A South Korean court has ordered gaming tycoon Kwon Hyuk-bin to pay his ex-wife 2.55tr won ($1.87bn; £1.38bn) in assets, marking the largest divorce settlement in the country’s history. Kwon, who founded South Korea’s third-largest video game company Smilegate, is one of the country’s richest men. Bloomberg puts his net worth at $3bn. Smilegate was
Technology leaders have spent nearly four years evangelizing about the ways AI will change every aspect of work life. One of the most measurable changes so far however has been to tech chiefs’ own paychecks. Median reported compensation for executives with “technology” in the title reached $2.6 million in the most recent fiscal year, up
Two data analytics services, Apptimize and Localytics, were identified as third parties with access to the sensitive data. The claim said a potentially unlimited number of third parties used it to customise advertisements to Grindr’s users. It followed revelations in 2018 that Grindr had been sharing personal data, including the HIV status of its users,
The old rule says you’re supposed to stop wearing white after Labor Day. For job seekers who spent the summer sending resumes into the void, there’s another piece of September lore worth paying attention to—the job market is supposed to pick back up. The phenomenon has been dubbed the “September Surge,” a term Fortune was
Norway’s Haakon VIII has sworn an oath before parliament in Oslo in the first major step of his reign as King. During Tuesday’s ceremony, parliament also held a minute’s silence for Haakon’s father, the late King Harald V, who died on Friday. Haakon’s wife, Queen Mette-Marit, was absent from the formalities as she continues to
Amazon is turning to third-party sellers to expand one of its fastest shipping options — and asking them to pay up for it. The e-commerce giant is asking some sellers who use Fulfillment by Amazon, or FBA, to submit bids to make their products eligible for “sub-Same Day” delivery, according to an email sent to
