Technology

Blockchain

Square Sets the Table for Crypto-Fueled Caffeine Fixes

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Square parent Block said it’ll start supporting bitcoin later this year, reaching all 4 million of its sellers by next year.

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Artificial Intelligence

Salesforce Boosts Bet on Agentic AI With $8B Informatica Takeover

Salesforce’s offer beat out competitors including Cloud Software Group and Thoma Bravo, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Technology

Is the iPhone Losing Power?

Apple’s staring down a trade war that could make iPhones prohibitively expensive and AI hardware that could make them irrelevant.

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Finance

Magnificent Seven Burns Short-Sellers as Goldman Banks on a Comeback

The Mag 7 companies have been weighed down by an unholy economic trinity: tariffs, AI disruption, and antitrust.

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Artificial Intelligence

Now Entering Uncanny Valley: Why AI ‘Avatars’ Are Suddenly Everywhere

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One high-profile early adopter: Swiss bank UBS, which is turning its army of investment banking analysts into AI avatars.

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Finance

Klarna Discovers Customers Prefer Buying Now to Paying Later

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Klarna’s 100 million-user win sounds nice, but its users are increasingly struggling with the “pay later” part of the arrangement.

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Advisor Upside

Advisors Love Automated Assistants. But What’s the Future of AI?

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Expert opinions on artificial intelligence vary, but one thing is certain: Change is inevitable.

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