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Adele recently expressed her support for Taylor Swift, sending a powerful message just before Super Bowl LVIII. Adele, currently captivating audiences with her Las Vegas residency, has voiced her firm stance against those who criticize Swift for her involvement in football culture, as per a Fox report.

By Hyunjoo Jin and Abhirup Roy

The NFL All Day digital collectibles brand, developed by Dapper Labs, entered Super Bowl weekend with a surge of momentum.

Super Bowl LVIII or Super Bowl 2024 NFL event is finally here and the match between Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers is likely to be viewed by a record number of audience. Taylor Swift may well be there in the attendance. Super Bowl LVIII will be held at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Super Bowl 2024 event is scheduled to start at 6:30 pm (ET) on Sunday, February 11. NFL game between San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs will be live telecast on Nickelodeon and CBS. The final will be live streamed on Paramount+. There is one week free trial for Paramount+. So, one can watch Super Bowl 58 for free, CBS reported.

Investing.com — Tuesday’s U.S. inflation figures will be in focus as markets look for clues on the timing of interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. Earnings season continues, oil prices look set to remain choppy, while the UK and Japan are to release what will be closely watched economic data. Here’s what you need to know to start your week.

Super Bowl Sunday is here — and, as always, there’s a vast roster of advertisers ready to vie for fans’ attention during game breaks

Grammy Award-winning R&B singer and songwriter Usher is headlining Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas on Sunday, where the San Francisco 49ers will face off against the Kansas City Chiefs. It’s not Usher’s first Super Bowl performance—he performed alongside the Black Eyed Peas in 2011.

US inflation likely continued to slow at the start of the year, helping to feed expectations that the Federal Reserve will find interest-rate cuts more palatable in the coming months. The core consumer price index, a measure that excludes food and fuel for a better picture of underlying inflation, is seen increasing 3.7% in January from a year earlier. That would mark the smallest year-over-year advance since April 2021, and underscore the inroads Fed Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues have made in beating back inflation.

KABC-TV reported the helicopter took off from Palm Springs Airport around 8:45 p.m. and was en route to Boulder City, Nevada.

Super Bowl halftime show has consistently stood out as a pivotal component of the NFL's annual extravaganza, earning the distinction of being America's most-watched musical performance each year. As anticipation builds for this year's spectacle, let's take a closer look at what's in store for Sunday's halftime show, set to unfold amidst the clash between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas, Nevada. Who is performing

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy will make his first Super Bowl appearance on Sunday, when his team will face the Kansas City Chiefs at Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. Despite his critical role in the National Football League's (NFL) championship game, Purdy's salary and net worth won't be among the highest on the field.

OpenAI has achieved annualized revenues exceeding $2 billion, setting a record pace of growth reminiscent of the fastest-expanding tech firms in history, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

By Max A. Cherney and Stephen Nellis

NewEdge Wealth has added a new office in Atlanta, Georgia, with the hire of a team formerly with J.P. Morgan Wealth Management.

DJ Tiesto has announced the cancellation of his performance at Sunday's Super Bowl event in Las Vegas due to a family emergency. Stepping in on short notice to fill the gap is DJ Kaskade. Tiesto, also known as Tijs Verwest, was slated to be the in-game DJ for the Super Bowl, providing entertainment before the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, as well as during intervals. Although not scheduled for the halftime show, which will feature eight-time Grammy Awards winner Usher, Tiesto expressed his disappointment at missing the event due to the unexpected circumstances.

Google has introduced a free artificial intelligence app that will implant the technology on smartphones

Airbnb Inc. is planning to increase the guest service fee for cross-currency bookings as the vacation-rental company pushes into more international markets to boost growth. Starting April 1, an additional fee of as much as 2% will be charged to guests if they pay in a different currency from the listing, Airbnb said on its website. That would bring the guest service fee to as much as 16.5% of the subtotal, which excludes taxes. Hosts can also choose to tack on a cleaning fee, which has prompted complaints from some guests as being excessive. “From time to time, we adjust our fees to better align with the value we provide,” the San Francisco-based company said in an email to users Wednesday. The move could drive approximately $200 million to $500 million in incremental profit in 2025, according to TD Cowen analyst Kevin Kopelman. While the tailwind may be offset if users shift to paying in local currency at checkout, there may still be a high-single-digit impact to 2025 Ebitda, Ken Gawrelski, an analyst at Wells Fargo, wrote in a note. “Sometimes we make changes to give us flexibility to offer and evaluate new products, features and policies, including fees,” Sam Randall, an Airbnb spokesman, said in a separate statement to Bloomberg.

China on Saturday said that top diplomat Wang Yi and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan held «candid, substantive and fruitful» talks in Thailand's capital Bangkok, where issues including Taiwan were discussed. Beijing and Washington have clashed in recent years on flashpoint issues from technology and trade to human rights, as well as over the self-ruled island and competing claims in the South China Sea.

GPT-4 Turbo, a version tailored specifically to mitigate instances of incomplete task execution observed in its predecessor. Despite the acknowledgment of this update, the company has chosen not to disclose specific details regarding the modifications made to GPT-4 Turbo. The discontent among users, who attributed the refusal to complete tasks to the lack of updates in GPT-4, prompted OpenAI to clarify that the update is for GPT-4 Turbo.

Denim giant Levi Strauss & Co. says that it’s slashing its global corporate workforce by 10% to 15% in the first half of the year

General Motors is facing a U.S. Justice Department investigation into a gruesome collision that critically injured a pedestrian and derailed its self-driving car ambitions