• Macs lead global PC growth as shipments return to pre-pandemic levels

    IDC is out with a fresh report today on global PC shipments for Q1 2024. While Apple still doesn’t lead for volume, it did come in number one for YoY growth. Here’s how Mac shipments, market share, and growth stacked up against Dell, HP, Lenovo, and more. more

  • Fares fall as Australian air travel returns to pre-Covid capacity, Flight Centre says

    Higher seat availability has resulted in lower airfares, group says, but cost-of-living pressures continue their impact on holiday plansGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAirlines have finally shaken off the lingering effects of Covid, with capacity back to pre-pandemic levels for the first time, according to data from Flight Centre.Global seat availability climbed back over 100% of 2019 levels in April, with travellers enjoying lower air fares as a...

  • HSE CEO says staffing levels at all-time high but IMO wants an end to the recruitment freeze

    Bernard Gloster noted that changes to contracts and other staff flexibilities haven’t gone far enough.

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    Gilbert Arenas Will Say (Almost) Anything

    Gilbert Arenas has a habit of laughing in conversation. Sometimes, it’s simply because he’s amused by his own words. At other moments, it feels like the ever-opinionated Arenas chuckles because knows he’s about to cause a stir. The 12-year NBA veteran is 42 now, but he’s been capturing basketball fans’ attention—for a variety of different reasons—for some 20-odd years. A penchant for deep threes, athletic finishes, and late-game heroics brought the high-scoring guard accolades including three...

  • Trump says abortion should be decided by the states, 'will of the people'

    Former President Donald Trump on Monday announced his position on whether abortion should be banned, following months of not taking a stance on the combustible and crucial issue in his 2024 rematch with President Biden. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee took to his social media platform on Sunday night to say that he would issue a statement on "abortion and abortion rights." In video posted Monday morning, Trump explicitly affirmed his support for in vitro fertilization (IVF) and...

  • CFOs Say Business Innovation Is a People-First Exercise

    There are three fundamental dimensions to business performance: financial, operational and cultural. These pillars can also be compared to the long-standing management framework of people, processes and tools. But what is most important is that the rapid transformation of the business landscape has increasingly reframed the calculus around each, particularly people and culture. While the advent of […]

  • Former Motown CEO Says She Will Not Testify Against Diddy

    The ongoing saga of Diddy’s sexual misconduct and sex trafficking allegations has taken some unexpected twists and turns, with several notables being named in the lawsuit filed by Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones. The suit includes claims against a major label executive who vehemently denies any allegations and contends that there is nothing she could take […] The post Former Motown CEO Says She Will Not Testify Against Diddy first appeared on The Source.

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    Real Housewife says she was ‘fired’ and she will not return for next season

    A mainstay on Bravo's “The Real Housewives of Potomac” announced they are

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    Global PC shipments finally return to growth and pre-pandemic volumes

    IDC has reported positive PC shipments for the first time in years. It also said that shipment volumes have reached levels not seen since 2019. It comes as firms begin to push AI PCs.

  • Trudeau not saying if Han Dong will return to Liberal caucus after testimony

    The prime minister dismissed testimony by his former Conservative rival Erin O’Toole on Wednesday that Chinese interference cost the Tories as many as nine seats in 2021.

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    People feel financially worse off than their parents—but say their kids will be better off

    Millennials and Gen X were most likely to say they're doing worse financially than their parents, and they have a few good reasons.

  • Twitch CEO says DJs will have to share what they earn on the website with music labels

    In an interview with the channel TweakMusicTips, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy said that DJ streamers on the platform will have to share their revenue with music labels. As posted by Zach Bussey on X (formerly Twitter), Clancy said that Twitch is working on a "structure," wherein DJs and the platform "are gonna have to share money with the labels." He said he's already talked to some DJs about it. The DJs, of course, realized that they'd rather not share what they earn. But Clancy said that Twitch will...