Google was beloved as an employer for years. Then it laid off thousands by email

New York CNN  —  On the morning of January 20, one Google employee had to call tech support after getting hit with an unusual error message when they tried to log in to their work system. Another employee’s manager was on vacation, so they had no one to reach out to when rumors of layoffs … Read more

AI can be racist, sexist and creepy. What should we do about it?

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN  —  The emergence of ChatGPT and now GPT-4, the artificial intelligence interface from OpenAI that will chat with you, answer questions and passably write a high school term paper, is both a … Read more

Prostate cancer: Most men can avoid or delay harsh treatment, long-term study confirms

CNN — Most men diagnosed with prostate cancer can delay or avoid harsh treatment without compromising their chances of survival, according to new results from a long-term UK study. The men in the study worked with their doctors to keep tabs on their low-to-intermediate-risk prostate tumors — a strategy called surveillance, or active surveillance — … Read more

U.S. Army launches new ad campaign as it works to meet recruiting goals

CNN — The U.S. Army on Wednesday unveiled a years-in-the-making rebrand that includes two new recruiting ads aimed at boosting enlistment numbers after failing to meet its requirements Recruitment goals last year. “At the end of the day, the military is here to fight and win the nation’s wars, and we want to reflect the … Read more

Elon Musk thinks he can fix Twitter’s ad business after it derailed

CNN — Elon Musk offered an upbeat take on how Twitter could improve its ad business on Tuesday he helped cheat and improve its bottom line, while acknowledging that keeping the social network afloat after multiple rounds of layoffs proved to be a challenge. In a speech at the Morgan Stanley conference, Musk laid out … Read more

Wisconsin Supreme Court race holds high stakes for abortion, redistricting and 2024

CNN  —  What’s typically an under-the-radar judicial election in Wisconsin has turned into a high-stakes and expensive fight for control of the state’s Supreme Court – with the future of abortion, voting rights and redistricting in this battleground state hanging in the balance. Millions of dollars in advertising have been reserved ahead of Tuesday’s primary … Read more

More than half of Twitter’s top 1,000 advertisers have stopped spending on the platform, data shows

New York CNN — More than half of Twitter top In a telling sign of the reach of advertiser churn, 1,000 advertisers stopped spending on the platform in the first few weeks of January in September, according to data provided to CNN by digital marketing analytics firm Pathmatics. Elon Musk’s takeover of the company. Based … Read more

Fact check: Sen. Rick Scott keeps repeating debunked claims about Biden and Medicare

washington CNN — just before President Joe Biden’s During a visit to Florida on Thursday, one of the state’s Republican senators, Rick Scott, repeated false claims about Biden and Medicare — when Scott and the GOP group Scott presides run for the 2022 midterms When this statement was made during the period, it was debunked … Read more

Health experts call for end to exploitative baby formula marketing tactics

CNN — Fewer than half of babies worldwide are breastfed as recommended, experts say, and infant formula is in high demand even though it doesn’t offer the same health and developmental benefits as breast milk. According to a new report, misleading claims and political influence are to blame. Reports from institutional health experts around the … Read more

How to Protect Your Child’s Social (Media) Life

Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s stressful, but less newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and motivate you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it. CNN — If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you know that I’m multiple hats: romance novel writer, parent of hilarious teens, part-time teacher, part-time housewife, … Read more