dot, which at the time you know, venmo makes everything public, died by default.and on venmo dcoms web site, they had real time transactions that were happening on the network like people paying people and it would have their photos in a link to their profile photo and they ended up downloading all of photos. and so originally smart checker was just like a way to find take a picture of somebody and find their venmo account. but originally they're just trying to figure out who they are, who pay for this. like who would this tool for taking a photo of somebody and find out who they were? and so they pitched it to hotels and companies as banks, you know, figure out who the high net worth people are as they walk in. i mean, they're really just kind of giving it to investors, like giving it to grocery stores and had all of these kind of the first people to use clearview ai were essentially very wealthy people, many of them here in new york. my favorite story is john catsimatidis, who is resident billionaire, owns the christie, so i always pronounce it incorrectly. is i

dot, which at the time you know, venmo makes everything public, died by default.and on venmo dcoms web site, they had real time transactions that were happening on the network like people paying people and it would have their photos in a link to their profile photo and they ended up downloading all of photos. and so originally smart checker was just like a way to find take a picture of somebody and find their venmo account. but originally they're just trying to figure out who they are, who pay for this. like who would this tool for taking a photo of somebody and find out who they were? and so they pitched it to hotels and companies as banks, you know, figure out who the high net worth people are as they walk in. i mean, they're really just kind of giving it to investors, like giving it to grocery stores and had all of these kind of the first people to use clearview ai were essentially very wealthy people, many of them here in new york. my favorite story is john catsimatidis, who is resident billionaire, owns the christie, so i always pronounce it incorrectly. is i

venmo is owned by paypal. shares of paypal fell by 2%.tlier in the stock market today. the market did well, especially the tech sector. all three major indexes finished in the green. nasdaq saw a huge boost it added 200 points. the good outing snaps the three-day losing streak on wall street. investors are holding their breath for the labor department which will put out the official jobs report for the month of november. >>> amazon is testing a way to help you grocery shop a subscription service for prime members for $10 a month members can get unlimited deliveries from whole foods and amazon fresh. the orders have to be $35 it's rolling out in sacramento, denver and columbus, ohio. amazon hopes prime members will take advantage of the new service. >> >>> a well-known actor bngei . >>> a lawsuit has been filed against succession star alan ruck. >> he is accused of starting a chain reaction crash halloween night. the crash involved three cars and ended with a truck slamming into a pizza parlor. one of the drivers is suing the actor allegin

venmo . it is so interesting that they took this real-time feed and pull photos. facebook making profile photos public by default, then being able to scrape those photos. facebook assures people that the technology exists to make sure that you can't take the photos. what i was confused about is, how did clearview come through and scrape all of the facebook photos when they weren't supposed to be able to? >> there is a problem for all of us in terms of dealing with privacy. one, it is hard for us to understand what will happen in technology that we need to protect ourselves against. many of us who have posted photos of ourselves, others and loved ones on the internet over the past two or three decades were anticipating that a company like clearview ai were going to come along, scrape them all and organize the internet around our faces. one, it is hard for us to predict that and protect ourselves against that. there is this other question of, what technology companies have done or not done to protect us? with facebook, i think it is such an interesting company, beca

amazon will no longer accept venmo has a direct payment. the company announced the move just a little over a year. >> after enabling the digital payment system. amazon says only users with a venmo debit or credit card will still be able to make purchases. the changes go into effect january 10th. >> in the north bay, the minimum wage is going up in novato on january first for very large businesses with 100 or more employees. the minimum wage will be 16. 86 an hour for large businesses which employ between 26 and 99 minimum wage will increase to 16 60 and our and for small businesses with one to 25 employees, a minimum wage will go up to 16. 0, for an hour. the biden administration has announced billions of dollars in federal funds for california's ongoing high-speed rail project. >> our capitol correspondent eytan wallace shares what this means for the project's timeline and has reaction from state leaders on both sides of the aisle. >> we're looking at the future of high-speed rail in california. a project that has been under construction a

