After a strong start to the holiday season, consumer spending is on track to reach record levels this year. But many of those purchases will soon be returned. December’s peak shopping days are closely followed by the busiest month for sending items back, which experts dub “Returnuary.” This year, returns are expected to amount to 17% […]
AI, crypto top tech stocks: AppLovin, MicroStrategy, Palantir, Nvidia
Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia Corp., holds up the company’s AI accelerator chips for data centers as he speaks during the Nvidia AI Summit Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2024. Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence is still an abstract concept for many everyday consumers unsure about how it […]
Mario Lopez ‘not ashamed’ of faith in Hollywood
Mario Lopez is putting his faith first. Since being in the spotlight as a ‘90s child star, Lopez told Fox News Digital how he’s relied on his faith while working in Hollywood. “My faith is very important to me, and I’m vocal about it… I’m not ashamed,” Lopez, 51, said. MARIO LOPEZ ADMITS THERE ARE […]
Google Says It Won’t Force Gemini on Partners in Antitrust Remedy Proposal
If Google’s generative AI Gemini Assistant chatbot is to surpass OpenAI’s ChatGPT in popularity in the coming years, it may have to do so without some of the promotional partnerships that helped thrust Google search front and center into Americans’ lives. In a US federal court filing on Friday, Google proposed a series of restrictions […]
AI has had its Cambrian moment — Blockchain’s is yet to come
AI has experienced its Cambrian explosion, while blockchain technology remains in limbo.
What it would cost to live like the ‘Home Alone’ family today
Home Alone (1990) 20th Century Fox The classic Christmas movie “Home Alone” tells the improbable tale of a family who leaves their 8-year-old son home when they leave for vacation. Yet in the years since the 1990 film was released, viewers have focused on another question — how wealthy was the fictitious McCallister family featured […]
Digital health stocks pummeled by Wall Street in 2024, but Hims surges
Doximity at the New York Stock Exchange for their IPO, June 24, 2021. Source: NYSE If the Covid era marked a boom time for digital health companies, 2024 was the reckoning. In a year that saw the Nasdaq jump 32%, surpassing 20,000 for the first time this month, health tech providers largely suffered. Of 39 […]
Nicole Kidman’s erotic thriller faces off with horror flick as Christmas Day movies take dark turn
Two of the three major movie releases on Christmas Day don’t offer much in the way of family-friendly viewing for the holiday. “Babygirl,” starring Nicole Kidman, is an erotic thriller featuring Kidman embroiled in a torrid affair with an intern at her company. Kidman described the film, also starring Antonio Banderas and Harris Dickinson, as […]
How Google Maps Makes It Harder for Palestinians to Navigate the West Bank
Buttu, who regularly travels to the city of Ramallah in the West Bank from her home in Haifa, Israel, for work and to visit friends, says Google Maps has led her astray many times in recent years. “I’ve been told to drive right into a wall that’s been up since 2003,” she says. Others have […]
DeFi hacks drop 40% in 2024, CeFi breaches surge to $694M: Hacken
DeFi losses dropped 40% in 2024 as advanced security measures strengthened protocols, while CeFi breaches surged to $694M.