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Finance & Economics

Amazon CEO Says AI Costs to Come Down

Amazon chief executive officer Andy Jassy on Thursday, April 10, released his annual shareholder letter, in which he predicted that rapid advances around artificial intelligence along with increasing competition in the chip market will eventually bring down the costs associated with this cutting-edge technology.

Fintech & Ecommerce

ESG Book LEO Transforms Sustainability Reporting for Corporates and Finance

ESG Book has introduced the LEO cloud solution, designed specifically for financial institutions and corporates to meet sustainability due diligence and disclosure requirements.

News

Cardano Founder Predicts Bitcoin to Hit $250,000 This Year

The industry veteran and founder of the Cardano blockchain, Charles Hoskinson, stated during a conversation with media representatives that as early as the current year, the price of Bitcoin could reach the $250,000 mark.

Finance & Economics

Business Confidence in UK Holds Record High

UK businesses illustrate robust confidence levels with growth driven by optimistic retail firms.

News

Donald Trump Puts 90-Day Pause on Higher Tariffs

President of the United States Donald Trump on Wednesday, April 9, announced a 90-day pause on higher tariffs and at the same time increased levies on goods imported from China to 125%.

News

Fiserv Acquires Pinch Payments

Fiserv stated that it had acquired payment facilitator (PayFac) Pinch Payments and its management platform Glassbox.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Synchrony and Adobe Commerce to Offer Flexible Financing

Synchrony, a financial services company, has launched a new integration with Adobe Commerce.

News

US Imposes New Tariffs on China

President of the United States Donald Trump intends on Wednesday, April 9, to impose huge levies of 104% on all goods imported from China.

Blockchain & Crypto

Janover Raises $42 Million

Janover, a platform that connects the commercial real estate industry, announced last Monday, April 7, that it plans to accelerate its acquisition of digital assets after raising $42 million in an offer of convertible notes and warrants.

Science & Technology

Apple’s 3-Day Loss in Market Cap Approaches to Almost $640 Billion

The stock market on Monday, April 7, showed performance that was generally better than what was observed on the previous two trading days, but Apple got hammered again, losing 3.7%.

News

Microsoft AI Chief Sees Advantage in Building Models 3 or 6 Months Behind

Microsoft owns a large number of graphics processing units from Nvidia but does not use these products to develop state-of-the-art artificial intelligence models.

Finance & Economics

China Demonstrates Readiness for Trade War

The decision by the head of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, to quickly take countermeasures against the United States in the area of trade after US President Donald Trump last week announced reciprocal tariffs on goods imported from the Asian country indicates Beijing’s readiness for a large-scale, intense and, in a sense, fundamental […]

News

SandboxAQ Raises $450 Million for Quantitative AI Platforms

SandboxAQ raised over $450 million in a Series E funding round to support its development of large quantitative models that will help enterprises use artificial intelligence to solve scientific and quantitative challenges.

Blockchain & Crypto

Christopher Waller Says Stablecoins Bring Benefits to US Payments System

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said on Friday, April 4, that stablecoins are a good thing for the United States payments system, but he doubts that the country’s financial system will be able to support a large number of assets of the appropriate category.

Science & Technology

Meta Reportedly to Release New AI Model Llama 4 This Month

The media published information according to which Meta Platforms is planning to release the latest version of its large language model in the current month.

Finance & Economics

Donald Trump Urges Fed to Cut Interest Rates

President of the United States Donald Trump on Friday, April 4, called on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to cut interest rates.