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Residents of California can now store their driver’s license or state ID in Apple or Google Wallet, according to an announcement today. Apple also shared the news. TechCrunch reports: Californians with an ID in the Apple Wallet or Google Wallet app can… Continue reading Apple, Google Wallets Now Support California Driver’s Licenses
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Data Center Dynamics: BlackRock plans to launch a new $30 billion artificial intelligence (AI) investment fund focused on data centers and energy projects. Microsoft and Abu Dhabi-backed investment company MGX a… Continue reading Microsoft and Abu Dhabi’s MGX To Back $30 Billion BlackRock AI Infrastructure
It’s another swipe at the Intellexa Consortium, a sprawling network of companies.
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A U.S. District Court judge on Thursday allowed New York-based startup Kalshi to legally offer betting on the outcome of the November Congressional elections (Warning: source paywalled; alternative source), despite opposition from the Commodity Futures… Continue reading You Can Now Legally Bet On the 2024 Congressional Elections
The financial giant expects the deal to close by the first quarter of 2025.
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An anonymous reader shares a report: A giant unregulated currency is undermining America’s fight against arms dealers, sanctions busters and scammers. Almost as much money flowed through its network last year as through Visa cards. And it has recently … Continue reading The Shadow Dollar That’s Fueling the Financial Underworld
Ars Technica’s Benj Edwards writes: In an age when you can get just about anything online, it’s probably no surprise that you can buy a diamond-making machine for $200,000 on Chinese eCommerce site Alibaba. If, like me, you haven’t been paying attentio… Continue reading Alibaba Now Sells a $200,000 Diamond-Making Machine
Abstract of a paper by Clifford Asness of quant investor AQR Capital: Market efficiency is a central issue in asset pricing and investment management, but while the level of efficiency is often debated, changes in that level are relatively absent from … Continue reading The Less-Efficient Market Hypothesis
To make America the “crypto capital of the planet,” former U.S. President Donald Trump promised crypto-friendly policies, writes Politico, which “could have a new beneficiary: his own family.”
Trump has vowed to enact an array of pro-crypto policies … Continue reading Trump Sons Plan Crypto Startup
New submitter ElimGarak000 shares a report from CyberScoop: The Texas-based voice service provider that sent AI-generated robocalls of President Joe Biden to New Hampshire voters ahead of its Democratic presidential primary has agreed to pay a $1 milli… Continue reading Telecom Behind AI Biden Robocall Settles With FCC For $1 Million