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Kevin Gates has seemingly confirmed his single status.The Baton Rouge rapper returned Thursday with “Super General,” a sexually explicit freestyle in which he calls out his wife, Dreka. The two tied the knot back in 2015 after welcoming two children together. Though they’ve faced a number of divorce rumors over the last several years, fans were convinced they called it quits in 2022, after Gates was spotted with with Love & Hip-Hop star Jojo Zarur.“Shit on my name, gave me a blemish/A mother done turned my lil ones…

New applications for unemployment benefits rose last week above their prepandemic average for the first time since January, adding to signs the hot labor market could be starting to cool a little. Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased by 27,000 to 229,000 last week from the previous week’s revised level of 202,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. Claims had been at or below the 2019 average of 218,000 since late January. The four-week average of new…

The proportion of automotive manufacturing and supply companies hiring for IoT related positions kept relatively steady in May 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 44.8% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position. This latest figure was higher than the 44.1% of companies who were hiring for IoT related jobs a year ago but a decrease compared to the figure of 47.7% in…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The year 2020 was marked by lockdowns as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police and ensuing protests across the United States. A new study analyzed the effect of these events on crime rates in many of the largest U.S. cities. The study found that the pandemic and the protests were associated with significant changes in urban crime, but…

Nearly five years after the release of his debut studio album, CyHi returns with his new project EGOT the EP.The four-track EP contains the previously released single “Tears” featuring Jacquees, as well as new songs featuring Baby Rose (“Help Me God”) and Big Bank Black (“Slide”). Additionally, the tape features production from Edsclusive, Bongo ByTheWay, and Go Grizzly. EGOT the EP is CyHi’s first offering since 2017, when he dropped his full-length debut No Dope on Sundays.The 37-year-old rapper teased the project on…

The proportion of automotive manufacturing and supply companies hiring for cloud related positions rose significantly in April 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 64.6% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position. This latest figure was higher than the 54.2% of companies who were hiring for cloud related jobs a year ago and an increase compared to the figure of 63.1%…

A sold sign sits outside a home. Adam Jeffery | CNBCRising mortgage rates did not slow down rising home prices in March.Nationally, home prices were 20.6% higher than they were in March 2021, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index. That is higher than the 20% gain in February. The index is a three-month running average ending in March.The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage stood at 3.29% at the start of January and ended March at 4.67%, according to Mortgage News Daily.The Case-Shiller…

The proportion of automotive manufacturing and supply companies hiring for AI related positions rose significantly in April 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 66.2% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position. This latest figure was higher than the 49.2% of companies who were hiring for AI related jobs a year ago but a decrease compared to the figure of 70.8% in March…

Bloomberg: Indonesia's GoTo Group reports Q1 gross revenue rose 53% YoY to $357M and a loss of $370M, after raising $1.1B in its IPO — GoTo Group posted about 53% gross revenue growth in its first quarterly report as a public company, accelerating from the 2021 pace and highlighting the rapid expansion of Indonesia's tech and online industries. Bloomberg: Indonesia's GoTo Group reports Q1 gross revenue rose 53% YoY to $357M and a loss of $370M, after raising $1.1B in its IPO — …

A closely watched U.S. inflation reading eased in April for the first time this year while households boosted spending for the fourth straight month. Consumer spending rose by 0.9% in April and incomes increased 0.4%, the Commerce Department said Friday. But adjusted for inflation, disposable income was flat during the month, showing that wage increases are struggling to keep up with price rises. Inflation as measured by the personal-consumption expenditures price index rose 6.3% in April from a year earlier, down from…