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New data from Hnry – Australasia’s digital accounting service for the self-employed – reveals freelance creatives are doing it particularly tough, citing poor financial performance and security, as inflation and cost of living concerns continue to prevail. Freelance creatives, a cohort that includes writers, designers, photographers and marketing consultants, are anxious, despite the Government’s multimillion-dollar investment into the creative sector last year, as many businesses continue to economise and prioritise creative work in-house. The latest Hnry Sole Trader Pulse – a nationwide survey of self-employed people in Australia – shows: 42% of self-employed creatives have seen revenue fall in Q1, compared…
OpenAI has introduced a slew of upgrades to its sensational chatbot, ChatGPT. The latest upgrades are a series of enhancements that are intended to redefine the user experience. Expanded language support, and the introduction of image input capabilities, all seem to show how the company is innovating with its chatbot.Image input capabilities for Plus users is a key upgrade that allows users to upload images to ChatGPT for analysis. One can simply click a picture and ask the chatbot to describe the image. From identifying objects to planning meals, the new upgrades are a big leap in terms of user…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 1, 2024.Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersU.S. stock futures managed to tick higher Sunday as investors dealt with a multitude of issues, including Iran’s missile and drone strike on Israel and a spike in equity market volatility that sent the Dow Jones Industrial average to its worst week of the year last week.Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 90 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 futures added 0.2% and Nasdaq-100 futures advanced 0.3%.Gold futures pulled back slightly at $2,373 an ounce. Bullion hit a record level last…
Wall Street is getting very bullish on copper, despite the metal’s recent rallies . The rallies have been fueled by supply risks and rising demand for it amid the energy transition and the artificial intelligence boom. Copper is used in data centers for power cables, electrical connectors, power strips and more, Jefferies noted in an April 10 note. It estimates that global copper demand by data centers will increase from 239 kt (thousand tons) in 2023 to at least 450 kt per annum in 2030. “Our analysis shows that this potential demand growth will exacerbate an underlying copper market deficit,…
Don’t miss Des Moines’ most popular and most intense jigsaw puzzle competition! Test your ‘saw skills against the best in Puzzlepalooza. The Rook Room’s extremely popular jigsaw puzzle competition, Puzzlepalooza, is back for another round on Wednesday, April 17th at Peace Tree Brewing – Des Moines Branch. Check-in begins at 6:00 PM and the competition begins promptly at 6:30 PM. For those who haven’t been before, teams of up to four face off in a race to be the first to complete their 500-piece puzzle. Sound easy? Don’t be deceived because the competition is stiff and we throw in just…
Jobs are no longer a sustainable or practical source of income—but your skills, interests, and … [+] expertise aregetty The layoffs of 2024 and the rising wellbeing disaster across corporations globally have taught us an important lesson: Holding down a job as a traditional income source is becoming increasingly uncertain. In fact, not only is it uncertain, it’s unsustainable. Professionals around the world are waking up to the realization that a 9-5, in many cases, does not always provide ultimate career satisfaction, work-life balance, wellbeing, or financial freedom. This is why side hustles are rapidly gaining in popularity globally, and…
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Image Credits: ThitareeSarmkasat / Getty ImagesWelcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at how two fintech companies serving the underserved are faring, and more! To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Sunday at 7:00 a.m. PT, subscribe here. The big story PayJoy is an example of a company with positive unit economics and a mission to help the underserved. It’s not often that we see those two things intersect, so when we do, we get pretty excited. I wrote about the company’s milestone of achieving $300 million in annualized…
It’s Thursday. And for those of you headed to Coachella this weekend, we ask that you please stay hydrated…and please let us know if any creators are just pretending to be there. In today’s edition: —Katie Hicks, Josh Needelman, Alyssa Meyers, Jasmine Sheena Screenshots via @merit/TikTok In some ways, beauty brand Merit delivered the Gossip Girl revival that HBO didn’t. A recent “get ready with me” video featuring actress Kelly Rutherford—known for playing Lily van der Woodsen on the mid-aughts CW show—is now Merit’s most-watched, most-liked TikTok video to date, with over 9 million views and more than a million…
YouTube ads have the potential to reach 2.56 billion users. However, with the use of browser extensions and apps that block ads, this reach obviously starts to dwindle.With so many ad blockers available, do brands need to be concerned that their target audience will be able to avoid the ads they’ve put so much time and ad budget behind?In this article, we’re going to discuss what YouTube AdBlock is, investigate how many people are actually using some kind of tool to block their YouTube ads, and cover why you don’t need to worry about ad blockers.Should You Be Concerned About…
