Wal-Mart Raises Wages, and Bitcoin Plunges on S. Korean Ban Talks
Wal-Mart announced it would raise its starting wage to $11 an hour, thanks to the newly passed tax reform. The company will also expand maternity and paternal leave benefits and give some employees a $1,000 one-time bonus.
And South Korean regulators say they may ban trading in Bitcoin, sending the price of cryptocurrencies plunging. Officials raiding exchanges in the country over tax evasion.
Plus we spoke to one of the original designers of the iPhone to get his thoughts on what Apple can do to stave off smartphone addiction. And Hyundai makes an investment in Singapore's Grab to get into the southeast Asian ride-hailing market
Snapchat has announced new measures and policies like features including restrictions on friend suggestions and a new system to remove age-inappropriate content.
YouTube comedian and writer Lilly Singh is partnering with Aavrani to work on a new hair care collection. Singh spoke with Hena Doba and provided Cheddar News with a glimpse of her new project. "I'm going to say that choices are what makes the beauty industry so amazing," Singh said.
Google will soon require that political ads using artificial intelligence be accompanied by a prominent disclosure if imagery or sounds have been synthetically altered.
Online gig work is growing globally, particularly in the developing world, creating an important source of employment for women and young people in poorer countries where jobs are scarce, according to a World Bank report released Thursday.
