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Apple Cuts Vision Pro Roles to Focus on Smart Glasses Push

Apple Cuts Vision Pro Roles to Focus on Smart Glasses Push
Apple Cuts Vision Pro Roles to Focus on Smart Glasses Push
August 21, 2026  |  Apple

Apple is realigning some teams as it shifts its focus to new devices and artificial intelligence (AI), Bloomberg reported Friday (Aug. 21), citing unnamed sources....

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Nscale Targets $3 Billion IPO as AI Data Center Demand Soars
Nscale Targets $3 Billion IPO as AI Data Center Demand Soars
August 21, 2026  |  IPO

Nscale, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, aims to raise as much as $3 billion in an initial public offering that could take...

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Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Transaction on Swift Blockchain Ledger
Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Transaction on Swift Blockchain Ledger
August 21, 2026  |  Blockchain

Standard Chartered and HSBC have completed the first interbank transaction executed on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, Standard Chartered said in a Wednesday (Aug. 19) press release. Get the Full Story Complete...

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One AI Agent, 2,395 Payments. Still No Final Say
One AI Agent, 2,395 Payments. Still No Final Say
August 21, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Preparing a batch of payments used to mean a person checking each invoice, confirming it matched what was approved, and grouping everything by hand. Coupa...

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Apollo Global Management Hit by Social Engineering Attack and Data Breach
Apollo Global Management Hit by Social Engineering Attack and Data Breach
August 21, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Apollo Global Management disclosed Friday (Aug. 21) that it suffered a social engineering attack that led to a data breach. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Issuer Processors Expand From Cards Into Accounts and Money Movement
Issuer Processors Expand From Cards Into Accounts and Money Movement
August 21, 2026  |  Payment Methods

The card-issuing platforms that grew up alongside, and serving, FinTechs are following their customers into businesses that have little to do with issuing another card....

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Ford and GM Use Agentic Data to Drive Subscription Revenue
Ford and GM Use Agentic Data to Drive Subscription Revenue
August 21, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) could give automakers something they have spent years trying to build: a way to keep making money from a vehicle long after...

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Former JPMorgan COO Matt Zames to Advise Social Security Administration on Modernization
Former JPMorgan COO Matt Zames to Advise Social Security Administration on Modernization
August 21, 2026  |  Personnel

Former JPMorgan Chase Chief Operating Officer Matt Zames will become an advisor to the Social Security Administration Monday (Aug. 24) to help modernize the agency,...

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