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Back in 2018, Maekaeda Gibbons was a loan officer at Bank of America, spending her days evaluating other people’s finances.She had a problem: an expensive taste in perfume that didn’t match a loan officer’s salary. So she started experimenting with her own versions of pricier scents, with no real plan…
Millions of student-loan borrowers have yet to leave a key repayment plan — and the first deadline is approaching.A Department of Education spokesperson confirmed that 1.5 million of the 7.5 million borrowers on the SAVE plan had selected a new repayment plan as of Monday morning, “allowing them to make…
Podcast star Steven Bartlett is joining with Authentic Brands Group to invest up to $400 million to help other creators grow their businesses.The host of “The Diary of A CEO” podcast — through his holding company, Steven.com — on Monday unveiled OBSN. The venture will provide creators with capital, infrastructure, and expertise.OBSN also…
A startup that’s trying to make AI models better conversationalists with more emotional intelligence has just raised $50 million.Seattle-based Nuance says it wants to build models that can hold face-to-face conversations without the lag and awkwardness of existing chatbots.Fangchang Ma, Nuance’s cofounder and CEO, said that existing voicebots or AI…
YouTuber Markiplier thinks more creators can break into Hollywood without giving up control.The 37-year-old put it to the test earlier this year, when he wrote, directed, and starred in the film “Iron Lung.” He funded the movie’s low 7-figure budget himself, and it became a box-office hit that grossed over…
Billionaire and member of the famed Koch family Bill Koch tried to offload his massive compound in Aspen for nine figures, but ended up selling it at auction for nearly $100 million below the listing price.The founder of Oxbow Carbon bought the ski-town property in 2007 for $26.5 million and…
Anthropic said the top Chinese AI labs bombarded Claude with millions of distillation attacks over the summer.The AI lab said in a Thursday report that Alibaba, Moonshot, DeepSeek, Zhipu, and Xiaomi combined launched nearly 190 million distillation attacks against Claude between May and July.Distillation attacks refer to using the outputs…
Saudi-funded rebel golf tour LIV has revealed it owes Rick Shiels, the sport’s biggest social media star, more than $1 million.LIV Golf attracted some of golf’s top stars by offering huge paychecks when it launched in 2022. On Tuesday, it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.On its list of current…
Tim Cook is no longer Apple’s CEO, but he’ll continue to collect a CEO-sized paycheck.This week, Cook handed Apple’s reins to John Ternus after 15 years in charge, and took on the role of executive chair.Cook’s new job pays a $2 million salary instead of $3 million, and comes with…
There’s a social media app I like using more than Instagram or TikTok — and it’s attracted serious investor interest.The app, called Retro, is an Instagram alternative for sharing photos and videos with close friends or family.The startup behind the app, Lone Palm Labs, has raised at least $21 million in…
