YouTuber Connor Franta accuses business partners of siphoning more than $1 million from Heard Well. They deny it.
Connor Franta is accusing his business partners at Heard Well in a lawsuit of siphoning money from their company. The business partners deny it. YouTube star Connor Franta is suing his business partners, alleging in a lawsuit that they embezzled more than $1 million from the company they cofounded in 2015. In the suit, filed…
The South Korean president’s party says he needs to go — and that he tried to arrest its leaders during martial law
South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, faces calls for impeachment from his own party’s leader. South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, is facing calls from his own party for his immediate removal after his short-lived declaration of martial law. Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the conservative People Power Party, told local media on Friday in…
Meet Trump’s pick for ambassador to China
David Perdue has commercial and political experience. US President-elect Donald Trump has picked former Sen. David Perdue as the US ambassador to China. A business executive before he entered politics, Perdue has lived in Singapore and Hong Kong. “He will be instrumental in implementing my strategy to maintain Peace in the region, and a productive…
Details you may have missed in the White House Christmas decorations
Holiday decorations are lighting up the White House’s historic rooms. The White House is decked out for the holidays once again. For her final White House Christmas decorations as first lady, Jill Biden chose the theme of “A Season of Peace and Light,” writing in the 2024 White House Holiday Guide that she and President…
Elon Musk spent at least $277 million backing Trump and the GOP. Here’s where all of that money went.
Elon Musk with his son, X Æ A-12, on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Elon Musk spent at least $277 million in political contributions to support President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, according to documents filed late Thursday. That sum, totaling more than a quarter of a billion dollars, likely makes Musk the single largest…
OpenAI wants to remove a clause about AGI from its Microsoft contract to encourage additional investments, report says
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks artificial general intelligence, or AGI, will be achieved “sooner than most people in the world think.” OpenAI is reportedly considering removing a clause from its contract with Microsoft in a move that could help it attract further investment from the tech giant. Citing people with knowledge of the discussions, the…
ChatGPT’s search market share jumped recently, while Google has slipped, new data shows
ChatGPT is gaining on Google in the lucrative online search market, according to new data released this week. In a recent survey of 1,000 people, OpenAI’s chatbot was the top search provider for 5% of respondents, up from 1% in June, according to brokerage firm Evercore ISI. Millennials drove the most adoption, the firm added…
Nvidia could deliver a big surprise to Wall Street that would ‘power up’ its profitability, analyst says
Nvidia could deliver a big surprise to Wall Street that would “power up” its earnings, a recent note from Melius Research said. The potential surprise? An earlier-than-expected release of its next-next-generation GPU chip, Rubin. According to Melius Research analyst Ben Reitzes, signs are building that Nvidia could release its Rubin GPU chip six months before…
Bitcoin’s surge is setting the stage for a year-end stock market rally, Fundstrat’s Tom Lee says
Bitcoin surpassing a major milestone is one sign investors are also about to see a year-end stock surge, according to Fundstrat’s head of research Tom Lee. Lee, who has called for bitcoin to reach $100,000 since the start of 2021, said the crypto finally hitting six-figures was a positive sign for equities. That’s because the…
