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Apple Scales Back iPhone 18 Orders as Price Hike Cools Demand

Apple Scales Back iPhone 18 Orders as Price Hike Cools Demand
Apple Scales Back iPhone 18 Orders as Price Hike Cools Demand
October 09, 2026  |  Mobile

Apple has reduced its orders of components for the latest iPhones for October by at least 15%, Reuters reported Friday, citing a paywalled article by...

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Aston Martin F1 Uses AI to Monitor Rival Radio
Aston Martin F1 Uses AI to Monitor Rival Radio
October 09, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Aston Martin’s Formula One team now listens to 40 race radio channels at once, with artificial intelligence transcribing and sorting each message within five seconds,...

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Blockchain.com Seeks US Approval for Event Contracts and Derivatives
Blockchain.com Seeks US Approval for Event Contracts and Derivatives
October 09, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Digital asset platform Blockchain.com applied for licenses to offer event contracts and cryptocurrency derivatives in the United States, CNBC reported Friday (Oct. 9). Blockchain.com told CNBC it filed applications...

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Bending Spoons Deploys AI to Overhaul Acquired Software Companies
Bending Spoons Deploys AI to Overhaul Acquired Software Companies
October 09, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence has been valuable to Bending Spoons, a company that buys digital businesses and then increases their revenue per customer, CEO Luca Ferrari told...

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Banks Put AI Agents Through Performance Reviews
Banks Put AI Agents Through Performance Reviews
October 09, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A fund manager in Hong Kong emails BNY at 2 a.m. New York time about a transfer that hasn’t settled. A software agent can read...

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Mastercard CEO Says Stablecoins Solve Cross-Border Payment Delays
Mastercard CEO Says Stablecoins Solve Cross-Border Payment Delays
October 09, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Cross-border payments are proving to be the strongest use case for stablecoins, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach said Friday (Oct. 9), Bloomberg reported. During an interview with Bloomberg TV, Miebach said...

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Banks Face Easier CFPB Exams as Agency Funding Fight Drags On
Banks Face Easier CFPB Exams as Agency Funding Fight Drags On
October 09, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Banks and other consumer lending institutions are finding it easier these days to score a passing grade from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) examiners amid...

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Automation and AI Move Deeper Into Payment Exceptions
Automation and AI Move Deeper Into Payment Exceptions
October 09, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Much of payment processing already happens without an employee touching the transaction. The “hands-on” interactions come when payments fail to clear, or transactions trigger fraud...

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