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Robinhood Takes an Option Out on Owning Customer Transactions

Robinhood Takes an Option Out on Owning Customer Transactions
Robinhood Takes an Option Out on Owning Customer Transactions
July 29, 2026  |  Earnings

Robinhood is moving beyond its original role as a retail broker. And that’s despite the fact that the second-quarter 2026 results shared company’s Wednesday (July...

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Zuckerberg Says Billions Will Rely on Personal AI Agents
Zuckerberg Says Billions Will Rely on Personal AI Agents
July 29, 2026  |  Facebook / Meta

A day after blasting OpenAI and Anthropic for hoarding information, the drama surrounding Meta’s Q2 earnings call centered around how he would follow up. Listeners...

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Binance.US Prepares CFTC Application to Launch Prediction Markets
Binance.US Prepares CFTC Application to Launch Prediction Markets
July 29, 2026  |  Markets

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance.US aims to offer prediction markets to customers, Crypto in America journalist and host Eleanor Terrett said in a Wednesday (July 29) post on X, citing...

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Freehand Raises $75 Million to Automate Enterprise Procurement and Payments
Freehand Raises $75 Million to Automate Enterprise Procurement and Payments
July 29, 2026  |  Investments

Freehand raised $75 million to scale its autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents that manage supply chain spend for global enterprises. Get the Full Story Complete...

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WEX Deploys AI to Stop Fleet Fuel Fraud Before It Happens
WEX Deploys AI to Stop Fleet Fuel Fraud Before It Happens
July 29, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

WEX will soon expand the capabilities of its WEXOnline platform for commercial fleets to include identifying and stopping potentially unauthorized fuel purchases before they are...

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Authorized Fraud Puts Bank Intervention to the Test
Authorized Fraud Puts Bank Intervention to the Test
July 29, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Banks are spending more on fraud detection because stopping a scam after the customer has sent the money is often too late. Get the Full...

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Martha Stewart-Founded Hint Launches AI-Powered Homeownership App
Martha Stewart-Founded Hint Launches AI-Powered Homeownership App
July 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

An artificial intelligence (AI)-powered homeownership platform co-founded by Martha Stewart launched in the United States Wednesday (July 29). Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Chow Tai Fook Arms 24,000 Workers With AI
Chow Tai Fook Arms 24,000 Workers With AI
July 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Jewelry retailer Chow Tai Fook has deployed more than 400 artificial intelligence agents to support more than 24,000 employees, and none of them talk to...

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