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MrBeast is YouTube's top creator.
  • MrBeast said last year he owned just over half of his $5 billion company.
  • The YouTuber operates a variety of business lines, including a content studio and a chocolate brand.
  • Beast Industries has been on a hiring spree, adding four new execs to boost content and brand deals.

YouTuber MrBeast said in a deposition last November that


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You can't believe everything you hear.

This week, I saw dozens of headlines and viral social posts about an AI country song that reached the top of the Billboard country charts. If a song created with generative AI had truly reached No. 1 in the country music world, that would indeed be huge, paradigm-shifting news.

I'm talking about "Walk My Walk" by Breaking Rust, the name of an AI-generated



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Brett Johnson is a reformed internet fraudster who stole more than $1 million through stolen credit cards, counterfeit documents, and phishing schemes.

Johnson cofounded ShadowCrew, one of the first major cybercrime forums, where stolen credit card numbers and hacking techniques were traded among criminals. He was placed on the US Secret Service's most-wanted list in 2004. After his arrest in 2005


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The author lives in a traveling circus.
  • I'm a full-time circus performer and often live on the road.
  • There's very little work-life balance when you essentially sleep at work.
  • I'm planning my wedding for 2026, and I have to do so in between contracts.

It's 7 a.m., and I'm woken up to a dull thud-thud-thud above me. My dog's ears prick up, alert, ready to defend our home from


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Bitcoin has fallen below $100,000 for the first time in months.

As of publishing time on Friday, Bitcoin has been hovering around the $94,000 to $97,000 price range. That price point is the lowest Bitcoin has seen since early May and a big drop from the more than $126,000 all-time high that Bitcoin reached just early last month.

What's going on here?

It's important to note that cryptocurrency is


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Education consultant Leticia Barr is utilizing her proximity to three airports to create a backup travel plan.
  • Leticia Barr received a notice that her American Airlines flight home was canceled on November 7.
  • She immediately booked a Southwest flight to one of the other airports near her home.
  • The experience led her to create a backup travel plan for her and her children

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"Stranger Things" takes its final bow this year.
  • As we near the end of the year, more than 100 shows have been canceled or are ending.
  • "Stranger Things," "You," and "And Just Like That" have ended or are set to end this year.
  • MTV recently canceled two long-running reality series: "Catfish" and "Ridiculousness."

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JANUARY 09: Walmart Inc. President and CEO Doug McMillon delivers a keynote address during CES 2024 at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on January 9, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 12 and features about 4,000 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 130,000 attendees.

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South Korean games publisher Krafton recently announced its transformation into an "AI first" company, which typically means that human jobs are about to go on the chopping block. To that end, the company is now trying to slash its workforce by offering voluntary resignations, according to a report by Eurogamer.

Krafton is a giant company with tentacles in numerous development studios, including