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Fintech startup LemFi raises $53M to help immigrants send money back home
Coming from South Africa but living in Europe, I can tell you that sending money to family and friends back home is a bit of a nightmare. Typically you must use a traditional bank, which can take a we...

Report: Half of US Consumers Use Plaid’s Payments Tech
Plaid’s revenue reportedly rose more than 25% in 2024 as more consumers encountered its tech. In fact, at least half of all Americans used the company’s services in some way, Bloomberg News repo...

A farmer in New Zealand warned of technology and AI doom in 1863
A New Zealand sheep farmer’s letter about AI doom has resurfaced, 161 years after it was published in a Christchurch-based newspaper. The warning, written by Samuel Butler, has since been spread aro...

The biggest thing I didn’t see at CES: Thunderbolt 5. Insiders explain why
The one thing I expected to see at CES was a flood of laptops with Thunderbolt 5 connections attached. Yet, as far as I could tell, there wasn’t a single one. Thunderbolt 4? Sure. Laptops with th...