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Bank of England Welcomes Government Plan to Drive UK Payments Innovation

Bank of England Welcomes Government Plan to Drive UK Payments Innovation
Bank of England Welcomes Government Plan to Drive UK Payments Innovation
August 26, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

The British Treasury plans to give the Bank of England a new “secondary objective” to support innovation in payments technology and digital currencies, including stablecoins,...

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FIFA World Cup Adds $3.5 Billion to New York and New Jersey Economies
FIFA World Cup Adds $3.5 Billion to New York and New Jersey Economies
August 26, 2026  |  Economy

The FIFA World Cup 2026 generated $3.5 billion in total economic impact across New York and New Jersey, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in...

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Google Shifts AI Safety Unit Out of DeepMind Lab to Global Affairs
Google Shifts AI Safety Unit Out of DeepMind Lab to Global Affairs
August 26, 2026  |  Google

Google is moving its “AI responsibility” unit out of Google DeepMind and into Google’s global affairs organization, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (Aug. 26), citing an internal email. Get...

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Instinct Nears $2.5 Billion Valuation as AI Assistants Take Over Daily Chores
Instinct Nears $2.5 Billion Valuation as AI Assistants Take Over Daily Chores
August 26, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Instinct, the developer of an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant that seems to be gaining traction among early adopters, is raising a $250 million Series B...

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Anthropic Escalates Cloud Spending With $45 Billion Nscale Agreement
Anthropic Escalates Cloud Spending With $45 Billion Nscale Agreement
August 26, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic has agreed to pay $45 billion to rent cloud computing power from neocloud company Nscale’s West Virginia data center, which is set to start...

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39 State Bankers Groups Join Forces to Build Blockchain Network
39 State Bankers Groups Join Forces to Build Blockchain Network
August 26, 2026  |  Blockchain

Thirty-nine state bankers associations have formed an organization dedicated to creating a blockchain network that will be owned, designed and governed by the industry. Get...

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CISA Shares Federal Cyber Guidance With Critical Infrastructure Companies
CISA Shares Federal Cyber Guidance With Critical Infrastructure Companies
August 26, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a guide to network monitoring that it said was developed for federal agencies but can...

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Apple to Debut Foldable iPhone as New CEO Takes Reins
Apple to Debut Foldable iPhone as New CEO Takes Reins
August 26, 2026  |  Apple

Starting next week, Apple will have a new CEO: company hardware chief John Ternus. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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