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Not all of these young freelancers do it as a rejection of hustle culture or to achieve a better work-life balance. Ms Tan emcees at weddings and conferences while conducting mental health and speech workshops at schools, radio presenting and doing Chinese-to-English translation on the side. She takes on many gigs to diversify her income stream, to ensure any lulls in one sector, say events or education, will not dampen her earnings. She says her life would be far less stressful if she was not cobbling together a living as a freelancer. “During peak periods, I sometimes find myself working…

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Posted: May 3, 2024 11:56 AM CDT by WAKA Action 8 News By JAMIE TUCKER Consumer Technology Reporter By now you’ve probably tried Chat GPT a few times. Maybe you use it every day. Real estate agents have found it saves time creating home listings. Computer programmers, students, teachers, and small business owners have found that Chat GPT can save hours completing tasks that require creating content and sending email. While Chat GPT is helpful, the free version is a bit limited. Open AI, Google, and Microsoft have all released paid versions of the generative AI program that costs $20/month.…

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TheStreet’s Conway Gittens brings the latest business headlines from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as markets close for trading Friday, May 3.Related: Stock Market Today: Apple powers tech; stock surge after softer jobs dataFull Video Transcript Below:CONWAY GITTENS: Investors look ahead to another big week of earnings and changes around which electric vehicles qualify for tax credits. I’m Conway Gittens with TheStreet – those stories coming upI’m Conway Gittens reporting from the New York Stock Exchange. Here’s what we’re watching on TheStreet today.Investors are reacting positively to the April jobs report. While the U.S. economy posted its…

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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of U.S. airpower. But the aerial combat that followed was unlike any other: This F-16 was controlled by artificial intelligence, not a human pilot. And riding in the front seat was Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.AI marks one of the biggest advances in military aviation since the introduction of stealth in the early 1990s, and the Air Force has aggressively leaned in. Even though the technology is not fully developed, the…

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RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Some of the best natural artists working with wood are competing this weekend in Russellville to see who is the best. The Arkansas State Championship Chainsaw Carving Competition is underway on May 3 and 4 in Russellville’s Shiloh Park. Toad Suck Daze gets hopping in Conway One could say the Natural State and natural art are a natural fit, but of the over 20 competitors all traveled from border states or as far as Illinois, Georgia, and Colorado. “This is where artistic ability meets work ethic,” said Keith Gregory, a Missouri-based chainsaw carver. While some carvers competing…

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In October 2017, Jones’ sister convinced her to start a store on online marketplace Poshmark. Initially, Jones sold the items from her own closet. Eventually, however, she expanded to items she found at used clothing stores or ordered in bulk and resold.These days, her store, The Lemon Theory, features more than 1,700 listings. She’s grossed more than $300,000 on the site altogether.Here’s how Jones, who’s married with two daughters and lives in Garden Valley, California, built her online thrifting hustle.Jones studied math at the University of California, Berkeley, between 2013 and 2016. She left a semester before graduating after running…

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Hope Hicks, a former long-time adviser to Donald Trump, took the witness stand on Friday in his criminal trial, where prosecutors are expected to question her about her knowledge of hush money payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign.Ms Hicks, who served as White House communications director, is the first close Trump adviser to testify in the case, which accuses the Republican former president of a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election by silencing women who claimed to have sexual encounters with him.Ms Hicks, who is is testifying for the prosecution under a subpoena, acknowledged she was “really nervous”…

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Newport’s P.L. Marketing is looking to expand in the coming years thanks in part to a tax credit doled out by the state of Kentucky. Last Wednesday, the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority announced that P.L. Marketing received preliminary approval of approximately $900,000 in tax credits to revamp the firm’s office space in the post-COVID era. The credits come coupled with a $1.04 million investment made by the firm into the company. The comes from the Kentucky Business Investment, program which provides income tax credits and wage assessments to companies in a variety of industries that are looking to either…

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Jeon Jong Seo and Han So Hee Cast in Heist Black Comedy Thriller K-drama Project Y – A Koala’s Playground Well this is a bit of good news for two K-actresses having been in controversy recently for their personal lives. K-ent is reporting that Han So Hee and Jeon Jong Seo have been ask in the thriller K-drama Project Y, helmed by the writer/director Lee Hwan of the movies Park Hwa Young and Young Adult Matters. This sounds like a Thelma and Louise crossed with Money Heist as the two ladies are one a final heist of gold bars before…

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