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The final weeks of ChatGPT's first year were mired in drama. Now a co-founder's future with the company is in doubt.

It’s ChatGPT’s birthday. Here’s how it changed the AI game in 1 short year.

Billionaire Mark Cuban is reportedly selling a stake in the Dallas Mavericks to Miriam Adelson, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson’s widow.

The hidden hopes behind Mark Cuban’s $3.5B Mavericks sale to casino mogul

Each year, U.S. Marshals seize millions in luxury goods from criminals and auction it off to the highest bidder. Here are the most interesting scores.

Luxury loot: The 5 most intriguing items seized and sold by US Marshals

The national debt is soaring. Social Security will be underfunded in less than a decade. CBO gave Congress several options and time is running out.

Raise taxes? Cut spending? Social Security? ‘Something has to be done’

Walmart and other stores are reworking their use of self-checkout. Here are 5 reasons self-checkout should be shown the door.

5 reasons stores should give self-checkout the pink slip

Biden and Xi are meeting this week with U.S.-China relations near an all-time low. Here's what's at stake for the highly anticipated face-to-face.

Can Biden and Xi hit a turning point with US-China relations near ‘rock bottom’?

Inflation is off its 40-year highs but Americans still feel the pain. Here's how much prices have really gone up since 2020 in this week's Five For Friday.

Inflation cooling? 5 ways you’re still being pummeled by higher prices

The U.S. is adding jobs in traditional business sectors, but what does the future hold? Here are the five most in-demand jobs for the next decade.

Career crystal ball: The 5 most in-demand jobs of the future

Top California Democrats unveiled a plan to combat retail theft, countering a similar business-backed measure.

Organized retail crime is spreading fast. Would these solutions stop it?

Halloween is big business, raking in a record $12.2 billion this year. From pet costumes to candy, here are the frightful spending totals.

Here’s how much Americans will spend on Halloween costumes, candy and more

Taylor Swift and Beyonce have boosted entire economies. But women, who control 85% of consumer spending, are still widely underestimated.

‘Who run the world?’ Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and the power of female spending

It's not your average shoplifting infraction. Retailers say they are losing tens of billions of dollars a year to organized retail crime.

Organized retail crime: A ‘revolving door of no consequences’ for criminals

Looking for a place to live is rough. Here are the top reasons 2023 has been the worst year for housing in this week's Five For Friday.

5 reasons why it’s the worst year for housing in decades

Since people first started cutting the cord, broadcast and cable TV have clung to live sports for dear life. Will new streaming deals seal cable TV's fate?

Cable TV’s survival chances as streaming gobbles up live sports

Organized crime is coming in a new form: mobs plundering stores is the organized retail crime that is plaguing stores nationwide.

Criminals making millions from running organized retail crime rings

Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial is expected to last six weeks. Here are five key details about him and his role in FTX's failure.

The 5 explosive revelations from Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX fraud trial

Apple AirTags are meant to track your personal belongings, but criminals quickly capitalized on far more nefarious utilities.

The dark side of light tracking devices like Apple AirTags

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé's tours will hit theaters this fall. To top box-office charts, they need to out earn these five concert films.

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé concert films need to make this much to top the chart

There are whispers of progress at the UAW strike bargaining table as both sides lose hundreds of millions each week the strike goes on.

UAW strike tops $5.5 billion in economic losses, setting new record

Nationally, home insurance premiums have gone up 30% since 2018. And 31 states have approved double-digit increases since 2022.

With home insurance premiums through the roof, some homeowners go ‘naked’

Netflix is finally halting DVD-by-mail after 25 years and 5 billion discs. Here are the 5 films customers rented the most in Netflix history.

The Netflix DVD era is over after 25 years. Here are the 5 most-rented discs

State Farm and Allstate aren't the only ones bailing on homeowners' insurance in California. Is it really too expensive to do business there?

Why more insurers are refusing to provide homeowners’ insurance

The U.S. Congress has a week to pass a funding bill or risk a government shutdown. How much would that cost?

Congress risks another government shutdown. The cost of 5 prior shutdowns.

The U.S. is barreling toward a government shutdown. And you might be thinking, didn't we just deal with a spending crisis a few months back?

What’s the difference between a government shutdown and debt default?

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