Photo Credit: SumUp TikTok has finally signed an agreement with three major investors including Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX to form the new TikTok US joint venture. The deal is expected to close on January 22, according to an internal memo seen by the Associated Press. CEO Shou Zi Chew has confirmed to employees that
YouTube head of music Lyor Cohen announces a Billboard boycott via YouTube’s Official Blog, December 17th. For years, YouTube has refused to prioritize paying music subscribers – while artists and rights owners have decried the platform as exploitative. Should that be rewarded on Billboard’s charts? Should every music stream count the same? Perhaps that’s a
McKinney, TX, December 21, 2025 –(PR.com)– Techment Technology has earned the Microsoft Solution Partner Designation in Data and AI, recognizing its ability to help organizations build reliable data foundations and turn analytics and AI into real business outcomes. For many leadership teams, the challenge is not ambition—it’s execution Data lives in silos; insights arrive late, and
Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: Lifetime access to the 1minAI Advanced Business Plan is now $74.97 (MSRP $540). The end of the year is when people start hunting for upgrades that will actually make life easier in January. If you have spent most of 2024 bouncing between ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and your favorite image generator, this holiday deal rolls everything
Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s estranged wife, Jillian Lauren, is speaking out after a wild year that sparked headlines. Lauren was shot by cops and booked for attempted murder in April, then filed for divorce from Shriner earlier this month. The writer was shot by officers after interfering with a police chase in Los Angeles. After
Trending on Billboard A pirate activist group has scraped and released metadata from Spotify, according to a blog post on open source search engine Anna’s Archive. The report alleges the scrape includes 256 million rows of track metadata and 86 million audio files, to be distributed on P2P networks in bulk torrents totaling roughly 300
Nandi Owolo’s first foray into junk journaling came by accident. One day in June 2024, Owolo fell while walking her dog. “I started junk journaling because I broke my foot on my birthday, of all days,” she tells CNBC Make It. She was homebound on doctor’s orders for two months of recovery. Then, by way
On December 16, 2025, the Dublin City Council in California unanimously passed a resolution formally opposing reopening or reusing the notorious FCI Dublin prison for detention of any kind, including as an immigration jail. The resolution also urged the relevant federal agencies to “engage in open and transparent communication with the City regarding any decisions
James Cameron’s sci-fi epic “Avatar: Fire and Ash” loomed large over the global box office with $345 million, a robust start that’s nonetheless a significant decline from its predecessor. To compare, “Avatar: The Way of Water,” which opened in 2022 after countless release date delays, ignited to $435 million over the same holiday frame. Initial
After the summer blockbuster Superman and the acclaimed second season of Peacemaker, the DC Universe is in full swing, both on the silver screen and small screen. The newest iteration of DC’s beloved comic book characters has been building a true universe with a focus on plenty of different characters. There are traditional heroes like
