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The EU Parliament backs a report that sets a 16 age limit for accessing social media without parental consent and holds CEOs personally liable for violations (Eliza Gkritsi/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-backs-mini…

European Parliament backs 16+ age rule for social media
Call comes as several EU countries prepare to restrict social media for kids.

Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.

Oracle stock fell 30% this quarter, its steepest drop since Q3 2001, when it slid ~34%, amid skepticism about its ability to open more data centers for OpenAI (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/26/oracle-stock-on-pace-for-worst…

Oracle shares on pace for worst quarter since 2001 as new CEOs face concerns about AI build-out
Investors want to know if Oracle, under new CEOs Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia, can pay for and deliver data centers packed with Nvidia chips for OpenAI.

The EU Parliament backs a report that sets a 16 age limit for accessing social media without parental consent and holds CEOs personally liable for violations (Eliza Gkritsi/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-backs-mini…

European Parliament backs 16+ age rule for social media
Call comes as several EU countries prepare to restrict social media for kids.

Trump frequently campaigned with coal miners during his 2016 presidential run,
and has since continued to participate in photo-ops using miners as a symbolic backdrop for his energy policies while campaigning and serving in office.
However, despite the president courting the CEOs of the mining industry heavily during his campaign,
miners themselves feel neglected and left behind.
Days after the executive order, on April 11,
just before coal mines were expected t…

Coal Miners Were Poised to Win Key Safety Protections. Then Trump Showed Up.
After courting coal miners during his campaign, Trump has left a trail of broken promises.

Harmonic, an AI math startup co-founded by Vlad Tenev, raised a $120M Series C led by Ribbit at a $1.45B valuation, bringing its total funding to $295M (Krystal Hu/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/robinhood-ceos-…

Scaling Up: Lessons From The World's Best CEOs And Founders
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/scaling-up-lessons-from-the-worlds-best-ceos-and-founders/

A look at how tech executives use "delay, deny, and deflect" when pressed on user safety and what it means for journalism, as shame loses power over public life (Casey Newton/Platformer)
https://www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-interview-backlash-analysis/<…

Roblox is a problem — but it’s a symptom of something worse
What is the role of tech journalism in a world where CEOs no longer feel shame?

Sources detail how Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Marc Benioff, and others brokered a call between SF Mayor Daniel Lurie and Trump to stop National Guard deployment (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/san-fr

Teneo survey of 350 public-company CEOs: 68% plan to spend more on AI in 2026 than in 2025, <50% of AI projects generated more returns than their cost, and more (Ben Glickman/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ceos-to-…