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The agreement gives American companies priority access to nuclear reactors and fuel to Saudi Arabia. It's expected to last decades and be worth billions of dollars.

Meta has agreed to change the ways teens use its platforms and pay states up to $17.1 billion to settle claims its products are addictive and harmful to kids.

Olivia Konar holds a banner with names of young people who advocates say died as a result of social media outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Oakland, Calif. Her sister Coco Konar died in 2022 when she was 17. Social media company Meta agreed to a nearly $17 billion settlement with a group of states over its child safety practices.

2026 has already brought a wave of setbacks for social media giants as pressure grows on Big Tech from regulators and lawmakers around the world.

New lawsuits brought against OpenAI on Wednesday over a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia , accuse the ChatGPT maker's executives of putting its public image ahead of public safety.

NPR's Bobby Allyn talks about covering the prediction markets, where anyone can trade bets on the outcome of anything happening in the real world.

Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman are joining calls for a slowdown amid fears the AI industry is racing toward building technology that humans can't control.

Russia is renewing familiar tactics in its efforts to influence American voters in the final run-up to Election Day, according to researchers and U.S. lawmakers

Russia is renewing familiar tactics in its efforts to influence American voters in the final run-up to Election Day, according to researchers and U.S. lawmakers

Shannon Bond NPR Researchers who track online influence operations say Kremlin-backed groups are renewing tactics they've used to sow distrust and discord in previous elections in the U.S. and around the world.