Neil Freiman

Meta was found liable for nearly $400 million after a New Mexico jury found the company didn't keep kids safe from child predators, sexually explicit content, and human trafficking on its apps.

New Mexico's attorney general who brought the suit, Raul Torres, said it was the first time that a state won in a trial against a major tech company for harming young people.

Meta said it disagreed with the decision and would appeal.

It's one of a number of cases Meta and other social media companies are facing this year over the lack of safeguards for children on their platforms, trials that legal experts have compared to the big tobacco reckoning in the 90s.

A jury in Los Angeles has been deliberating since last Friday in a separate personal injury trial involving Meta and Google, while another federal trial will begin in Northern California later this year.

Moving on, people aren't playing Fortnite as much, and it's led to major layoffs at the game's developer, Epic Games.

Yesterday, Epic said it was cutting over 1,000 jobs, about 20% of its workforce, citing a tough macro environment, but also decreased engagement on its flagship game, Fortnite.

CEO Tim Sweeney said the downturn in Fortnite means Epic was spending more money than it was bringing in, hence the need to cut costs.

Quote, despite Fortnite remaining one of the most successful games in the world, we've had challenges delivering consistent Fortnite magic with every season.

Sweeney sounded optimistic about the future, but there's no denying that Fortnite's popularity and profitability has waned since people could hang out with each other again outside.

But they still have Bluey, and I'm just completely locked into this Mickey-Bluey crossover.

Yeah.

If you care about milligram of caffeine poured per dollar, then you'll definitely give it a look because each can of this Kirkland energy drink costs 71 cents, a 24 pack for 1699.

Let's compare that to Celsius at Walmart, 12 packs

are listed for just a buck more 17.98 at target just maybe a dollar 50 more 18.59 so kirkland is doing what kirkland does just coming in with a strong product not a lot of marketing not a lot of buzz but when you're just looking for value you're saying maybe celsius the only reason i'm drinking it is because it's in front of me at the grocery store meanwhile i can go to costco and save a ton of money using kirkland's products

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