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Society & Lifestyle

Musk Steps Down as Twitter CEO: Who Will Substitute Him?

After about half a year since Elon Musk bought Twitter and took the company private, the billionaire announced he will no longer be the media platform’s CEO, putting the company under female supervision

News

Roblox Gamers Spend $773 Million on Virtual Currency Robux in Q1

The Roblox gaming platform reported a significant increase in the level of user activity and growth in sales of the in-game currency Robux in the first quarter of 2023.

Articles

How Much Will Medicare Cost in 2023?

Are you creating your yearly budget and want to track your spending on Medicare for 2023? The amount you pay will depend on the coverage you have and the services you receive, so here’s a round-up of the Medicare premiums that will apply to all beneficiaries, as well as some additional costs. Last September, the […]

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Citi Adds Installment Loans and Lines of Credit Options to Retail POS

Citi Retail Services is adding new point-of-sale (POS) lending capabilities to its built-in payment services.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Online Car Platforms Strive to Right-Size Inventory as eCommerce Volumes Plummet

Earnings reports indicate that the profitability of the largest players in the online car sales market is declining amid the actions of retailers to reduce inventory.

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Robinhood CEO Says Every Company to Transition Into AI Company

The co-founder and chief executive officer of Robinhood Markets, Vlad Tenev, during the earnings report for the first quarter of 2023 to investors, said that over time, each company will be forced to integrate artificial intelligence-based tools into its business structure.

Finance & Economics

Disney+ Streaming Service Loses 4 Million Subscribers in First Quarter

Disney has announced that its flagship streaming service has lost 4 million subscribers in the first three months of this year.

Articles

The Crypto of Future with Jack Jia

Jack Jia has been in the tech avant garde for over a decade. With rationality always in mind (based on a very sensible and rich resume), Jia’s qualities and insights make him the perfect person to ask about crypto and its future. His near-immediate decision to get into crypto after discovering Bitcoin was a perfectly […]

Society & Lifestyle

Briton Pleads Guilty in US to 2020 Twitter Hack

A British citizen extradited to the United States in April pleaded guilty in New York to involvement in one of the largest hacks in the history of social networks.

Finance & Economics

Ascend Raises $25 Million for Pre-Seed AI Startups in Pacific Northwest

Ascend, which is based in Seattle and operates in the field of artificial intelligence, announced the closure of the second round of raising funding for $25 million.

Finance & Economics

Sound Ventures Invests Half Its $240 Million AI Fund Into Three Companies

The Beverly Hills, California-based venture capital firm Sound Ventures, led by general partners Ashton Kutcher, Guy Osiri, and Effie Epstein, announced the creation of a new $240 million artificial intelligence fund last week, already half of this money has been invested in three companies: OpenAI, Anthropic, and Stability.AI.

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Wendy’s Taps Google Cloud to Trial AI Chatbot Drive-Thru Operator

Wendy’s FreshAI chatbot tool has the potential to transform Wendy’s drive-thru food ordering experience with Google Cloud’s generative AI and large language models (LLMs) technology

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IBM Intros Slew of New AI Services

At its annual Think conference, IBM announced a new Watsonx platform that provides tools for creating artificial intelligence models and access to pre-trained AI variations capable of generating computer code, text, and much more.

Finance & Economics

UK Greenlights $7.3 Billion Merger Between Satellite Rivals Viasat and Inmarsat

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially approved the proposed merger of Viasat and Inmarsat worth $7.3 billion.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Wants His Case Thrown Out of Court

The lawyers of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried last Monday, May 8, filed petitions to dismiss the charges brought against him by the US government, of involvement in fraud.

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Amazon Pays Customers for Pickup to Cut Delivery Costs

Amazon offers its customers a reward of $ 10 for the pickup of purchased goods.