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On a cool April morning at the height of Washington, DC’s always brief spring, the science fiction novelist Ray Nayler and I found ourselves in a staring contest with the world’s heaviest flying bird. We were standing at the fenceline of the Kori bustard exhibit at Washington’s National Zoo when the largest of the already enormous omnivores broke away from its flock at the rear of the enclosure and began stalking toward us.Gray and black and white with a parrying dagger for a beak, the Kori bustard resembled a heron that had taken up powerlifting. Approaching us and turning to…
A human-sounding AI voice is no longer enough. You have probably sat through a demo where an AI voice sounded clear, polished, and surprisingly natural. Then you tried plugging it into your actual phone system and realized it couldn’t route calls or hand them off to a live agent. I have watched customer experience teams burn weeks on this loop. What CX teams need is a tool that can understand caller intent, route conversations, escalate gracefully, update systems, and help customers reach a resolution without feeling trapped in another automated phone menu. The right AI voice tool can help your…
The next wave of financial disruption is not arriving as a better app or a cheaper brokerage built on decades-old infrastructure. It is a complete overhaul of the legacy system of rent-seeking middlemen and inefficient rails, ushered in by three forces converging at once: stablecoins as always-on digital cash, the tokenization of real-world assets from stocks to bonds to real estate, and autonomous AI agents capable of managing money. Together, they are about to put a turbo-charged CFO in every investor’s pocket.For generations, sophisticated treasury management has been the exclusive province of institutions and the ultra-wealthy. Large asset managers employ…
Goldman Sachs has quietly stepped out of its XRP ETF exposure, bringing a position once valued around $154 million down to zero in the first quarter of 2026. The move has quickly become a talking point across the XRP community because Goldman Sachs was previously one of the largest disclosed institutional holders of XRP-linked ETF products. However, the more interesting part of the story may not be the exit itself. The more interesting part is what happened around the market while that exit was being absorbed. Goldman Sachs Cuts XRP ETF Exposure To Zero Goldman Sachs entered the XRP ETF…
Three Guam residents tied to a charitable bingo operation were sentenced in federal court after prosecutors said they siphoned more than $10 million away from children needing medical treatment and used the money for themselves. The convictions stem from the Guam Shrine Club’s Hafa Adai Bingo parlor in Tamuning, which authorities said operated for years while falsely presenting itself as a fundraiser supporting travel for children seeking care at Shriners Hospital for Children in Hawaii. 🚨NEWS ALERT: Guam Bingo Operators Receive Federal Prison Sentences for $34 Million Fraud SchemeHagåtña, Guam – Jose Arthur D. Chan, (Art Chan) Jr., his spouse,…
Your customers experience your brand. And when the email says one thing, the website shows another, and the app doesn’t remember the browsing history, consumers get a disconnected experience.
We’re excited to announce our expansion into the United Arab Emirates after being granted preliminary approval for a broker-dealer, investment and management licence from the Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) in Dubai, UAE. With this regulatory go-ahead to offer a full range of services in Dubai, UAE customers will have access to: UAE traders will also gain access to our global orderbooks, which have deep liquidity and reliable execution across major markets in Europe, the US, and APAC. Through a locally regulated Payward subsidiary, clients will also be able to fund and withdraw in dirhams (AED), providing secure, frictionless access…
The US Commerce Department plans to allocate $2 billion in grants to nine quantum computing companies. The authority is reportedly purchasing stock stakes in the list of companies. This comes in when Washington is pushing to maintain dominance against China in the field of technology. The new government aid program focuses on hardware manufacturers that may take years before reaching profitability levels. However, this is one of the biggest direct interventions in the quantum tech industry by any US administration. It turns out to be different from the prior initiatives, as they were mostly funding universities, laboratories, and long-term research…
In addition to steel, Boston Metal has also worked to use its technology with other metals, and a subsidiary (Boston Metal do Brasil) is setting up a commercial facility in Brazil to produce niobium, tantalum, and tin. The funding will help support that facility’s operation as well as future efforts to produce critical metals like vanadium, nickel, and chromium, says CEO Tadeu Carneiro. The funding comes after the company faced cash-flow problems following an industrial accident at the Brazil facility earlier this year. Boston Metal’s core technology is called molten oxide electrolysis (MOE). It involves running electric current through a…
If you’re already managing online orders, you don’t need another overview of food delivery apps; you need to know which one actually works for your operation.
