and balance ties with the US and China by pursuing both Chinese and American technology partnerships.

Temasek Plans $10B India Investment Over Three Years — Jul 22, 2026Temasek plans to invest about $9-10 billion in India over the next three years, broadening its exposure into industrials and artificial intelligence while maintaining bets in consumer, financial services, and healthcare. The $42 billion-strong India portfolio is being positioned for long-term growth with continued emphasis on AI, renewables, and domestic-market strengths, including a target to raise AI share to roughly 15% of its global portfolio by 2031.

US Territory Ditches Billion-Dollar Climate Lawsuit Following Trump’s Blue State Crackdown — May 5, 2025Puerto Rico withdrew its $1 billion climate lawsuit against the oil and gas industry on Friday following the Trump administration’s move to block two states from seeking legal damages for similar alleged environmental…

EXCLUSIVE: Joni Ernst Asks Transportation Sec To Hand Over List Of $1 Billion Projects That Are Way Behind ScheduleReporting — Apr 1, 2025Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa asked Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to provide a list of “billion-dollar boondoggle” projects funded by the Department of Transportation that are either over budget or behind…

On X · @David_OrnsteinEverton agree season-long loan for Jack Grealish from Manchester CityEverton reach agreement with Manchester City to sign Jack Grealish on loan; mostly positive fan and media reaction with Everton supporters welcoming the move and limited skepticism on fitness or value.8,664 likes · 25m

Blue City Pumps The Brakes On Hiring Gov’t Workers As It Wrestles With Billion Dollar-Sized Hole In BudgetReporting — Sep 9, 2024Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday issued a freeze on hiring government workers in order to make up a near billion-dollar shortfall in the city budget for next year, The Chicago Tribune reported. The…

FRANK LASEE: Trump’s ‘Billion-Dollar Giveaway’ Actually A Refund To Kill Costly Offshore Wind — Mar 31, 2026Headlines last week (NY Times, NPR, CNN) screamed that President Donald Trump was handing nearly a billion dollars to a French energy giant to cancel building offshore wind farms. The coverage was classic gotcha…

VS BattleJim Carrey vs Adam SandlerRubber-faced mania versus deadpan slob comedy — two 90s comedy titans, two entirely different engines.Jim Carrey vs Adam Sandler · 146 votes — pick a side

Ohio Axes Data Center Tax Break After Billion-Dollar Forecasting Error — May 29, 2026Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine is pausing a tax break for data centers after it end up costing more than $1 billion more than lawmakers expected. The Ohio Department of Taxation forecasted that the state would give up…

Harvard, MIT Use Law To Limit Legal Payouts While Sitting On Endowments Worth Billions — Jun 11, 2025Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have leaned on a century-old law to avoid paying out large sums in lawsuits despite having billion-dollar endowments, legal records show. President…

Success of Trump Stock Triggers ‘Earnout’ Clause, 45 Lands $1.8 Billion WindfallReporting — May 3, 2024CORRECTION, May 3, 2024: The Bloomberg Billionaires Index lists former President Donald Trump as having a total fortune of $8.18 billion. An earlier version of this article included a different figure. Former President…

IJRBurglar With Uzi Chose Wrong House To Raid. It Didn’t End Well For Him.Harold Hutchison · 2 min · 6h

Anti-Israel Ivy League Students Get Brutal News from University’s Jewish Billionaire DonorReporting — Oct 29, 2023Billionaire Leon Cooperman, who wears his Polish-Jewish heritage as a badge of pride and has made giving away his billions to make the world a better place a major part of his life, is angry. The 80-year-old estimates…

QuizWhat's your money personality?Somewhere between spreadsheet monk and payday comet. Twelve questions to diagnose your financial alter ego.3 min · today's quiz

Zuckerberg Loses Big: $71 Billion in Net Worth GONE, More Wealth Lost Than Any Other BillionaireOpinion — Sep 22, 2022Mark Zuckerberg began 2022 as the 6th richest man in the world. The Facebook founder is now down to the 20th, according to Bloomberg . To be sure, all the big guys on Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index, including Bill Gates…

Hawley Targets Billion-Dollar Corporations in Proposal on $15 Minimum Wage HikeReporting — Feb 26, 2021Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is announcing a plan requiring large corporations to pay their employees at least $15 per hour. Hawley’s legislation targets companies with revenues of $1 billion or more and requires the…

US Senate Democrats Unveil $400 Billion-A-Year Plan To Tackle Climate ChangeReporting — Aug 25, 2020Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a wide-ranging plan to tackle climate change that calls for the U.S. government to spend more than $400 billion a year to eliminate U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The plan is…

Adobe unveils $4B Saudi AI planBusiness — 12hAdobe is expanding its 4-billion-dollar Saudi partnership with MCIT and HUMAIN to provide more than 27 million residents 12 months of free access to Firefly Standard and Express Premium, with rollout by end of 2026. The initiative includes a Saudi-culture-tailored image-generation model powered by Firefly Foundry, Arabic-language enhancements, and startup training to bolster the local creative economy.

On X · @FabrizioRomanoJack Grealish set for Everton return on loan from Manchester City, medical scheduled TuesdayMostly one-sided neutral-to-positive reaction with Everton fans celebrating a welcome-home return and Manchester City fans accepting the move for regular playing time; outright opposition is minimal under 10%.13,332 likes · 26m

Adani Solar Case: Most Counts Dismissed With Prejudice — Aug 10, 2026A U.S. judge dismissed criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani after the Justice Department abandoned the bribery and fraud case, with Judge Nicholas Garaufis pressing for a fuller explanation of the decision. The DOJ said the case was foreign, hard to prove, and not aligned with current priorities, even as Adani had pledged to invest $10 billion in the United States and consistently denies any wrongdoing.

Thinking Machines Inkling Open-Weights AI for EnterpriseTech — Jul 15, 2026Thinking Machines Lab unveiled Inkling, a 975-billion-parameter open-weight model led by Mira Murati, designed for enterprise customization with downloadable weights and a Tinker platform for fine-tuning; it uses a mixture-of-experts architecture to balance efficiency and task-specific performance while signaling uncertainty. The company positions Inkling as a flexible alternative to closed models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic, and as a competitive option against Chinese open models.

Pro-Trump Billionaire Larry Ellison Puts $40,000,000,000 On Line In Battle With Netflix — Dec 22, 2025Larry Ellison, the world’s fourth-richest man, has agreed to personally guarantee $40.4 billion in financing for Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), escalating the media conglomerate’s bidding war…

Tech Mogul Gives $6 Billion To 25 Million Kids To Boost Trump Investment Accounts — Dec 2, 2025Billionaire Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, announced Monday that they will give 25 million American children a $250 deposit as an initial boost to President Donald Trump’s new investment program for children. The…

Trump Admin Pushing Argentina To Sever China Ties For Billion-Dollar Bailout – Report — Oct 22, 2025The Trump administration is trying to leverage its planned bailout of Argentina to get the nation to sever its ties with China, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The U.S. is preparing a bailout for Argentina…

IJRAI Might Have Just Made Hacking A Bank Easier Than Ever, Finance Leader SaysDylan Kresak · 3 min · 6h