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Captions, an AI video startup, raised $60 million in 2024. Pictured: Captions cofounders Gaurav Misra and Dwight Churchill. Captions2024 has been a solid year for creator-economy fundraising. Creator startups focused on AI, e-commerce, influencer marketing, and newsletters drew in dollars. These 17 startups raised at least $10 million in 2024 — totaling over $900 million.

Elon Musk has made an unsubstantiated claim that Reid Hoffman was a client of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Kimberly White/Getty ImagesReid Hoffman said he'd faced threats after Elon Musk fueled a baseless conspiracy theory about him. Musk has amplified claims that the LinkedIn cofounder was a client of Jeffrey Epstein.

Tourists were taken to the hospital on Sunday after drinking cocktails at a resort in Fiji. LEON LORDLEON LORD/AFP via Getty Images6 tourists were hospitalized after drinking piña coladas at a resort in Fiji. The patients were four Australians, an American, and two others, per Fiji's health ministry. Officials said the Fiji case was isolated, though it resembles a recent spate of tourist deaths in Laos.

There's a difference between "expensive" and "costly," Hermès's artistic director says. Edward Berthelot/Getty ImagesLuxury brand Hermès is best known for its handbags, which can start at around $10,000. Its artistic director, Pierre-Alexis Dumas, said they were not "expensive," but "costly."Expensive is "a product which is not delivering what's supposed to deliver," he told "60 Minutes."Would you call a $10,000 bag expensive?

An M1A2 Abrams tank. Artur Widak/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesTaiwan has received 38 Abrams tanks from the US, with more tanks to come. It was Taiwan's first delivery of a new type of US tank in 30 years. China has stepped up its military aggression toward Taiwan, and some fear an invasion.

Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton and Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton in Paramount Network's "Yellowstone."Paramount NetworkWarning: Spoilers ahead for the series finale of Paramount Network's "Yellowstone."The finale of the neo-western drama aired on Sunday. Here's where the most prominent characters found themselves at the end of the series."Yellowstone" aired its finale this week, putting an end to the cowboy drama that has captured audiences' attention for more than half a decade.