okay, amazon will not take venmo any longer that is the news.n new york city concerned about accommodating the surge of migrants. are we all appalled, ashley? ashley: 85%, that is a pretty large number of new york city voters are either very concerned or appalled or somewhat concerned that the city will not be able to accommodate this surge in migrants. that is according to the latest "quinnipiac university poll" that also shows that 62% of voters agree with new york city mayor eric adams' statement that the influx of migrants will destroy the city. adams as we know has been arguing for months that the federal government is not doing enough to support the city. well the survey shows voters agree with 80% saying the federal government should be doing more to help out the city. by the way the city has received about $140 million in federal funding migrant shelters so far more than any other city not on the southwest border but still not enough. stuart: thank you, ashley. what do you say to that, lou? hard to believe 85% of voters agree on one thin

while trump said, "pro tip, if you send the venmo to 'charity,' they don't realize it's a stripper's" [ laughter and applause and finally, when asked if he'd consider pardoning hunter, president biden said, "no. and trump said, "pardon him? i'll adopt his ass!" [ laughter and applause what >> steve: what >> jimmy: why would he - >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: some news from overseas, i saw that vladimir putin announced that he is running for president of russia again >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: yeah, i don't want to say their elections are phony, but on their "i voted" stickers, the word voted is in quotes [ laughter ] some business news krispy kreme just opened their first french location in paris >> steve: oh [ audience ohs ] >> jimmy: finally, a place to get decent pastry in paris [ laughter ] you guys see this? pantone just announced their 2024 color of the year is peach fuzz yeah can we see a picture of peach fuzz hey, that's -- hey, hey, come on hey. [ cheers and applause ♪ hey, why the - >> steve: hey! >> jimmy: well, this is wild authorities at an airport in thailand caught a man smug

amazon and paypal parent company of venmo have both declined to state a reason for the termination. >l be going up in the new year to $16 per hour. the mayor of half moon bay wants to make her city's minimum wage $20 per hour. she talked to us about it live on our 3 p.m. show called getting answers, as it has to do with the fact that we have people living in poverty here who cannot afford to live here, who are living among three, four families to a room, to a house. >> crazy situation. and $20 an hour is nothing. it's really not even a livable wage. >> if approved, it would take effect no later than march of 2024 for businesses with more than 25 employees. again, california's minimum wage will increase by $0.50 to $16 per hour, starting january 1st. san jose is going to 1755. oakland is going up to 1650. san francisco is not changing its minimum wage. in january, it will remain 1807 and you'll need a little more money to ride. >> bart fares are going up on january 1st. the increase is 5.5. that translates to an extra 25 to $0.50 depending on the length of your ride. fares were initial

sos flow into their account, and they use our accounts payable products or our internal network like venmon they withdraw those funds, we take a small -- liz: how many customers do you have? >> over 22 million customers. we -- 2 million customers. we get over # 5,000 people a month 20 open an account. when i was in around general teen that this year and then india, thousands of people come to meet and learn about the platform. liz: you worked at alibaba. you had been there for a tint in your career. >> indeed. liz: you know asia a very well. how's their economy, and what is the explaining change like between businesses here and will? >> what's really important is exports, and that's what we make possible. so folks in china who are manufacturing products that americans are i buying, we just heard that great segment about the crowds in the malls. when someone's getting an iphone case for their kids or a t-shirt for their grandfather, she might find a product that was manufactured by someone where the funds are remetted right into a payoneer account. liz: and it works the other way around too

the venmo estimate is powerful. i would say change the name from paypal to venmo right away and reset the table. i don't think they will listen to me, but there is a lot of potential here. i think there's a shot this thing works. >> josh brown calling for a rebrand on paypal. >>> up next, mike santoli joins us with his "midday word." "halftime" will be right back. when you think of investment risk, do you consider climate risk? changing weather patterns are impacting the way we live and the value of businesses large and small. this can mean disruption to supply chains, changing demand for products and shifting regulation. what does this mean for your business, your clients, and your investments? ice offers data and markets that can provide critical insight. manage your climate risk with ice. >>> and we are back on "halftime." mike santoli joins us with his "midday word." i have to know, every day you wore a tie, the markets rallied. today you come business casual -- >> listen this is good as a lot of the almanac stu

