Hollywood’s franchise frenzy: More than half of top studios’ 2025 movies are existing IP
The 2024 box office has been inundated with sequels, prequels and remakes. That trend will continue, and expand, in 2025.…
How long will it take the supply chain to normalize after dockworkers strike?
Dockworkers suspended their strike at East and Gulf Coast ports after reaching a tentative deal, though it will take some…
How much do dockworkers make? Longshoreman’s union scores pay boost for members under tentative deal
The International Longshoreman's Association (ILA) union secured a 62% raise for members over six years in its tentative agreement with…
Oracle’s Larry Ellison is getting richer, rivaling Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg
Oracle co-founder and CTO Larry Ellison’s net worth has been growing, placing him among the sky-high ranks of fellow billionaires…
Biltmore Village near famous estate ravaged by Hurricane Helene: Before and after
Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina hard, including one of America's great treasures, the Biltmore Estate, a product of the Vanderbilt…
Dow’s record, Elon Musk helps Hurricane Helene victims, Spirit bankruptcy?
Investors celebrated a strong jobs report and a port strike that was stopped . . . for now. Elsewhere, the…
AI chatbots are getting worse over time — academic paper
A dwindling consumer interest in chatbots caused a drop in AI-sector revenues during the second business quarter of 2024. ...
Who was Len Sassaman, and why might HBO think he is Satoshi Nakamoto?
The late cryptographer and privacy advocate is in the spotlight because bettors on Polymarket think he may be identified as…
Founder of crypto ‘Ponzi’ scheme’ IcomTech sentenced to 10 years in prison
David Carmona was the “mastermind” behind IcomTech’s “Ponzi scheme," which netted an estimated $8.4 million from victims. ...