Vithun Khamsong | Moment | Getty Images Thousands of IRS employees are expected to lose their jobs as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, continues widespread cuts to federal spending. The move comes roughly three weeks since the opening of tax season and could impact millions of taxpayers who will file before the […]
Hims & Hers shares fall after FDA says semaglutide no longer in shortage
Products of Hims & Hers displayed. Hims & Hers Shares of Hims & Hers Health tumbled more than 23% on Friday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that the shortage of semaglutide injection products has been resolved. Semaglutide is the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk‘s blockbuster weight loss drugs Wegovy and diabetes treatment Ozempic. Those […]
Dolly Parton implores Indiana governor not to axe funds for Imagination Library
Dolly Parton is calling on Indiana Governor Mike Braun to reconsider nixing her charitable Imagination Library initiative, which benefits young children. “We are hopeful that Governor Braun and the Indiana Legislature will continue this vital investment by restoring the state’s funding match for local Imagination Library programs,” the Dollywood Foundation’s Vice Chair and President Jeff Conyers […]
Roll Over Shakespeare: ChatGPT Is Here
Sitting in Lincoln Center awaiting the curtain for Ayad Akhtar’s McNeal—a much anticipated theater production starring Robert Downey Jr., with ChatGPT in a supporting role—I mused how playwrights have been dealing with the implications of AI for over a century. In 1920—well before Alan Turing devised his famous test and decades before the 1956 summer […]
Bybit exchange hacked, over $1.4 billion stETH moved
A hacker took control of an ETH cold wallet on the Bybit exchange on Feb. 21, stealing over $1.4 billion in funds in the process.
Treasury sets new deadline for businesses to report ownership information
People take pictures of the US Treasury in Washington, DC, on Feb. 6, 2025. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The Treasury Department has set a new deadline of March 21 for millions of businesses to fulfill a new reporting requirement on “beneficial ownership information,” after a court order allowed the federal agency to […]
Amazon wins creative control of James Bond franchise from Broccoli family
Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in “No Time To Die.” Source: MGM Amazon is set to take creative control over the lucrative James Bond movie franchise from the Broccoli family, the company announced Thursday. The James Bond films have long been produced by Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, who inherited the control from their […]
Sharon Osbourne regrets this ‘biggest mistake’ as husband Ozzy’s manager
Sharon Osbourne once shut down an opportunity for her husband, Ozzy, and admits she regrets her decision. Ozzy, 76, was offered an audition for “Pirates of the Caribbean,” and Sharon, 72, argued it wasn’t a good role for her husband. “Do you want to know the biggest mistake I ever made with Ozzy?” Sharon asked […]
The Showdown Between Elon Musk and Sam Altman
Lauren Goode: Sam said that? Zoë Schiffer: To his employees. Lauren Goode: Interesting. Michael Calore: He also came out on X and said something about, “I wish he would compete.” Zoë Schiffer: Oh, yeah. He was like, “I wish he would compete in the marketplace, not in the courtroom.” Lauren Goode: Yeah. Sam said in […]
Strategy announces $2B in convertible notes to buy more Bitcoin
Strategy continues to acquire Bitcoin as part of its 21/21 plan to raise $21 billion in debt and $21 billion in equity to finance BTC buys.