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Sports are among the biggest revenue-generators on Earth. It’s why companies like Apple, Disney, and Amazon are shelling out a king’s ransom to obtain exclusive pro-sports broadcast rights. It’s why the Washington Commanders, one of the worst teams in the…
Either the sun is setting really low or shadow banks are growing. According to a Wall Street Journal feature published Thursday, the private equity industry is keen on credit card debt, mortgages, car loans, and every other nook and cranny…
Meta said Thursday that it’s shutting down its free CrowdTangle data insights tool, replacing it later this year with a new limited-access service that doesn’t have the same bells and whistles. Data Due Diligence CrowdTangle, which Meta acquired in 2016,…
Big Oil’s climate promises are getting so watered down they’re practically homeopathic. Shell said Thursday it plans to ever-so-slightly re-jig its climate commitments made in 2021, targeting a slightly less ambitious timeline. It’s the second time in less than a…
JPMorgan Chase wants to make sure you don’t quit on your financial goals. The bank filed a patent application for a system to use artificial intelligence for “personal financial planning.” JPMorgan’s system is akin to using a personal trainer rather…
China has eclipsed the rest of the world in solar panels. The country’s policy of heavily subsidizing its solar panel industry means that domestic US manufacturers can’t keep up with cheap imports pouring into their market, the Financial Times reported…
Africa is the world’s next great emerging market, and Visa and Mastercard are charging right in. The two credit card giants have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into various investments on the continent, from promising fintech startups to the…
Adobe doesn’t want its AI models to know the facts – just where to get them. The company is seeking to patent a large language model that works with an “external knowledge base.” Adobe’s system uses an AI model as…
Normally, bank runs are something investors run away from. Not this group. Porticoes Capital, a blank-check company, is seeking to buy failed lenders that are closed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, according to regulatory filings reported on by the…
Snap wants to augment the world around you – including your hands. The company is seeking to patent a system for “selecting AR buttons on a hand.” Snap’s patent essentially aims to create more intuitive overlap and interaction between augmented…
Ask me anything! But not that… Google announced on Tuesday that Gemini, the generative AI chatbot formerly known as Bard, is being tweaked to restrict answers about elections taking place anywhere in the world this year. I Voted! (With No…
Your driver assistants are letting you down. A report released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Tuesday examined the safety of 14 driver-assistance products from various automakers. The results were dismal: only one car, Toyota’s Lexus LS, notched…
Boeing is blowing the door off the airline industry. With the major airplane manufacturer experiencing headache after terrifying headache, the airlines that depend on its aircraft are reaching for the air sickness bags. Some of the industry’s biggest players have…
The S&P 500 has 493 other stocks, too. Investors have started to notice. After a relatively dismal 2023 and start of 2024, many stocks in the broader market are finally beginning to catch up — and in some cases surpass…
In 1984, paranoid pop singer Rockwell sang “I always feel like somebody’s watching me.” Four decades later, short-term rental customers say they know the feeling. In response to guests’ calls for privacy, vacation rental service Airbnb has banned the use…
Reddit is praying investors will click the “upvote” button. The social media website — and home of the best relationship dilemmas since Jerry Springer — filed paperwork on Monday announcing its intention to raise up to $748 million in its…
As the US presidential election season ramps up, fake political news has once again begun to rear its ugly head. Political misinformation and disinformation has been an issue practically since the dawn of the printing press. Though fake news has…