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After a weeklong pause in fighting, the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas came to an end as Israel said it resumed strikes in Gaza.

Airstrikes resume in Gaza as cease-fire ends: The Morning Rundown, Dec. 1, 2023

Video games and luxury goods bring in huge revenues each year. Here's what happens when they combine their powers in gaming-luxury collaborations.

Power-ups & prestige: 5 epic video game x luxury brand collabs

The final weeks of ChatGPT's first year were mired in drama. Now a co-founder's future with the company is in doubt.

It’s ChatGPT’s birthday. Here’s how it changed the AI game in 1 short year.

Elon Musk's week is marked by a nullified $56 billion compensation package, recalls, Neuralink's first human trial and environmental scrutiny.

X owner Elon Musk accuses advertisers of blackmailing him

Henry Kissinger, the secretary of state and national security adviser under Presidents Richard Nixon and Geral Ford, died Wednesday at the age of 100.

Henry Kissinger dies at 100: The Morning Rundown, Nov. 30, 2023

Billionaire Mark Cuban is reportedly selling a stake in the Dallas Mavericks to Miriam Adelson, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson’s widow.

The hidden hopes behind Mark Cuban’s $3.5B Mavericks sale to casino mogul

Amazon's chatbot is designed to help companies with a variety of tasks, such as summarizing documents, generating blog posts and drafting emails.

Amazon’s AI chatbot Q aims to help businesses with daily tasks

Charlie Munger, the Vice Chair of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett's right-hand man for nearly six decades, died Tuesday.

Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chair Charlie Munger dies at 99

This morning marks the beginning of a four-day ceasefire between Israeli and Hamas forces in Gaza following weeks of hostage negotiations.

Four-day ceasefire in Gaza sets table for hostage release: The Morning Rundown, Nov. 24, 2023

Each year, U.S. Marshals seize millions in luxury goods from criminals and auction it off to the highest bidder. Here are the most interesting scores.

Luxury loot: The 5 most intriguing items seized and sold by US Marshals

Altman's reinstatement comes with a new initial board, which is reportedly tasked with constructing a larger one.

Altman back as OpenAI CEO: Here’s the rollercoaster of events since Friday

Unions this year have been busy as they have successfully negotiated wage increases of 10% or more for 900,000 workers across the U.S.

Media Miss: Unions won at least 10% wage increases for 900K workers in 2023

Sam Altman will return as CEO of OpenAI, the same company whose board fired him just five days ago, the company announced.

Sam Altman returning as OpenAI CEO amid board shakeup

Israel and Hamas agreed to free 50 hostages, including three Americans in a deal that will see a four-day pause in the fighting in Gaza.

Israel, Hamas reach deal to release hostages, pause fighting: The Morning Rundown, Nov. 22, 2023

The CEOs of the three companies were subpoenaed while the CEOs of Meta and TikTok are in talks to appear voluntarily.

Snap, Discord, X CEOs subpoenaed to testify on online child abuse

An auditor has raised doubts about the ability of Donald Trump's publicly traded company to stay in business, according to a new regulatory filing.

Truth Social takes media outlets to court for misreporting the company’s losses

More than 500 OpenAI employees have signed a letter calling for the resignation of the board and the reinstatement of Altman and Brockman.

Microsoft capitalizes on OpenAI turmoil, hires Sam Altman for AI research team

The national debt is soaring. Social Security will be underfunded in less than a decade. CBO gave Congress several options and time is running out.

Raise taxes? Cut spending? Social Security? ‘Something has to be done’

More advertisers have paused spending on Elon Musk's X over the weekend after backlash from a social media comment by the tech entrepreneur.

More companies pause ads on X over Musk endorsing antisemitic post

The former CEO of OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, to lead a new advanced AI research team at Microsoft.

Microsoft hiring former OpenAI CEO who was fired 3 days ago: The Morning Rundown, Nov. 20, 2023

China has become a global leader in lithium-ion battery production amid surging demand for electric vehicles.

An electric vehicle future needs batteries. China is dominating.

Walmart and other stores are reworking their use of self-checkout. Here are 5 reasons self-checkout should be shown the door.

5 reasons stores should give self-checkout the pink slip

ExxonMobil plans to become a leading supplier of lithium for electric vehicle batteries, as other Big Oil companies are also betting on EVs.

ExxonMobil and other major companies are making big investments in EVs

Thousands of Starbucks workers staged a walkout to address understaffing concerns. The Workers United Union led the strike on Red Cup Day.

Starbucks faces largest walkout as workers protest understaffing