1/7 A former @Apple employee has been charged by the @doj with stealing information about the company’s autonomous vehicle technology before leaving for a China-based competitor. 2/7 This is one of several cases against people accused of illegally diverting American technology and materials for China, Russia and Iran. Two cases accuse former software engineers of stealing materials from U.S. tech companies “in order to market it to Chinese competitors.”

1/6 Three sports superstars are once again among the world’s 50 highest-paid athletes, who combined have more than $2 billion in pre-tax earnings across their pro careers.
on.forbes.com/6017O9PgZ 2/6 Topping the World’s Highest-Paid Athletes list is @Cristiano, who made an estimated $136 million over the last 12 months as he jumped from England’s Premier League to Saudi Arabian soccer club Al Nassr.

1/6 More retailers will go bankrupt this year. The only surprise is it didn’t happen sooner. on.forbes.com/6015OgZPt 2/6 This year is on track to be the worst year for retail bankruptcies since 2020, with mainstays like @BedBathBeyond, @PartyCity and @davidsbridal all filing for Chapter 11 in the last several months.

A @jack Dorsey-backed Twitter spin-off company called @bluesky was founded to allow users to port over their accounts to any social media platform. It’s about to hit the market, but @elonmusk won’t play along. forbes.com/sites/digital-… @jack @bluesky @elonmusk Before he left Twitter, @jack Dorsey promised @bluesky would be compatible with Twitter. He supported the idea that users should have complete control of their online identities.

Last week @Apple dropped the mic on the nation's banking industry by starting to offer 4.15% annual high-yield savings accounts—no minimum, no lockup, FDIC-insured. Why it matters: forbes.com/sites/emilymas… @Apple As trust in traditional banks falters, the two most iconic names in tech and finance are joining together to create what might become America’s mightiest FinTech– @Apple and @GoldmanSachs. Goldman Sachs Bank is fronting Apple in a relationship that makes banking “invisible”

Beyoncé Dominates 2023 Grammy Nominations—Will Face Off With Adele Again #GRAMMYs trib.al/qdVa6JN 11 artists who have succeeded in various fields of entertainment, and they all have one thing in common–they are nominated for #GRAMMYs this year. trib.al/sIw0dLJ

#BREAKING SCOOP: TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance planned to use the TikTok app to track the physical location of specific American citizens, according to materials reviewed by Forbes. trib.al/xR8aTSS The team behind the monitoring project, ByteDance's China-based Internal Audit team, is led by a Beijing-based executive, who reports to ByteDance’s CEO and cofounder. trib.al/j1NtZrO

The 2022 #Forbes400 List Of Richest Americans: trib.al/RCjTEIH The wealthiest people in the U.S. are poorer than a year ago—and the cutoff to make the list fell for the first time since the Great Recession. trib.al/RCjTEIH #Forbes400

1/6 Forbes found 300 LinkedIn profiles of ByteDance employees that indicate they used to work for Chinese state media outlets. 50 of those profiles represent employees that currently work at TikTok. trib.al/9oH4yh6 2/6 The LinkedIn profiles reveal significant connections between TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, and the propaganda arm of the Chinese government. TikTok does not currently label accounts controlled by Chinese state media. trib.al/9oH4yh6

1/6 Forbes found 300 LinkedIn profiles of ByteDance employees that indicate they used to work for Chinese state media outlets. 50 of those profiles represent employees that currently work at TikTok. on.forbes.com/6018z74Ej 2/6 The LinkedIn profiles reveal significant connections between TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, and the propaganda arm of the Chinese government. TikTok does not currently label accounts controlled by Chinese state media.

Announcing this year's Midas List—honoring the world’s best venture capital investors: on.forbes.com/6015KFtZz #ForbesMidas Inflation fears, broken supply chains and conflict in Ukraine have tech valuations tightening and IPOs on hold. But given their recent records, that won’t slow down these investors on the 21st annual Midas List of the world’s leading venture capitalists for long #ForbesMidas

Meet the #ForbesUnder30 Class of 2022: on.forbes.com/6015JWAAz Our 10th anniversary #ForbesUnder30 class is set to define the next decade — and beyond

In honor of the 10th anniversary of the #ForbesUnder30, we’ve picked the 30 all-time all-stars: on.forbes.com/6011JWnkd Ten years. 100,000 nominees. 6,000 revolutionaries across 20 industries. Within this all-time #ForbesUnder30 list: a Nobel laureate, six social media bigwigs, two crypto kings, two EV evangelists and the top-earning female athlete ever

When Spotify arrived in the U.S. in 2011, streaming was a $600 million business, accounting for 4% of the recording industry’s annual global revenue on.forbes.com/6010Jm2re In 2020, streaming services delivered $13.4 billion in sales, representing 62% of industry revenue. Last year, Spotify paid out $5 billion to rights holders, mostly the big labels, which passed along an estimated $500 million of that to recording artists

Announcing America's top colleges of 2021: trib.al/L7STYmL Public universities can deliver the most outstanding education to the broadest range of students at the most affordable price. That’s the message of Forbes’ 2021 ranking of top colleges forbes.com/sites/christia…

Announcing this year's richest #SelfMadeWomen in America on.forbes.com/6018ycRZq The fortunes of the nation’s richest self-made women soared 31% in our seventh annual ranking to $118 billion, amid a stock market boom on.forbes.com/6019ycRZS #SelfMadeWomen

Rihanna is now officially a billionaire on.forbes.com/6017yiSPP by @MadelinePBerg #SelfMadeWomen When Robyn Fenty, known to the world as Rihanna, launched Fenty Beauty in 2017, she sought to create a cosmetics company that made “women everywhere (feel) included.” #SelfMadeWomen

The case for California: why stories about the Golden State’s demise are overblown on.forbes.com/6016H7kbM California, with the world’s fifth-largest economy, has topped the U.S. economy for growth in gross domestic product for each of the past 10 years – including the 2020 pandemic year, when California GDP growth contracted less than in the U.S. overall

Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez have officially called it quits, splitting up one of the world’s richest power-couples on.forbes.com/6011H2wZF by @WallStManeet J. Lo is one of America’s wealthiest self-made women with a net worth of more than $150 million from her music, film and endorsements on.forbes.com/6011H2wZF

Major sports leagues lost a jaw-dropping amount of money in 2020:
on.forbes.com/6014HWzv0 by @JustBirny Even with the return of the NHL and NBA in their “bubbles,” MLB’s shortened season and months of mostly fan-free NFL Sundays, the revenue losses for the NCAA and the four major U.S. sports leagues have now hit at least $14.1 billion so far, according to Forbes estimates

Here are the top business minds of the pandemic: on.forbes.com/6015HW8zz One year after the WHO declared the Covid-19 outbreak a global pandemic on March 11, the “new normal” is a reality that has affected nearly every aspect of our daily lives