Asbestos Lawsuits Prompt Vanderbilt Minerals to File Bankruptcy February 18, 2026 By Steven Church Vanderbilt Minerals, which mines materials used in industrial products, filed for bankruptcy after its cash flow was overwhelmed by an...
OpenAI Deleted Word ‘Safely’ From Its Mission – Its New Structure Is A Test February 17, 2026 OpenAI, the maker of the most popular AI chatbot, used to say it aimed to build artificial intelligence that “safely...
JPMorgan Customers Can Sue Over Low Rates on Cash Sweeps, Judge Rules February 17, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel JPMorgan Chase must face part of a proposed class action lawsuit accusing the largest U.S. bank of paying brokerage and...
Jury Finds Johnson & Johnson Liable for Cancer in Latest Talc Trial February 17, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones A jury in Pennsylvania state court on Friday awarded $250,000 to the family of a woman who sued Johnson &...
Nestle, Danone Cited in France’s Widening Infant Formula Probe February 17, 2026 By Francois de Beaupuy and Jenny Che The Paris prosecutor’s office opened probes into allegedly tainted infant formula distributed by Nestlé SA, Danone, Groupe Lactalis and two...
Sources: Palo Alto Didn’t Tie China to Hacking Campaign Fearing Retaliation From Beijing February 13, 2026 By Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens Palo Alto Networks opted not to tie China to a global cyberespionage campaign the firm exposed last week over concerns...
YouTube Lawyer Sees No Addiction From Half Hour of Videos February 11, 2026 By Madlin Mekelburg A 20-year-old in a landmark social media addiction trial used YouTube for an average of just 29 minutes per day...
South Korea Blames Coupang Data Breach on Management Failure, Not Sophisticated Attack February 11, 2026 By Heekyong Yang and Hyunjoo Jin South Korean officials blamed a massive data leak last year at Coupang on management failure, rather than a sophisticated cyberattack,...
Rising Fire Risk Prompts Utilities to Deliberately Cut Power February 10, 2026 By Michelle Ma and Lauren Rosenthal States in the U.S. West are grappling with an unusually warm, arid winter that is ramping up fire risk in...
Instagram, YouTube Addiction Trial Kicks Off in Los Angeles February 9, 2026 By Jody Godoy A California state court case over whether Instagram and YouTube harmed a woman’s mental health through addictive app design kicks...