From Billie Eilish and Sabrina Carpenter to Kendrick Lamar and SZA, 2025 promises to be another big year for live music events. That may also mean concertgoers will be shelling out more for their favorite shows. After rising steadily post-pandemic, admission to movies, theaters and concerts jumped 20% since 2021, according to the Bureau of Labor […]
TikTok Traffic Bounces Back as Creators Diversify Amid Shutdown Fears
Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images TikTok has nearly bounced back to its original traffic levels after usage fell 85% when the app temporarily shut down earlier this month, according to Cloudflare Radar. “DNS traffic for TikTok-related domains has continued to recover since service restoration, and is currently about 10% lower than pre-shutdown […]
Josh Brolin contracted Bell’s Palsy due to extreme stress
Josh Brolin’s health was on the line during a “stressful” move to Montecito, California. On SiriusXM’s “Literally! With Rob Lowe” podcast, Brolin explained to the host that he contracted a “mild case” of Bell’s Palsy due to his move. “I got so stressed out about moving here because it represented something very specific to me […]
DeepSeek Has Gotten OpenAI Fired Up
It’s been just over a week since DeepSeek upended the AI world. The introduction of its open-weight model—apparently trained on a fraction of the specialized computing chips that power industry leaders—set off shock waves inside OpenAI. Not only did employees claim to see hints that DeepSeek had “inappropriately distilled” OpenAI’s models to create its own, […]
MicroStrategy announces pricing of strike preferred stock offering
According to SaylorTracker, MicroStrategy is up over 65% all-time on its Bitcoin investment and is trading at a net asset value of 1.73x.
What federal employees need to consider when evaluating offer to resign
A “Do not cross” sign is illuminated at a crosswalk outside of U.S. Capitol building in Washington, US, November 10, 2024. Hannah Mckay | Reuters The Trump administration emailed more than 2 million federal workers this week, giving them the option to resign now and get pay and benefits through Sept. 30. Workers have until […]
IBM jumps 13%, heads for best day since 2000 on strong earnings
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of IBM Arvind Krishna attends the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2025. Yves Herman | Reuters IBM surged 13% Thursday on the back of a strong fourth-quarter print that showed artificial intelligence growth boosting its software business. The move put the stock […]
Dave Matthews pulls out of LA Fire relief concert last minute due to ‘critical’ family illness
Dave Matthews pulled out of Thursday’s star-studded FireAid concert at the last minute on Wednesday, citing a “critical illness in the family.” “Due to a critical illness in the family, Dave Matthews is unfortunately unable to perform at the FireAid and MusiCares benefits this week,” a statement on the Dave Matthews Band Instagram account said. […]
Washington DC Plane Crash: Everything We Know So Far
Investigators are scrambling to figure out why a military helicopter and a passenger airplane collided and plunged into the Potomac River in Washington DC late Wednesday, the first major US air crash in 16 years. From the little that’s known, human error likely played a role, raising questions about a chronic shortage of air traffic […]
Hashing It Out: Blockchain, AI and the future of wearable technology
The latest episode of HIO looks at how blockchain and AI transform wearable technology with Cudis CEO Edison Chen, who explains how Web3 gives users control over their health data.