U.S. consumers are so financially strained they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Black Friday and Cyber Monday
BNPL made up for more than 7.2% of total online sales on Cyber Monday.
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It’s ‘kind of jarring’: AI labs like Meta, Deepseek, and Xai earned some of the worst grades possible on an existential safety index
Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind took the top three spots with an overall grade of C+ or C.
Top analyst says Netflix’s $72 billion bet on Warner Bros. isn’t about the ‘death of Hollywood’ at all. It’s really about Google
“If I were Netflix,” S&P Global’s Melissa Otto told Fortune, “I would want to build a moat around my business.”
Trump administration orders embassies, consulates to prioritize visas for sports fans traveling for World Cup, Olympics
In a series of cables to all U.S. diplomatic missions obtained by the AP, the State Department said certain applications should be at the top of the list.
Piling on Trump DOJ’s legitimacy issues, Letitia James challenges appointment of U.S. attorney suing her
The court hearing focusing on the role of John Sarcone, who is acting as U.S. attorney for northern New York.
Spotify users lamented Wrapped in 2024. This year, the company brought back an old favorite and made it less about AI
Spotify received blowback in 2024 for going all-in on AI at the last minute.
Trump’s pick for chairman isn’t enough to threaten Fed independence, says Bank of America—especially if Jerome Powell decides to stick around
“The question then becomes, will Powell leave as a governor?”
Scott Galloway got mostly B’s and C’s in high school, never studied for the SAT, and had to try twice to get into UCLA. Now he’s worth $150 million
“It’s worked out for all of us,” Galloway said.
Inside Silicon Valley’s ‘soup wars’: Why Mark Zuckerberg and OpenAI are hand delivering soup to poach talent
Mark Zuckerberg’s soup is handcooked. OpenAI’s soup comes from a high-end Korean restaurant. It’s soup for the AI soul.
