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By Sylvia ChangBBC Chinese, Hong Kong1 May 2024Image caption, Kathy Zhuo wants to save more money as China’s economy slowsDuring the pandemic, Kathy Zhuo and her husband were forced to take a 50% pay cut. It was a huge blow because she also had to take care of her mother, who was diagnosed with cancer five years ago.”We barely had money left each year. I felt insecure but didn’t know what to do,” says the 36-year-old mother of two, who lives in Fujian, a province in southern China.The shock to her family’s finances prompted Ms Zhuo to join the trend…

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Gaming isn’t just changing entertainment – it’s revolutionizing marketing as we know it. That’s a bold statement from TikTok’s head of global gaming business marketing, so The Drum caught up with Rema Vasan to find out if it’s justified.Attention is the new currency – and if marketers want to capture the attention of today’s consumers in a rapidly evolving world, traditional marketing approaches will no longer cut it. One industry is changing the game, having been quick to adapt to dramatic shifts in consumer expectations and it’s revolutionizing marketing as we know it. Yes, we’re talking about gaming.The modern gamer…

Jimmy Donaldson, better known online as MrBeast, has over 218 million YouTube subscribers. Most of his videos cost tremendous amounts of money — but how can he afford it all? How much money does MrBeast make and what is his net worth, allowing him these splurges? Very few YouTubers can simply give away $100,000 to strangers on a regular basis; or recreate Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory only to give it away. But, this is exactly the sort of life that MrBeast leads. Whether it’s giving away a $100,000 diamond, making teams compete for $500,000, or having people battle it out…

I have been blogging for the past 10 years, working on over 100+ blogs and earning hundreds of thousands of dollars from them. One of the most common questions I get from people is how to start a blog and make money from it, and if you have the same question, you have landed in the right place. In this post, I will share my exact process for starting a blog and making it successful from scratch, and this is the same method that has helped me to make 6 figures of income from my blog consistently. So, grab a…

Exciting developments unfold as Han So Hee and Jeon Jong Seo are confirmed to star together in an upcoming drama. Titled ‘Project Y’ (working title), the series is poised to be a gripping noir thriller, set against the backdrop of Seoul’s bustling Gangnam district. Centered on the audacious plot of two friends in their prime, the narrative revolves around their daring quest to make off with 8 billion won worth of gold bars, all while aiming to evade detection completely.Of particular intrigue is the real-life parallel between Han So Hee and Jeon Jong Seo, both of whom share the same…

Nearly three-quarters of consumers want their disbursements paid to them instantly, but only one-third actually receive them instantly. Whether they are getting earnings, income payments, Social Security payments, tax refunds, insurance payments, loan disbursements or some other type of payout, PYMNTS Intelligence data found that nearly 75% of recipients want instant payouts. But availability can be a problem. According to “Measuring Consumer Satisfaction With Instant Payouts,” when people get instant payouts, most are highly satisfied. Seventy-eight percent of consumers are very or extremely satisfied when receiving disbursements via an instant payment, compared to 70% who said they are equally happy…

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNETGenerative AI models such as ChatGPT leverage user inputs to improve their models further and get smarter. Starting April 2023, if you wanted to opt out of ChatGPT using your data to train its models, you’d have to sacrifice access to your chat history — until now. Also: You can make big money from AI – but only if people trust your dataOn Tuesday, OpenAI announced it’s updating its data controls for ChatGPT free and Plus users, allowing them to view their chat history even if they have opted out of training for model improvement. We’re updating our data controls for ChatGPT Free…

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Recent revelations about a data analytics firm’s role in determining medical payments have heightened concerns about possible price fixing in health care and led to a call for a federal investigation.In a letter this week, Senator Amy Klobuchar asked federal regulators to examine whether algorithms used by the firm, MultiPlan, have helped major health insurers conspire to cut payments to doctors and leave patients with large bills. She cited a New York Times investigation last month into MultiPlan’s dominance of the lucrative business of pricing out-of-network medical claims.“Algorithms should be used to make decisions more accurate, appropriate and efficient, not…