Amazon detailed the costs of its content business during its fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, citing that its content expenses jumped to $16.6 billion in 2022, a 28% increase from $13 billion in 2021. According to Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky, around $7 billion of that figure went toward Amazon Originals, liveContinue Reading
In Part 1 of this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, the crew discusses why raising the debt ceiling this congress may prove more challenging than during past episodes of debt limit brinkmanship.Continue Reading
Portia de Rossi‘s greatest present is the gift of love. While celebrating her 50th birthday on Jan. 31, the actress surprised her wife Ellen DeGeneres with a very special vow renewal ceremony, which comes 14 years after they first said “I do.” “Thank you @KrisJenner for officiating and @BrandiCarlile for performing,” Ellen wrote on Instagram Feb. 2,Continue Reading
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news The Rugby Football League appointed Australian Wayne Bennett as England’s new head coach on this day in 2016. Bennett, thenContinue Reading
TikTok today is announcing several changes to its service, including what it claims will be increased enforcement against bad actors as well as tests of new user-facing tools that will force a refresh of the app’s main algorithmic feed, known as the For You feed. The company said the changesContinue Reading
In order to become House speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy had to make concessions to a group of conservative Republicans called the Freedom Caucus. Now, as Congress is poised to deal with major financial issues like hitting the debt ceiling, the caucus has a ton of political sway. So, what isContinue Reading
It runs in the family! When the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles face off during Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 12, Donna Kelce will be in a unique position. That’s because she’s the first mother to ever have two sons—Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Eagles center Jason Kelce—competing against oneContinue Reading
C helsea spent in excess of £300million during a frantic January transfer window to continue their extensive rebuild under the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital ownership. The Blues followed up a record-breaking summer outlay with a series of big signings in the winter market as spending under the new regime approaches theContinue Reading
Digs, a Vancouver, Washington-based startup that is developing a collaboration tool for homebuilders and their vendors, is coming out of stealth today and announcing a $7 million seed funding round from Fuse, Flying Fish, Betaworks, Legacy, PSF, GFR and others. The company was co-founded by Ryan Fink and Ty Frackiewicz. For Fink, this is hisContinue Reading
From left, Reps. Dan Bishop, Andy Ogles, Chip Roy and Scott Perry — members of the Freedom Caucus — were among those who held up this month’s vote on the House speakership. J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo At the beginning of this month, the House endured the longest contestContinue Reading
