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PayPal Goes Minimalist

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PayPal wants to stop being a data hoarder.

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Coinbase Points the Finger

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Coinbase is working on a data escape hatch that’s on it’s users to activate.

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Amazon Gets Up Close and Personal with Your Data

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Amazon is practicing data security by hounding its AWS clients to be more careful.

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Geopolitics

China’s Iron Fist: Geopolitical Tensions Make it Hard to do Business

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Policy & Power

The EU’s Food Price Caps Might Not be the Right Answer to High Costs

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Energy

ExxonMobil Breaks into the Lithium Market with Arkansas Land Purchase

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Economics

As the U.S. Speeds Toward Default, Why the Pentagon Matters

The Pentagon leads U.S. discretionary spending – but for more than three decades, it has never once passed an audit.

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International Economics

Should I Stay or Should I Go: China’s Street Stall Economy

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Media & Entertainment

ESPN Will Soon be a Full-Blown Streaming Service

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Banking

Banks Make Social Media Gameplans

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Tech Firms Read the Look on Your Face

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Why Sony and Meta both want to track your facial movements in VR, without using a camera.

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Intel Minmaxes AI Game Rendering

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Intel is assigning an AI to do it’s cost benefit analysis.

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EA’s Quest for Gaming Accessibility

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Electronic Arts wants to make sure that it’s releases are accessible for all.

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Policy & Power

China’s Fast Fashion Apps Become New Geopolitical Battleground

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Finance

In a Down Year for M&A, Raine Group Has the Magic Touch

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Industrials

Green Manufacturing Sparks Industrial Real Estate Growth

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Power Corridor

Did Elon Musk Have Links to Epstein?

Musk joins Google co-founders Larry Page, Sergey Brin and a growing list of bold-name executives issued Epstein-related subpoenas.

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Power Corridor

Trump’s Dealings with Saudis Under Investigation

Questions swirl over Trump’s golf courses and business ties with Riyadh.

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Power Corridor

Ex-SVB Bank Chief: Fastest Bank Run in History ‘An Anomaly’

Senate hearing devolves into a discussion on who knows ‘Banking 101’ best – bankers, regulators, or Congress?

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Industries

The FTC Wants to Block the $28 Billion Amgen-Horizon Therapeutics Deal

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Financial advisor news, market insights, and practice management essentials.

DeepMind Patent Shrinks Model Size Without Compromise

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Isolating AI Agents May Be ‘Strangling’ Your Enterprise

Bill McDermott, CEO of ServiceNow, via ServiceNow.

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Enterprises Calculate ‘Build or Buy’ Differential in Acquiring AI Talent

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