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Nelson Chai witnessed the rise of the gig economy firsthand while serving as Uber’s CFO.Chai, now CEO of on-demand payroll company Daily Pay, also sees how gig workers struggle with the benefits system, which he says is “very much at the white-collar management level.””In most companies, salaries are paid biweekly,” Chai told CNBC’s Morgan Brennan at the CNBC CEO Council Forum in November. “But what’s happening now is that about two-thirds of households in this country are actually living paycheck to paycheck.”This has had a major impact on gig workers in the United States, which Chai said is on pace…

Jessa Duggar (mother: Ben Seewald)Jim Bob and Michelle’s fifth child, Jessa Duggar, was born on November 4, 1992. Jessa met Ben through church and began courting him in 2013. The old-fashioned approach to romance seemed like an entirely new concept to many viewers. Since the children had never talked about their romance before their engagement, Jim Bob explained to People magazine, “Courtship is about getting to know each other in a group, where both families spend time together, and where the couple sets goals together to decide whether they intend to get married. On dates, couples are often paired up…

New research shows men and women are equally committed to being their best at work, but the gap in ambition is widening among women looking to get ahead, which could be because companies are pulling back on career progression, sponsorship and stretching opportunities for women.This is according to Lean In and McKinsey & Company’s latest Women in the Workplace Report, now in its 11th year.The report examines data from 124 companies and 9,500 employees in the U.S. and Canada, evaluating talent pipeline data, employee experience surveys, and HR programs and policies. The survey found that 80% of all women say…

Nvidia is said to be testing software that can track the location of its AI chips due to increasing reports of them being smuggled into China. Reuters first reported, citing unnamed sources, that Nvidia has built location technology that can track which country a chip is located in. The software tracks computing performance, but can also figure out the chip’s location due to communication delays between servers. The software will be optional for customers and will initially be available for Blackwell chips, according to Reuters. Multiple reports have surfaced in recent days claiming that Chinese DeepSeek AI models are being…

The U.S. Navy said in a statement Tuesday that it has recovered two aircraft that crashed into the South China Sea while flying from the USS Nimitz in October. According to the Navy, on Dec. 5, a contract ship’s unmanned system was used to lift aircraft – an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet and an MH-60 helicopter – from a depth of 400 feet (122 meters). Neither ship is the newest in the Navy’s fleet, but experts say the wreck could have yielded useful information had it been in enemy hands. “All involved brought significant expertise to the table that allowed…

KPOP Demon Hunters Team, Best Animated Work Award, Box Office Award, Best Song Award”We are so happy and incredibly humbled that KPop Demon Hunters has been recognized by the Golden Globes! On behalf of our entire cast and tireless crew, this moment feels surreal, and we couldn’t be more grateful to the members of the Golden Globes, Netflix, Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks, and everyone who has supported our vision over the past seven years.” We’re still getting used to the cultural impact this film has had on the world, but we’re so grateful for the fans who fell…

Let’s check out the companies that are becoming a hot topic for after-hours trading. AeroVironment — Shares of the defense technology provider fell more than 4% to an adjusted 44 cents per share after second-quarter earnings fell short of analysts’ expectations. That’s well below the 78 cents per share expected by analysts surveyed by LSEG. However, the company’s revenue of $473 million beat the consensus estimate of $468 million. Braze — Shares of the consumer engagement platform rose 10% after LSEG reported third-quarter revenue of $191 million, beating analyst estimates of $184 million. However, adjusted earnings of 6 cents per…

Following a series of disturbing mental health incidents related to AI chatbots, a group of state attorneys general has written to top companies in the AI ​​industry, warning them that they risk violating state law if they don’t fix their “delusional output.” The letter, signed by dozens of auditors from U.S. states and territories with the National Association of Attorneys General, calls on companies, including Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and 10 other large AI companies, to implement a variety of new internal safeguards to protect users. The letter also included Anthropic, Apple, Chai AI, Character Technologies, Luka, Meta, Nomi AI, Perplexity…

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reacts during a press conference after the Federal Reserve Board’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, DC on December 10, 2025.Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images As expected, it was a “hawkish cut.” Still, investors managed to find some gifts wedged between the lumps of coal.Two regional bank presidents, Jeffrey Schmidt of Kansas City and Austan Goolsby of Chicago, wanted rates to remain unchanged even though the Federal Reserve cut interest rates in the states on Wednesday.Their warnings were also reflected in a “dot plot” of the Fed’s rate outlook, which showed officials making one…

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas told CNN’s Jake Tapper that his country’s world-first social media ban for children under 16 was meant to protect them from addictive algorithms, and asked: “What’s the worst that could happen here by delaying children’s access to social media?” In an exclusive feature, Tapper spoke with ban proponent Malinauskas and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, author of “The Anxious Generation: The Great Rewiring of Childhood is Driving an Epidemic of Mental Illness.” Australia has banned under-16s from using 10 platforms: Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok, Kick, Reddit, Twitch, and X. Platforms have said they will…