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Gemini Slashes Staff and Exits Europe to Chase Prediction Market Profits

Gemini Slashes Staff and Exits Europe to Chase Prediction Market Profits
Gemini Slashes Staff and Exits Europe to Chase Prediction Market Profits
February 06, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto company Gemini is cutting its workforce by 25% and exiting the United Kingdom, European Union and Australia as it sharpens its focus on prediction markets...

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Goldman Sachs Lets AI Agents Do Accounting and Compliance Work
Goldman Sachs Lets AI Agents Do Accounting and Compliance Work
February 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Goldman Sachs is deploying autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents built with Anthropic’s Claude model to automate core accounting, compliance and operational finance functions, according to...

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Crypto.com CEO Launches Platform to Mainstream Personal AI Agents
Crypto.com CEO Launches Platform to Mainstream Personal AI Agents
February 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A new artificial intelligence platform founded by Crypto.com Co-founder and CEO Kris Marszalek aims to make it easy for consumers to generate and deploy a...

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$800B Tech Selloff Puts Enterprise AI in the CFO Spotlight
$800B Tech Selloff Puts Enterprise AI in the CFO Spotlight
February 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Enterprise software has spent the past decade promising transformation while mostly delivering optimization. But artificial intelligence is now coming for the “mission critical” workflows of...

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Consumer Sentiment Improves but Workers See Little Income Growth Ahead
Consumer Sentiment Improves but Workers See Little Income Growth Ahead
February 06, 2026  |  Economy

The latest consumer confidence data points to a public that is cautiously recalibrating expectations for 2026, encouraged by cooling inflation yet unsettled by a volatile...

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SoftBank Earnings Results Could Clarify $30 Billion OpenAI Funding Rumors
SoftBank Earnings Results Could Clarify $30 Billion OpenAI Funding Rumors
February 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

When SoftBank Group reports its third-quarter earnings results Thursday (Feb. 12), it may reveal whether it is considering increasing its investment in OpenAI, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Feb. 5). Get the Full Story...

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Amazon Leverages New Tax Laws to Fuel AI Buildout
Amazon Leverages New Tax Laws to Fuel AI Buildout
February 06, 2026  |  Amazon

New tax laws around research and capital investment reduced Amazon’s U.S. corporate income taxes by more than half in 2025, even as the company’s profits rose,...

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Bitcoin Slides Below $70K as Stablecoins Gain Ground in Payments and Payroll
Bitcoin Slides Below $70K as Stablecoins Gain Ground in Payments and Payroll
February 06, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The cryptocurrency market’s familiar boom-and-bust cycle has entered another pronounced downswing. Capital is leaving digital assets at a pace not seen since the depths of...

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