he had a 15 hundred dollar venmo. filed it as artwork purchase. the exotic dancer hadn't sold him any artwork. paying for a hooker on venmo, you pay cash. >> paying the stripper is the art. >> very nice compliment. >> scott, do you think we're all jealous of hunter, that he is able to party so hard for so long and be fine until now? >> seriously, we all avoid taxes, i am a comedian, haven't paid taxes in years. i have to save money. this look doesn't just happen. this nose cost a lot of money, right? yeah. i mean, you need to look at what you're paying for really. paved roads, educated children. potholes, keep my money, spend it on penile enlargements in case i have to go swimming with young people. >> kat: rob, do you think, first of all, you can comment on any of this. >> i would like to switch seats. >> kat: i feel like you're too old for him. >> that's true probably. i disagree with everybody on the panel. i believe it is important to pay your taxes which is why i pay them in full every year. no need to look into anything. these are not the ta

a $1,500 venmo payment in 2018 to exotic dancer for what he called artwork. hmmm. but she hadn't sold him any. strange. he also paid escort for nearly $12,000 to spend two full nights with him. she should have charged more. lucky lady. now, we haven't even gotten to the business expenses yet. another exotic dancer received $773 in a venmo payment from hunter, maybe, i don't know, tango lessons? they are expensive these days. he flew another one across the country and spent tens of thousands of dollars on hotel rooms, many of which were the same ones that he named in his memoir as the locations of his month-long drug and alcohol binge. again, these were labeled as business expenses. >> your son, while there is no ties to you, could be charged by your department of justice. how will that impact your presidency? >> first of all, my son has done nothing wrong. i trust him. i have faith in him. and impacts my presidency by making me feel proud of him. >> laura: proud. well, of the fact that hunter also used the business line of credit to make more than $27,000 in paymen

the defendant described the payment in the venmo transaction as for artwork. the exotic dancer had not sold him any artwork. now, hunter biden's attorneys have dismissed the entire indictment saying if hunter's last name was not biden, there would be no case, while hunter himself told the music star moby in an interview released today, we are not sure when it was recorded, this in his view is just about political enemies trying to hurt his father. listen here. >> i recognize that none of this is necessarily about me. they are trying to -- in their most illegitimate way, but rational way, they are trying to destroy a presidency and so it's not about me. >> now it's important to point out, gillian, nowhere in the 56-page indictment is president biden mentioned and there is no accusation whatsoever of any wrongdoing by the president himself. by coincidence, president biden is flying here to l.a. later today. he'll be taking part in a campaign fundraiser in santa monica and staying here in southern california until sunday. no word yet whether he will find the time

quote: a $1500 venmo payment on august 14, 2018.ent says, was to an exotic dancer at a strip club. the defendant described the payment mt. venmo transaction as for artwork. the exotic dancer had not sold him any artwork. now, hunter biden's attorneys have dismissed the entire case as much ado about pretty much nothing, saying that it should have been wrapped up with the priest misdemeanor deal and -- previous misdemeanor deal and that if hunter's last name was not bind, there would be no case. adding, quote, after five years of investigating with no new evidence and two years after a hunter paid his taxes in full, the u.s. attorney has piled on nine new charges when he had agreed just months ago to resolve this matter with a pair of misdemeanors. now, it's important to point out, stu, that nowhere in the 56-page indictment is president biden mentioned, and there are certainly no accusation of any wrong doing on the part of the president. but as this begins to play out in the courts now with, as i say, an initial aexperience here at

another quote, a $1500 venmo payment on august 14, 2018.hat payment was to an exotic dancer at a strip club. the defendant described the payment in the venmo transaction as for artwork. the exotic dancer had not sold him any artwork. now, hunter or e biden's attorneys have dismissed the entire indictment saying if hunter's name was not biden, there would be no case. while hunter himself told the music star moby of all people in an interview released today although we don't know when it was recorded, that this is just about political enemies trying to hurt his father. listen here. >> i recognize that none of this is necessarily about me. they are trying to, in their most illegitimate way but rational way, they're trying the destroy a presidency. and so it's not about me. >> reporter: now, it's important to point out, larry, that nowhere in the 56-page indictment is president biden accused of any wrongdoing whatsoever. but, obviously, there will be ramifications on the campaign trail politically speaking as this court case begins to play out.

