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Fintech & Ecommerce

Revolut Launches Instant Cashback Rewards in US

Revolut has launched a new feature in its US app that provides instant money back.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Numarics Raises €10 Million to Offer Small Businesses All-in-One Digital CFO Solution

Swiss fintech startup Numarics announced the raising of investment funds for 10 million euros following the results of the initial round of financing.

Science & Technology

Apple Purges Predatory Lending Apps in India

Apple removed several lending apps from the App Store in India this week.

Science & Technology

Morgan Stanley Upgrades Asia Chip Stocks on AI Clamor

Semiconductors used in the field of artificial intelligence have long-term prospects for a high level of demand, which caused a change in the direction of an optimistic assessment of the attitude of Morgan Stanley specialists to the future application of chip stocks in Greater China, South Korea, and Japan.

Science & Technology

OpenAI Makes GPT-4 Generally Available

Last Thursday, July 6, OpenAI announced the universal availability of GPT-4, its latest model of generative artificial intelligence, through its API.

Science & Technology

Twitter Warns Meta Not to Scrape User Data

Twitter has greeted the launch of the Meta Threads text application with a letter from its lawyer.

Finance & Economics

KeyBank Launches Homebuyer Assistance Program for Underserved Communities

KeyBank announced the launch of a program to assist in the purchase of housing for underserved communities.

Fintech & Ecommerce

EC Opens Investigation of Amazon’s Planned Acquisition of iRobot

The European Commission (EC) has announced the launch of an in-depth investigation into the expected acquisition of iRobot by the e-commerce giant Amazon.

Science & Technology

Zuckerberg Aims to Make Threads 1-Billion Member App

Tech giant Meta on Thursday, July 6, launched a Twitter competitor called Threads, which could become an application with 1 billion users.

Science & Technology

OpenAI Creates New Team to Bring Superintelligent AI Under Control

OpenAI is currently creating a new team led by Ilya Sutskever, chief Researcher and one of the co-founders of the company.

Science & Technology

NYC Cracks Down on AI Use in Hiring Decisions

New York became the first US city to introduce regulation of the possibilities of using artificial intelligence when hiring.

Finance & Economics

CADDi Raises $89 Million to Expand Procurement Platform and Cloud Service

CADDi has announced that it has managed to raise investment funds for $89 million following the results of the Series C financing round.

Science & Technology

SoftBank Backs Robot Startup

SoftBank Group Corporation has become a participant in the financing round of a company that manufactures robots.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Nine British Banks Sign Up to New AI Tool for Tackling Scams

Mastercard has launched sales of an artificial intelligence-based tool with which financial institutions can record customers’ attempts to transfer money to fraudsters.

Blockchain & Crypto

BlackRock’s Bullish Case for Spot Bitcoin ETF, Now With Coinbase

After the SEC found flaws in the original filing, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, refiles for a spot Bitcoin ETF approval. The US$9.09 trillion asset manager has submitted a revised application to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a spot market Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The amendments come in response to […]

Society & Lifestyle

Federal Judge Blocks Biden Administration Officials From Communicating With Social Media Companies

A federal judge on Tuesday, July 4, announced the establishment of a ban on the interaction of some agencies of the Joe Biden administration and senior officials with companies that own social networks.