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Meta will pay up to $18 billion over child-safety claims, spread over 10 years

Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion to a coalition of state attorneys general over claims it knowingly exposed young users to mental…

September 5, 2026

Small business confidence held steady this quarter. Cash flow comfort just fell 15 points.

The US Chamber of Commerce’s Q2 2026 Small Business Index held nearly steady at 66.5, but the share of owners very comfortable with their…

September 4, 2026

85% of operations leaders say they’re ahead of competitors. 89% say their tech hasn’t delivered.

PwC surveyed 767 US operations and supply chain leaders in 2026 and found a real disconnect: 85% believe they’re ahead of most competitors on…

September 3, 2026

67% of HR leaders say AI-generated applications are slowing down hiring

Robert Half’s 2026 survey found two-thirds of HR leaders say reviewing AI-generated job applications has slowed their hiring process, with 20% reporting delays of…

September 3, 2026

Price is only the third reason customers choose a small business now

A Small Business Expo survey of 810 respondents found 53% cite quality and personal service as the top reason they choose a business, more…

August 31, 2026

Demis Hassabis just stepped back from running Google DeepMind, on purpose

Hassabis handed day-to-day operations at Google DeepMind to Koray Kavukcuoglu this month, moving into a chairman and chief scientist role instead. He said the…

August 30, 2026

The EU AI Act’s high-risk rules are now legally binding

August 2, 2026 marked the enforcement date for the EU AI Act’s high-risk system obligations, covering both providers and deployers of qualifying AI tools.…

August 29, 2026

S&P 500 profit margins just hit a 15-year high

FactSet’s Q2 2026 earnings data puts the S&P 500’s blended net profit margin at 16.9%, the highest level since FactSet began tracking the metric…

August 28, 2026

95% of companies are seeing no return on their AI spending

MIT’s Project NANDA analyzed 300 AI deployments and interviewed 150 business leaders in 2025, finding that despite $30 to $40 billion in enterprise generative…

August 27, 2026

1 in 4 companies say their culture never fully recovered from layoffs

Careerminds surveyed 600 HR leaders in May 2026 and found trust in senior leadership fell 18.4% immediately after a layoff and is still down…

August 26, 2026