Artificial Intelligence

August 5, 2026 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Cloudflare (NYSE:NET), the internet infrastructure platform that just about everyone in the world uses, says it has integrated artificial intelligence (AI) agents, digital wallets, and the ability to use stablecoins. Cloudflare Wallets will enable agentic commerce in a secure environment. Cloudflare Wallets and Cloudflare.pay aim… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 9:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Google, part of Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), has introduced a significant enhancement to its popular digital payments platform in India by incorporating advanced artificial intelligence capabilities directly into the Google Pay application. This development, aimed exclusively at consumers based in the country, centers on a new conversational tool… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has recently indicated that Euro area businesses are taking up artificial intelligence, yet the process remains highly uneven, according to a recent analysis of firm-level survey data. Drawing on two specialized modules of the Survey on the Access to Finance… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 2:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Small business owners across the United States are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence for efficiency gains, with nearly half reporting substantial weekly time savings. However, widespread concerns about reliability and security continue to limit fuller integration, according to a new research study released by Bluevine…. Read More

August 3, 2026 @ 2:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantum computing is moving steadily toward becoming a practical commercial technology rather than remaining primarily a research endeavor, according to recent comments from IBM’s (NYSE:IBM) top executive. The company’s chief executive indicated that the field is nearing a point where it will begin delivering tangible… Read More

August 3, 2026 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

The EU Commission’s AI Act transparency requirements went into force on 2nd August, 2026. The European Commission’s AI Office, together with national authorities, will begin enforcing the new rules. Under the rules, AI systems including chatbots must tell users they are dealing with AI. Images,… Read More

August 3, 2026 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Michael Coates, the newly appointed chief information security officer at the Solana Foundation, has raised alarms about how artificial intelligence is transforming cryptocurrency-related fraud into something far more convincing and harder to detect. In a recent interview, Coates stressed that the industry’s most pressing risks… Read More

August 3, 2026 @ 6:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chime (NASDAQ: CHYM), the consumer-focused fintech firm, has announced plans to reduce its staff by approximately 10 percent. The decision will impact nearly 150 employees at a company that employed about 1,500 people at the close of the previous year. Leadership at the Fintech firm has… Read More

August 3, 2026 @ 12:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As August 2026 gets underway, Bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies have faced renewed downside pressure after a cooling in artificial intelligence and semiconductor shares. The episode illustrates the frequent correlation between these speculative segments of the market and points to broader fragility in risk assets that… Read More

August 2, 2026 @ 9:34 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Freehand lands $75M for AI agents Freehand’s AI agents manage supply-chain spend for Fortune 500 enterprises. The round was co-led by Battery Ventures and NewRoad Capital Partners, with participation from former U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker’s venture capital PSP Growth, Nexus Venture Partners and others…. Read More

August 2, 2026 @ 5:33 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) have launched an industry-wide taskforce to strengthen the financial sector’s cyber and technology resilience against threats posed by frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models. The AI-Driven Cyber and Technology Risk Taskforce (ACT),… Read More

August 1, 2026 @ 10:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As financial markets grapple with shifting expectations around monetary policy, attention is turning to whether the intense speculative fervor surrounding artificial intelligence has already crested. A new report has indicated that rising interest rates and tighter financial conditions are reshaping investor calculations, with implications that… Read More

July 31, 2026 @ 10:11 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Klarna/Apple Upgrade Klarna is the leasing provider behind the Apple Upgrade program, a new hardware leasing option available from Apple in the United States. Apple Upgrade offers a new way to pay for eligible iPhone, Mac, iPad, and Apple Watch. Customers can select from 12-… Read More

July 31, 2026 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AEREDIUM Holdings has secured an intellectual property milestone with the recent granting of a United States patent focused on continuous, AI-driven verification of reserves supporting cryptocurrency assets. The US Patent and Trademark Office issued Patent No. 12,694,407 B1 on July 29, 2026, under the title… Read More

July 31, 2026 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut has unveiled a new collaboration with OpenAI that gives its retail customers complimentary access to ChatGPT Go as part of their existing subscription plans. The global fintech, which serves more than 75 million people, announced the partnership on 30 July 2026, positioning artificial intelligence… Read More

July 30, 2026 @ 12:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based Freehand has closed a $75 million funding round to accelerate the growth of its autonomous AI agents that oversee complex supply chain expenditures for major corporations. The investment was co-led by Battery Ventures and NewRoad Capital Partners, with additional backing from PSP Growth—the… Read More

July 30, 2026 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MoonPay has unveiled PayBox, a payment vault designed specifically for AI agents. Announced recently this month, this new tool allows users of popular AI platforms such as OpenAI‘s ChatGPT and Anthropic‘s Claude to execute payments, trades, and other transactions directly within conversations, without compromising security… Read More

July 30, 2026 @ 7:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) (NYSE:ICE) has taken a significant step toward integrating its proprietary fixed income information directly into modern artificial intelligence environments. On July 29, 2026, the company announced that licensed clients can now access key fixed income datasets and related methodologies through major AI… Read More

July 29, 2026 @ 9:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A new global survey highlights how the rapid integration of artificial intelligence is reshaping corporate priorities around information security funding. According to findings released by Kaspersky’s Internal Research Center, 41 percent of enterprises now cite AI adoption as the primary reason for increasing their IT… Read More

July 29, 2026 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ionic Digital (NASDAQ: IOND) shares rose substantially on their first day of public trading on the Nasdaq, as investors responded positively to the company’s conversion of assets originally acquired from Celsius Network’s bitcoin mining operations into long-term infrastructure supporting artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. Under… Read More