That is where the settlement is both promising and incomplete. An independent auditor will review Meta’s compliance annually, but only for five years, against a 10-year agreemen

Meta has reached a settlement with states accusing the tech giant of designing Facebook and Instagram to addict children, ending a closely watched federal trial over social media’s alleged harm to young users.

A settlement announced Wednesday between Meta and dozens of states resolves one of its biggest legal fights, but the social media giant is still facing litigation elsewhere over its products' effects on young people's mental health.

Meta has agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion to settle a multistate lawsuit alleging Facebook and Instagram were designed to hook children, while introducing stricter controls for U.S. teenagers, including screen-time limits,

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang likes to point out that his company’s artificial-intelligence microchips can be used for multiple tasks, from training to inference. But rivals making more specialized chips are increasingly trying to capture a piece of the AI pie.

Ashley Webster and Taylor Riggs discuss claims that OpenAI's new 'Jalapeno' chip outperforms NVIDIA's Blackwell processor. Tech analyst R 'Ray' Wang analyzes the competitive threat and upcoming NVIDIA earnings.

The maker of ChatGPT plans to start using the new chips to support its artificial intelligence models later this year, part of a broader push to build its own AI infrastructure.

OpenAI has released its inaugural independently validated performance metrics for Jalapeño, its proprietary inference chip, demonstrating superior efficiency over Nvidia's Blackwell systems in terms of performance per watt and latency across various prominent open-source AI models.

Chinese fans rejoiced at Z.ai claiming ownership of Ox Aloha, lauding the startup's new model and its use of domestic AI chips.

The new AI model that’s swept to the top of online usage charts with high performance at zero cost was created by China’s Z.AI Co., also known as Zhipu.

Chinese lab Z.ai has been identified as the company behind Ox Alpha, the anonymous coding model. The model drew millions of developer queries on OpenRouter over the past week. Who created Ox Alpha? The Chinese lab called Z.

The free AI coding model sparked widespread interest among developers after appearing anonymously on OpenRouter.

Apple has announced the date for its annual September tech event. Among rumored devices to be debuted: a foldable iPhone and new Apple TV box.

Apple on Wednesday sent invitations for a Sept. 9 event where the company is expected to unveil its first foldable iPhone and other new products. Why it matters: The launch will be the first major Apple event under incoming CEO John Ternus,

Apple has scheduled its next major hardware launch event, where we're expecting not just the iPhone 18 Pro, but also a foldable iPhone.

Apple is gearing up to announce some new gadgets. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Apple’s next launch event will take place on September 9th at 1PM ET.