Play video content BACKGRID A$AP Rocky is headed for court on gun charges … the Grammy-nominated rapper just turned down a plea deal from L.A. prosecutors, opting to face a jury trial instead. L.A. County prosecutors offered him a deal — if Rocky pled guilty to one of two felony charges, he’d serve 180 days…
Getty Images Police officers remove supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol from outside his official residence in Seoul There were more than 100 police officers and they were armed with a warrant – but South Korean authorities failed to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol after a six-hour deadlock outside his home….
Samsung Electronics plans to ramp up its on-device AI business, with the aim of exceeding global market growth in the consumer electronics segment this year. The global consumer electronics market for smartphone, TV and home appliances will grow roughly 3% in 2025, Jong-Hee Han, chief executive officer of Samsung Electronics, told CNBC’s Chery Kang. Samsung,…
Diddy‘s family is remaining committed to one another while the music superproducer is locked up … with his baby mother Dana Tran, his daughter Love and his son Christian showing support to Diddy’s twin daughters, Jessie and D’Lila. Tran brought two-year-old Love to the game Friday night … with the baby girl outfitted in a…
Greek authorities have dispatched special forces, rescue teams, tents and drones to the island of Santorini after hundreds of seismic tremors were recorded in the area. Amid fears of a bigger earthquake that could cause a tsunami, people were advised to avoid the shoreline and derelict buildings, to empty swimming pools and to refrain from…
Disruptive weather has continued to affect the US this week, with a mixture of winter hazards, heavy rainfall and extreme temperatures across the country. Extreme cold warnings have affected more than 90 million people, with parts of the midwest seeing temperatures about 15-30C below the climate average. Temperatures fell to about -35C earlier this week…
Dominika Zarzycka | Nurphoto | Getty Images Technology stocks popular with retail investors tumbled Monday as investors took profits on their 2024 winners and dumped the more speculative names in an environment of rising interest rates. Nvidia slumped 2%. Palantir dropped 4%, while quantum computing winner Rigetti Computing plunged about 33%. Last year’s Nasdaq winner…
Hiroki Takeuchi, co-founder and CEO of GoCardless. Zed Jameson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Financial technology unicorn GoCardless more than halved losses in 2024 and said it’s aiming to reach full-year profitability by 2026. The London-based startup, which helps businesses collect recurring payments such as subscriptions, reported a net loss of £35.1 million ($43.8 million)…
As the market reels from ever-changing news about President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes, Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen detailed how his customers are dealing with a volatile global trade environment in a Monday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer. “It’s very hard to plan a supply chain when it’s changing day to day, so I think it’s…
Australian-made animated series Bluey was the most streamed show in the US in 2024, topping Nielsen’s annual year-end streaming charts, released this week. US viewers watched 55.62bn minutes of the 7-minute show on Disney+ according to Nielsen’s reporting, just shy of the all-time yearly record of 57.7bn minutes set by Suits in 2023. The Nielsen…