you can also donate on site by scanning the qr codes that are around the building or by venmo and venmo can be at h m t in joe and eric's book along with all of our other authors books is available for sale at the parnassus book sales area, which is just outside this building, where a portion of all proceeds directly benefits the festival. also, if you'd like to get your copy of their book signed after this session, they will be available for signing at 11:00. and the blue tent, which is outside this building as well for this session. jo-ellan, eric have agreed to introduce their book and then we'll talk about some of the various contents of the book following their discussion. we'll leave plenty of time for questions. so please be thinking about questions. if you have a question you would like ask, please line up at the mark over here. so that will be able to hear you clearly as we get started with the q&a session. so i think that's about i'll go ahead and introduce joel and eric in, then we'll get started. joel ebert joined the university of chicago's institute of politics in 2021. af

spending as tax deductions, claiming a $10,000 fee for a sex club was a golf club membership and a $1,500 venmoa stripper was a payment for artwork. >> kal: wow. all right, claiming a stripper as artwork is, like, the nicest compliment ever to that stripper. she's like, "am i turning you on?" and he's like, "actually... you're making me reflect on the interconnectedness of light and darkness. now i shall slip a 20 between them titties." hunter biden spent millions of dollars on drugs and acts instead of paying his taxes and it is shocking to think of the presidential race might come down to who goes to jail first. hunter biden or donald trump. although, maybe if we are lucky, the two of them might end up in a cell together? you throw george santos in there, and i am watching that show. seriously, though, i feel bad for joe biden. people say he needs to reign hunter in but how? his old-time vocabulary doesn't even cover this kind of stuff. "son, i heard you've been smoking the jelly beans. watching the hanky-panky reels. paying birds to shake their fannies. we're almost out of schlitz." for more

and so, for the past — since i sold my company, braintree venmo, i made $300 million and this questiond matter in the year 2500? and right now, it could be ageing. if we slow the speed of ageing and even reverse it, it would change what it means to be human. do you think you are risking your health here? in all the things you're doing to protect it, do you think there's also some real risk? certainly, there's always risks. but there's potentially an argument that we are being more safe than anyone else because we have the rigour of measurement. whilst bryan signed his life away to experimentation, i visit the buck, the world's first institute for ageing research. these scientists are working on drugs that they hope could delay age—related disease. so, here, i have two of my postdocs, margie and genesis. would you say there has been huge scientific advancement in this field recently, or is there just a sudden trend for investment and interest in it? the science has matured in terms of, you know, we've been doing this for close to 30 years, understanding the basic mechanism of ageing, nu

. >> this is come to you through venmo, paypal. it's a very modern lawsuit. it's not about the money, at least according to the regulators. it's about competition, so you in the future, your children in the future, this is future generations that will shop on these phones and have more competition. >> sure. >> for the apps. that means they will actually save a lot of money as they go through their lives. that's really the point here is more competition is better for consumers. >> $700 million, that's a big chunk of number even for a company as big as google. >> yes, it is. and i think it's a big chunk they came up with because of all the money that's spent in the app store. and frankly, as you say, raj, it's a big number because they had to get google's attention. google is gigantic. it's more than a trillion dollar company, one of the most valuable in the entire world. it's hard to get them to make a change. this did. >> about half and half. we both own iphones, but there's a lot of people in our newsroom that have android phones. what about the impact for i

consumers and developers in the process, bonta says android users can expect to get up to $2 via paypal or venmo. >> they won't have to submit claims that doesn't seem like much, but tech experts say the settlement sends a clear message to tech giants. >> the tech companies is for the longest time, they don't have any competition. when you are too big, you control the market and you start squeezing more money from the users without about anybody complaining about it. this is a good sign that that the government is doing their job by watching what the big tech is coming and making sure that it's fair for them and it's fair for us as a users. >> the settlement requires google to change its app store practices. google will have to let users choose whether to pay for in-app purchases through its billing system or through paypal or a third party platform. google must also simplify the process by which consumers are allowed to install apps. wilson white, google's vp of government affairs and public policy, addressed the settlement in a blog post, saying, quote, android and google play provide choices

