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Your AI Notetaker Would Like a Word

Your AI Notetaker Would Like a Word
Your AI Notetaker Would Like a Word
August 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The modern meeting has acquired a new participant. It doesn’t contribute, laugh at jokes or pretend to understand the quarterly strategy. It simply joins with...

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Fifth Third Backs Payload’s Embedded Payments Expansion
Fifth Third Backs Payload’s Embedded Payments Expansion
August 21, 2026  |  Investments

Payload has secured a strategic investment led by Fifth Third to expand its embedded payments platform, Payload said in a Wednesday (Aug. 19) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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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
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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