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Rakuten Could Combine Bank and FinTech Operations
Rakuten Could Combine Bank and FinTech Operations
April 01, 2024  |  Banking

Japanese conglomerate Rakuten is considering merging its financial operations into one unit. The plan, announced Monday (April 1), would consolidate the company’s bank, insurance, securities,...

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Credit Card Delinquencies Climb as Consumers’ Savings Dip
Credit Card Delinquencies Climb as Consumers’ Savings Dip
April 01, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

While the average American consumer remains “credit healthy,” some trouble spots are apparent. The latest installment of VantageScore’s Credit Gauge shows delinquencies climbing across all...

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Cognition Seeks $2 Billion Valuation for AI Code-Writing Tool
Cognition Seeks $2 Billion Valuation for AI Code-Writing Tool
March 31, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Cognition Labs is reportedly aiming to become the next multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence (AI) startup. The company, which is developing an AI tool for writing code,...

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DeepMind Co-Founder: AI Hype Obscuring ‘New Renaissance’
DeepMind Co-Founder: AI Hype Obscuring ‘New Renaissance’
March 31, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

One of the co-founders of DeepMind says hype is hindering progress in the AI space. Speaking to the Financial Times (FT) Sunday (March 31), Demis Hassabis said that the...

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Detained Binance Execs Sue Nigeria for Rights Violations
Detained Binance Execs Sue Nigeria for Rights Violations
March 31, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Two Binance executives have sued the Nigerian government following their detention by the African nation. The cryptocurrency execs filed suit last week against Nigeria’s national security adviser, Nuhu...

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OpenAI and Microsoft Plan $100 Billion AI ‘Stargate’
OpenAI and Microsoft Plan $100 Billion AI ‘Stargate’
March 31, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

OpenAI and Microsoft are reportedly working on a $100 billion data center project. The center, the subject of a Friday (March 29) report by The Information, would involve...

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Report: Discord to Show Ads After History of Shunning Them
Report: Discord to Show Ads After History of Shunning Them
March 31, 2024  |  Social Commerce

Social media platform Discord reportedly plans to add advertisements after a history of dismissing them. The ads will begin appearing on Discord’s free platform this week, The...

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AT&T: Info From 73 Million Accounts Hijacked in Data Breach
AT&T: Info From 73 Million Accounts Hijacked in Data Breach
March 31, 2024  |  Cybersecurity

AT&T says personal data of several million customers was leaked onto the dark web. “Based on our preliminary analysis, the data set appears to be from...

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OpenAI Recommends Phaseout of Voice-Based Authentication While Previewing Text-to-Speech Model
OpenAI Recommends Phaseout of Voice-Based Authentication While Previewing Text-to-Speech Model
March 29, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

OpenAI suggested Friday (March 29) that voice-based authentication for accessing bank accounts and other sensitive information should be phased out.  The company said this while...

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