. >> la nueva regla para reportar ingresos recibidos por aplicaciones como cell, venmo o paypal no se programa free file de la irs o asistir a 1 de los centros vita. >> los centros vita ofrecen la preparación de impuestos de manera gratuita en la ciudad de nueva york y centros en nueva jersey. también ofrecen este servicio. el irs recomienda que abra una cuenta con la agencia gubernamental para saber si tiene deudas tributarias y así también podrá rastrear su reembolso. >> es importante, según los expertos, flavio, que hay que evitar enviar la declaración de manera digital. dicen que esto es para evitar demoras y siempre hay que confirmar con el irs que es esa institución. tiene tu dirección actualizada. >> muy importante también si recibe reembolso a través de depósito directo, verifique el número de su cuenta, que también es importante. >> bueno, al regreso se producen

this is the same irs that wants to tax your venmo-payments of over $600 a year.y go after the little guy and look the other way while the big guy uses his son to live beyond his means. remember when joe said paying taxes is patriotic. >> it's time to be patriotic and be part of the deal and get america out of the rut. >> greg: this guy would not patriotic if betsy ross gave him a hand job. it's possible he might have. that's the democrats. the party of the little guy but break the rules if it means holding to to tour. even for a president as unpopular as joe. 70% of americans believe he answered illegally. the other 30% are trying to figure out what box to tick on gender. everyone knows what he is. he keeps looking us in the eye and lying to us. it's too late to teach the old dog new tricks, although he is great at playing dead. what does joe say? it's all lies! that's not all i have to say. i have a list of things i can say. here we go. maga republicans, january 6th. archings. insurrection. nazis are bad. orange man. somebody say period. >> [cheers and applause]

. >> we do real time payments everybody knows about zelle, venmo going 24-hour seven-day a week clearance fed for real-time payments there is about taking the dollar putting in a stablecoin form so it can be used internationally as a tokenized payment on blockchain, we have a big highly developed payment systems in the u.s. this will be beneficial i think in certain applications, around the world and using the dollar as the principal you currency on blockchain i think important development will help u.s. keep us supreme in financial seniors and tangential. maria: very, very important quick, you have to have an opinion, jamie dimon's comments to the senate other day right he called ponzi scheme crypto ponzi schemes fraud told lawmaker would shut industry down if he had a government role. >> jamie dimon is a great ceo of jpmorgan chase not right about everything in this case i disagree with him vehemently, this is sometimes you stand where you sit. the banking industry is concerned about decentralized finance i think overwrought concern, jpmorgan chase has one of the largest digital tokeniz

you have parents forget up $25 an hour cash or venmo in big cities like new york because that's a goingand that there is a contest to find people who will show up and be responsible and unfortunately there are horse stories about babysitters that go sideways. that's why a lot of parents in-depth going with apps like sensible sitters who people have been vetted because sometimes word-of-mouth is not enough you know when is entitled to a job especially when you're caring for someone's kids you have to work for. charlie: but you were the world greatest babysitter. kennedy: i was a delight. charlie: you beams other people's children or just siblings. kennedy: i was the youngest, i figured out in eighth grade that making five or $10 an hour was a pretty sweet way to keep myself getting giant snickers bars so i hit it and quit it. i started gambling ring. molly: they can make real money now, 20 or 30 bucks an hour. kennedy: way more than what we were making. david: what is it making today. molly: i got paid them for quite when i was 14 i was a forecaster i saw it coming. david: the silver lin

