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Google DeepMind introduced a new artificial intelligence model that captures the vivid details of the Earth’s surface, which helps scientists and governments make better decisions about the land and sea.
Called AlphaEarth Foundations, the geospatial AI model pulls together satellite images and other environmental data to create a single picture of the planet, according to a blog post....
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Friday (Sept. 5) that they aim to harmonize their regulations to provide markets with clarity and bolster the strength of America’s capital markets.
“It is a new day at the SEC and the CFTC, and today we reaffirm the need to ensure regulation does not stand in the way of progress,” SEC Chairman ...
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued guidance Friday (Sept. 5) that it said aims to encourage appropriate, voluntary cross-border sharing of information between and among financial institutions, including appropriate foreign ones.
This information sharing can help financial institutions combat money laundering, terrorist financing and illicit finance activity...
Even before the latest job numbers were released on Friday (Sept. 5), PYMNTS Intelligence had been busy uncovering the ways in which various households—across income levels and whether they’d been living paycheck to paycheck—viewed their job prospects.
In a nutshell, they weren’t exactly sanguine at the end of last month.
Friday’s data will do little to change those mindsets.
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Luxury accessories membership club Vivrelle has launched an “AI stylist” powered by Vivrelle in partnership with fashion retailers REVOLVE and FWRD.
Dubbed Ella AI, the artificial intelligence tool suggests outfits for any occasion, Vivrelle said in a Thursday (Sept. 4) post on Instagram.
In a video accompanying the post, Vivrelle shows the AI stylist showing items in response to a...
The number of companies impacted by the cyberattack on Salesloft’s Drift, and the ultimate severity of the attack, are reportedly still unknown.
The data breaches that have been disclosed so far have raised concerns about social engineering attacks that could be strengthened by the data that was stolen, Dark Reading reported Thursday (Sept. 4).
Salesloft disclosed last month that a...
Walmart aims to reach sports fans and hobby enthusiasts with a new weekly series streaming exclusively on Walmart Live and featuring shoppable content.
The “Collector’s Night” series is powered by live commerce platform TalkShopLive and presented in partnership with sports card and collectibles community WeTheHobby, the companies said in a Wednesday (Sept. 3) press release.
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Since the sector’s very inception, the story of digital assets has been one of promise, hype and volatility.
Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum captured the imagination of technologists and speculators but rarely gained traction in the everyday economy. Stablecoins, tokens pegged to fiat currencies, offered a more practical bridge, yet remained trapped in regulatory uncertainty...
Enterprises may be cautious about adopting agentic artificial intelligence browsers, due to worries about the technology’s autonomy, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said Thursday (Sept. 4).
Speaking with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Arora said that while consumers might like to have an agentic browser that can perform tasks for them, enterprises will be wary, CNBC reported.
“I think unless...
PYMNTS Intelligence has tracked a shift in consumer expectations as they navigate online and offline commerce: They expect rewards and personalized offers.
For enterprises, loyalty has become a tangible tool in driving repeat visits and deeper engagement across restaurants, hotels and beyond. Loyalty now stands as a battlefield where merchants compete for customers’ attention and...