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Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus Seeks Billions to Reinvent Industrial Giants With AI

Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus Seeks Billions to Reinvent Industrial Giants With AI
Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus Seeks Billions to Reinvent Industrial Giants With AI
February 27, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Project Prometheus, an artificial intelligence lab co-founded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former Google executive Vikram Bajaj, is raising “tens of billions of dollars”...

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Agentic Commerce Pushes ‘Know Your Human’ Into Verification Processes
Agentic Commerce Pushes ‘Know Your Human’ Into Verification Processes
February 27, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) in the service of agentic commerce searches for products, compares prices, negotiates terms and, in some cases with agents, executes transactions on...

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Duolingo Bets on User Growth to Outpace AI Disruption
Duolingo Bets on User Growth to Outpace AI Disruption
February 27, 2026  |  Earnings

Duolingo said Thursday (Feb. 27) that it plans to shift its focus from financial growth to user growth amid a challenge posed by artificial intelligence....

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This Week in Stablecoins: FinTech, Big Tech and Regulation
This Week in Stablecoins: FinTech, Big Tech and Regulation
February 27, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoins are out there; now they just need to work. The next phase for stablecoins may focus less on issuance and more on interoperability in...

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Front Desk and Help Desk Are Now Manned by AI
Front Desk and Help Desk Are Now Manned by AI
February 27, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

The corporate front desk and the internal help desk are becoming faster, smarter and always on. New data from RingCentral and ServiceNow shows AI systems...

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InComm Payments and SKUx Launch Blockchain Aid Payments Platform
InComm Payments and SKUx Launch Blockchain Aid Payments Platform
February 27, 2026  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

InComm Payments and SKUx announced Friday morning (Feb. 27) a strategic partnership to improve how digital payments are distributed for humanitarian aid and other applications...

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Making Digital Payments Feel Human Is Next Competitive Edge
Making Digital Payments Feel Human Is Next Competitive Edge
February 27, 2026  |  Digital Payments

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One-Third of Millennials Now Rely on Gig Payments and Tips as Primary Income
One-Third of Millennials Now Rely on Gig Payments and Tips as Primary Income
February 27, 2026  |  Gig Economy

Nearly one-third of millennials depend on transactional payouts from gig work and tips as their main source of income, replacing traditional paychecks with a piecemeal...

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Grocery Battle Shifts to Loyalty as Walmart Dominates and Amazon Expands Digital
Grocery Battle Shifts to Loyalty as Walmart Dominates and Amazon Expands Digital
February 27, 2026  |  Retail

When it comes to the Amazon-Walmart competition, grocery has become a key battleground. Why? It’s the closest thing U.S. retail has to a weekly subscription....

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