it's $1,500 that he venmoed to an exotic dancer saying it was for artwork, that exotic dancer the prosecutorsote was not providing hunter biden artwork. $11,000 for two nights with an escort. $40,000 for a luxury hotel. a lamborghini rental and then $27,000 that hunter biden put on a business credit line to pay for online porn. the prosecutors note that was a fifth of all of the business expenditures on that account. that's a personal expense, they say, and not a business expense and that is the main thrust of what the felony charge is. that he was lying about these personal expenses. now, his team is saying that they are going to be fighting these charges, that they shouldn't have been brought because he previously had that plea deal, and we did get a quote from hunter biden's attorney, abbe lowell. if hunter's last name was anything other than biden the charges in delaware and now california would not have been brought. he does have that gun case ongoing still in delaware. there isn't anything in this indictment that ties him to his father. it is something very clearly that his attorneys ar

i made her venmo with the money and then this week i saw george santos is getting double that to leavegs for people. the recently expelled santos is charging $200 to do this. >> a bobby, look i don't think i need to tell you but these people that want to make you get in trouble and want to kick you out and make you run away you make them put up or shut up. trey: if you have an extra $200 don't waste it you can pay me twice and better on the georgia florida playoff game or you can set on fire, just don't do that. i've been looking for crime a series to watch our stumbleupon one on the tv station you would never suspect. c-span another alleged criminal assault on the house floor. this time marjorie taylor greene accusing georgia republican rich mccormick of hugging her to robustly i guess that would be the right word, congress has become the south side of chi chicago. rather than handling that by referring to the police or god forbid talking to one another the press got ahold of it and republicans look like a group incapable of greeting one another, be glad you did not server tulsi gabba

addition to giving your bills and coins at the kettle, you can give through google pay, apple say, venmon your phone. we try to make it easy so you can give generous and give to others in your local community. griff: dale, how important is it this year to give to salvation army in the initiatives that you're trying to do? >> it's crucial. one in three americans say they are worse off now than last year due to inflation so the needs are rising, the need is great in local communities. last year the salvation army served 155 million meals. we were able to make sure that people had rent and utility assistance keeping 200,000 families in their homes so when you give a donation either at the kettle or online at salvationarmyusa.org, i can assure you we will do most with the contributions and donations stay in your local community to meet local needs. griff: dale, salvationarmyusa.org. thank you for taking the time in the work that you do. >> merry christmas and thanking the american public for generosity. griff: that's all for us. fox news continues with aliciash anowd bryan llenas. jacqui: th

for instance, i by commissioner venmo. so let's call the roll on the motion to not disclose closed session deliberations that will now call the roll commissioner finley high commissioner flores ving high chair. lee high. commissioner salahi high commissioner sai with with four four votes in the affirmative. the motion is passed unanimously. let's go to consent calendar, which is us agenda item number five draft minutes of the ethics commission on october 13th, 2023. regular meeting which was continued from our november meeting. item six acting executive director report also continued from the november meeting. item seven fiscal year 20 2324 budget update item eight draft minutes of the ethics commission on november 9th, 20. and number nine, ethics commission regular meeting scheduled for the new calendar year 2024 ten. acting executive director's report for december for and 11 director of enforcement report highlighting enforcement division operations. 12 proposed stipulation decision and order in the matter of christian k

instead of just using google play, you might be able to use things like square or venmo or paypal.hey also will be allowed to tell consumers a little bit more about whether they can get cheaper options elsewhere. for example, they can say, hey, if you agree to sign up for our subscription online instead of through the outcome, we will give you a three dollars discount -- a three dollar discount. they might have a link to their website where you can get a cheaper price. caroline: all of this begs the question post the epic games lawsuit, and they said they will be fighting that one, but ultimately this is questioning the business model not just of alphabet, google, but also apple. and it leads into a hole feeling that antitrust is on fire right now. your beat in particular, the fact that we are seeing case after case being brought an m&a falling apart. am i feeling right that it has upped the ante? leah: antitrust usually takes a lot of time so the cases we talked about that have come to file this year were filed or started in 2019, 2020. it has taken a long time but we are starting