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New Federal Bills Promote US AI Leadership and Child Safety

New Federal Bills Promote US AI Leadership and Child Safety
New Federal Bills Promote US AI Leadership and Child Safety
April 28, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

U.S. lawmakers have introduced two bills covering artificial intelligence: one that would give parents control over their kids’ use of AI chatbots, and one that...

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Visa Earnings Spotlight Agentic Commerce as Next Growth Engine
Visa Earnings Spotlight Agentic Commerce as Next Growth Engine
April 28, 2026  |  VISA

Visa’s latest earnings Tuesday (April 28) showed a company still getting plenty of lift from card spending while pushing deeper into stablecoins, blockchain and artificial...

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Crypto Fueled Robinhood’s Rise. Its Collapse Is Reshaping the Business
Crypto Fueled Robinhood’s Rise. Its Collapse Is Reshaping the Business
April 28, 2026  |  Earnings

Can growth disappoint? It can. Across the FinTech landscape, the tension between company ambitions and investor expectations can play out in unexpected ways. Get the...

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The AI Boom Is Funding a Caribbean Island Two Letters at a Time
The AI Boom Is Funding a Caribbean Island Two Letters at a Time
April 28, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anguilla did not build an artificial intelligence model. It did not raise venture capital or hire researchers. In the 1980s, it was assigned two letters...

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New Square AI Agent Automates Daily Tasks for Main Street Sellers
New Square AI Agent Automates Daily Tasks for Main Street Sellers
April 28, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Square is now offering an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered “intelligent business agent” built into Square Dashboard to a select group of sellers in open beta. Get...

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Smart Firms Treat Vendor Risk Like Their Own
Smart Firms Treat Vendor Risk Like Their Own
April 28, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Artificial intelligence has opened Pandora’s box for enterprise cybersecurity. What it found was that the modern enterprise is no longer a closed system. It is...

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Polymarket Seeks End to CFTC Trading Ban
Polymarket Seeks End to CFTC Trading Ban
April 28, 2026  |  Markets

Polymarket has approached the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to seek an end to the current prohibition that keeps U.S. customers from accessing its prediction market platform, Bloomberg reported...

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OpenAI Joins Amazon Bedrock After New Agreement With Microsoft
OpenAI Joins Amazon Bedrock After New Agreement With Microsoft
April 28, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI models are now available in limited preview through Amazon Bedrock, a platform for building generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications and agents. Get the Full Story Complete...

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