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New York City Council Grills AI Giants Over Safety Risks

New York City Council Grills AI Giants Over Safety Risks
New York City Council Grills AI Giants Over Safety Risks
October 07, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

What are the odds that artificial intelligence leads to a disaster? New York City lawmakers asked four of the world’s biggest AI companies that question...

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Microsoft Eyes Agentic AI Expansion With New Nvidia Laptop
Microsoft Eyes Agentic AI Expansion With New Nvidia Laptop
October 07, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft is ready to unveil a Nvidia-powered laptop as it works to make Windows a platform for artificial intelligence agents, Reuters reported Wednesday (Oct. 7)....

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First Digital Eyes Agentic Commerce Expansion With SPAC Listing
First Digital Eyes Agentic Commerce Expansion With SPAC Listing
October 07, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Hong Kong-based stablecoin issuer First Digital says it is ready for its stock market debut. The Nasdaq listing is designed to help First Digital fund the expansion...

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Apple Teams With LG to Expand Smart Home Offerings
Apple Teams With LG to Expand Smart Home Offerings
October 07, 2026  |  Mobile Commerce

Apple’s new smart home hub will reportedly extend beyond the confines of the home.  The tech giant is teaming with LG Electronics to develop products...

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AI Made B2B Fraud Cheap and Trust Expensive
AI Made B2B Fraud Cheap and Trust Expensive
October 07, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Watch more: Stopping B2B Fraud Before AI Moves the Money Artificial intelligence is breaking the economics of the traditional accounts payable fraud model. Attackers can...

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AI Agents Turn Permission Into Payments’ New Control Point
AI Agents Turn Permission Into Payments’ New Control Point
October 07, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Agentic commerce is creating a new transaction type before the payments industry has fully created the rules for accepting it. While payment stacks have become...

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Careful Consumers Want Control. SoFi Says Banks Should Hand It Over.
Careful Consumers Want Control. SoFi Says Banks Should Hand It Over.
October 07, 2026  |  Consumer Payments

Watch more: Need to Know With Max Spivakovsky of SoFi  A consumer does not have to stop spending to become more careful about money. Debit...

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Congress Wants to Unplug the Scam Call Factory
Congress Wants to Unplug the Scam Call Factory
October 07, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

A pair of representatives last week unveiled legislation targeting one piece of the increasingly industrialized fraud economy. Reps. Jefferson Shreve of Indiana and Rob Menendez...

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