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Grassroots Backlash Forces Big Tech to Rewrite Data Center Playbook

Grassroots Backlash Forces Big Tech to Rewrite Data Center Playbook
Grassroots Backlash Forces Big Tech to Rewrite Data Center Playbook
August 21, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Grassroots resistance to artificial intelligence (AI) data centers is accomplishing what policymakers have largely failed to do: forcing technology companies, utilities and elected officials to...

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Walmart Tap to Pay Rollout Begins Monday
Walmart Tap to Pay Rollout Begins Monday
August 21, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Walmart will soon begin rolling out tap to pay as a payment option at Walmart and Sam’s Club locations, the company said in a Friday...

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European Consumers’ Inflation Expectations Ease Despite Middle East War Uncertainty
European Consumers’ Inflation Expectations Ease Despite Middle East War Uncertainty
August 21, 2026  |  Economy

European consumers’ inflation expectations inched down in July, the European Central Bank said in a Friday (Aug. 21) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Retailers Find Bigger Growth Selling Ads Around the Shopping Cart
Retailers Find Bigger Growth Selling Ads Around the Shopping Cart
August 21, 2026  |  Retail

Retail media is giving Walmart, Target and Amazon a faster-growing source of revenue than their core retail businesses, built on the same traffic, searches and...

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CFTC Roundtable Exposes Regulatory Rift Over Prediction-Market Risks
CFTC Roundtable Exposes Regulatory Rift Over Prediction-Market Risks
August 21, 2026  |  Markets

Prediction-market executives clashed Thursday (Aug. 20) over how regulators should police manipulation and insider trading, exposing a widening divide between established derivatives exchanges and newer...

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Instant Payments Unlock Working Capital by Allowing Treasury to Pay Later
Instant Payments Unlock Working Capital by Allowing Treasury to Pay Later
August 21, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

The unexpected advantage of instant transactions for B2B firms is not faster payment but removing settlement float from payment terms. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Robotics AI Firm Dexmal Seeks $3 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round
Robotics AI Firm Dexmal Seeks $3 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round
August 21, 2026  |  Investments

Dexmal, a Chinese firm developing embodied artificial intelligence to control robots, is seeking a valuation of 20 billion yuan ($3 billion) in a funding round,...

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Banks Prepare Payments for AI Commerce
Banks Prepare Payments for AI Commerce
August 21, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Watch more: Need to Know With Thales’ Caio Reis Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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