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The verdict by a Manhattan jury came after a five-week trial and caps a closely watched case that could have far reaching effects across the music industry.

Snap Chief Executive Evan Spiegel told employees that the company is trying to cut costs and cited AI tools.

KB Home will relocate its headquarters to Arizona by spring 2027, the home-building company announced last week. It comes after a slew of corporations that have fled the state in recent years.

President Trump on Monday signed the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act, which will fund aerospace and defense startups in Southern California and elsewhere.

Cinema United President Michael O'Leary said his group opposes Paramount Skydance's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

CEO Josh D'Amaro told Disney staff that the fast-changing landscape "requires us to constantly assess how to foster a more agile and technologically-enabled workforce."

Waze, a GPS navigation company, is teaming up with Waymo to use the company's self-driving cars to detect potholes in Los Angeles and four other major metro areas.

The letter was signed by nearly 1,000 artists and movie creators, including Ben Stiller, Bryan Cranston, Noah Wyle, Joaquin Phoenix, Kristen Stewart and Jane Fonda.

As other countries have built up their incentive programs, production infrastructure and crew expertise, filming has increasingly moved overseas.

Questions linger about what motivated the attack against OpenAI's Sam Altman. "We should de-escalate the rhetoric and tactics," Altman wrote in a blog post.