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• Apple agreed to settle a Siri privacy lawsuit that alleged privacy violations.
• The plaintiffs said Siri recorded private conversations when unintentionally activated and shared them with third parties.
• Apple denied wrongdoing as the settlement awaits

• As many Americans struggle with a high cost of living, Gen X is in a particularly tight spot.
• Ages 44 to 59, the generation hasn't experienced millennials' wealth spike or baby boomers' pensions.
• Gen X has the highest income of all but also the highest debt.

America's generational middle child is feeling the squeeze.

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• Unmarried women in the US without kids at home have a median wealth surpassing unmarried men.
• The former tend to be baby boomers, who have benefited from stock and real estate booms.
• Some of them told BI about how they are traveling solo and living life to the fullest.

Ruth Schick, 85, considers traveling in retirement her third career.

She began her solo travel in

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million in a class-action settlement alleging that private Siri conversations were inadvertently recorded and listened to by third-party contractors.

If U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White approves the proposed settlement, filed on Tuesday in Oakland, CA, federal court, users impacted will receive up to $20 per Apple device with Siri, such as the iPhone and Apple Watch.

• "Wicked" has received some criticism for its use of backlighting, as well as its color grading.
• Director Jon M. Chu told BI that he thinks the film is "gorgeous."
• Chu said that he wanted the film to feel "natural" and lived-in.

"Wicked" director Jon M. Chu has heard criticisms of the movie's visuals, and he's brushing them off.

"I think the

• Nick Clegg is leaving Meta. Joel Kaplan is replacing him as its top policy executive.
• Clegg joined Meta in 2018 to navigate European regulators amid election interference

Meta is shaking up its policy team ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, with global policy head Nick Clegg stepping down after seven years at the company. He’ll be replaced by Joel Kaplan, a prominent Republican and Meta’s current vice president of policy.

In a post on Facebook, Clegg says it’s the “right time”

Apple currently sells MacBooks equipped with its own M-series chips in a wide range of sizes and price points. It discontinued the M1 MacBook Air to make room for the latest models, but some retailers are still selling the last-gen laptop starting at $649 — a far cry

Net neutrality may have hit its final roadblock. In a new decision filed today, the Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals has ruled that the FCC does not have the "statutory authority" to implement net neutrality rules. The court first blocked the rules in August 2024 when the lawsuit at the center of today's ruling was filed. 

Net neutrality broadly seeks to prevent internet service provides (ISPs)

Federal net neutrality rules, which briefly came back from the dead under the Biden administration, have been struck down by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The three-judge panel ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not have the authority to impose net neutrality rules on

Nick Clegg, the former British deputy prime minister turned Meta executive, is leaving after a seven-year stint with the social media company. Clegg announced his departure in posts on X and Threads, saying that “this is the right time for me to move on from my role as President, Global Affairs at Meta.”

Clegg will be replaced by Joel Kaplan, a longtime policy executive and former White House aide