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Artificial Intelligence

The Dutch Connection: French AI Leader Gets Backing from European Tech Giant ASML

Mistral has been hailed by policymakers as key to Europe’s ambitions to compete with dominant US and Asian rivals.

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Electric Vehicles

A Culling Looms for China’s Crowded EV Industry

In an interview with the Financial Times, BYD’s executive vice president Stella Li said just a handful of China’s 130 EV-makers will survive.

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ETF Upside

21Shares Tosses ETFs While Prepping for Spot Crypto Frenzy

The company, which sponsors a nearly $5 billion Bitcoin ETF along with ARK, is nixing the three other ETFs in that partnership.

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Finance

Halt and Catch Fire: IPO Market Accelerates After Sleepy Summer

Investor appetite for StubHub and Klarna is especially compelling at a time when consumer sentiment starting to slump.

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Technology

Pubmatic Seeks Payback For Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly

Pubmatic’s lawsuit comes after a US Judge ruled in April that Google was maintaining an illegal monopoly in the ad tech industry.

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Big Tech

New iPhone Air Is Ready for its Flex, but Apple Stock’s Already Swole

iPhone sales surged to $44.5 billion in the quarter ending in June, besting analysts’ $40 billion expectations and rising 14% year-over-year.

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Advisor Upside

How to Win the Coveted Ultra-High-Net-Worth Client

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RIAs need to cultivate a higher level of trust and personalization to attract the wealthiest clients.

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Patent Drop

Glimpse into the future of technology.

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Google Patent Highlights AI and Quantum’s Symbiotic Relationship
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The Time and Place for AI Code Generators
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Into the Future: The Patent Drop Highlight Reel
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Amazon Tries to Help Alexa Get Personal

CIO Upside

Microsoft Targets AI’s Bias Problem in Recent Patent

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Bias is one of the fundamental issues that AI developers face as they build and deploy models.

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Big Tech

Alibaba Executes a Big Tech Pivot

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, having successfully diversified into cloud computing, is now making a push into artificial intelligence.

2 min read
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ETF Upside

New Spot Crypto Products? Regulators Say Bring It On

The SEC and CFTC recently issued a rare joint statement encouraging applications for new spot crypto products.

2 min read
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International Economics

‘Not Optimistic’: Washington Hits Tariff Impasse with Switzerland

Small, mountainous Switzerland — a country that ranks 61st in the world by total area — is one of the world’s biggest investors in the US.

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