1+ hour, 42+ min ago  (354+ words) U. S. companies plan to charge more for employee health plans next year, as soaring drug prices drive up insurance costs. Two thirds of large companies expect to raise monthly premiums for employee health coverage through paycheck deductions in 2027, according to a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (539+ words) The world's biggest social media platforms agreed to pay about $27 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a rural Kentucky school district that alleged their products are addictive and helped create a teen mental health crisis that drained school resources....

3+ week, 11+ hour ago  (182+ words) Meta Platforms Inc. reached an agreement to settle a landmark lawsuit alleging that addiction to Instagram and other top social media platforms upended learning across America and pushed U. S. public schools to spend enormous resources fighting a mental health crisis, according…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (303+ words) Alphabet Inc. s Google plans to introduce new mental health support features for its Gemini chatbot as the company and rivals, like Open AI, have faced several lawsuits accusing their artificial intelligence tools of leading to harm. Gemini will add…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (269+ words) First Central Group Ltd. , the U. K. vehicle and home insurer, has appointed investment banks as it prepares for a potential initial public offering in London, according to people familiar with the matter. The company has lined up Deutsche Bank AG and…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (649+ words) As Meta Platforms Inc. and Google start presenting their defense in a landmark trial over social media addiction, the companies are seeking to show the mental health struggles suffered by the 20-year-old who brought the case stemmed from turmoil in…...

4+ mon, 15+ hour ago  (1366+ words) The 20-year-old woman at the center of a landmark trial over social media addiction used You Tube for an average of just 29 minutes per day over the last five years, a lawyer for Google told jurors. Moreover, the woman identified…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1004+ words) A 20-year-old woman who claims she's been addicted to social media for more than a decade made a brief appearance Monday before the jury that will decide whether Instagram and You Tube exploited her for profit. She was introduced simply…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago  (854+ words) Open AI and its investor Microsoft Corp. were sued over a Connecticut murder-suicide in the latest case to blame the popular Chat GPT chatbot for dangerous psychological manipulation of users. The lawsuit turns on the actions of a 56-year-old man…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago  (129+ words) Alphabet's Google and artificial-intelligence startup Character. AI have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida woman who alleged a Character chatbot led to the suicide of her 14-year-old son, according to a Wednesday court filing. The filing said the…...