Consumer Spending Stays Strong Despite Slower Income Gains

Consumer Spending Stays Strong Despite Slower Income Gains
Consumer Spending Stays Strong Despite Slower Income Gains
February 20, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Consumers continue to shoulder the expansion of the U.S. economy, even as late-year data reveal a more deliberate spending posture and a softer pace of...

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Ripple CEO Sees 90% Chance for Crypto Bill Breakthrough
Ripple CEO Sees 90% Chance for Crypto Bill Breakthrough
February 20, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse thinks there is a 90% chance the CLARITY Act will be signed into law by the end of April, he said...

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Telcos Double Down on AI as 90% Report Positive Returns
Telcos Double Down on AI as 90% Report Positive Returns
February 20, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Telecom operators’ relationship with artificial intelligence (AI) is now defined by results, not rhetoric. Nvidia’s 2026 State of AI in Telecommunications survey, which polled more...

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Square Builds Out App Marketplace Ahead of Block’s Earnings Report
Square Builds Out App Marketplace Ahead of Block’s Earnings Report
February 20, 2026  |  SMBs

Global business platform Square continues to expand its partner ecosystem and now has almost 1,000 partners in its Square App Marketplace and its Square Specialists...

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OpenAI Deploys 200 Employees to Build AI Smart Devices
OpenAI Deploys 200 Employees to Build AI Smart Devices
February 20, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

OpenAI’s effort to develop artificial intelligence-powered devices involves more than 200 people, The Information reported Friday (Feb. 20), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story...

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Google Introduces WebMCP to Give Browser Access for AI Agents
Google Introduces WebMCP to Give Browser Access for AI Agents
February 20, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Google is taking a step toward formalizing how artificial intelligence (AI) agents interact with the web, introducing WebMCP as an early preview feature inside Chrome....

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Stablecoins This Week: Financial Giants Bet on Infrastructure Before Adoption
Stablecoins This Week: Financial Giants Bet on Infrastructure Before Adoption
February 20, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

For all the attention stablecoins have received in policy debates and crypto market cycles, they still remain mostly absent from most people’s daily financial lives....

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Nvidia Nears $30 Billion Stake in Record-Breaking OpenAI Funding Round
Nvidia Nears $30 Billion Stake in Record-Breaking OpenAI Funding Round
February 20, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Nvidia is close to finalizing a $30 billion investment in OpenAI that would replace the company’s earlier commitment to invest up to $100 billion, which...

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Update: Supreme Court Draws Line on Tariffs and Hands Middle Market a Reset
Update: Supreme Court Draws Line on Tariffs and Hands Middle Market a Reset
February 20, 2026  |  Legal

Two days after the Supreme Court’s tariff decision, the headline is no longer simply that the justices drew a line on presidential authority. The immediate...

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