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Artificial intelligence and aviation both have drawn sustained criticism for the carbon cost of their own infrastructure, but a growing body of evidence from commercial aviation suggests the technology can deliver measurable climate benefits that exceed its energy overhead.
Google and American Airlines are showing that AI-guided contrail avoidance achieved a 62% reduction in contrail...
Lawmakers have reportedly made some progress on the cryptocurrency-focused CLARITY Act after weeks of impasse.
The bill has been stalled in committee since January, but a pair of senators say they’ve reached a tentative agreement with the White House about language they want to include in the legislation, Politico reported Friday (March 20).
That language, the report said, is designed...
The war in Iran and policy battles in Washington continue to hinder cryptocurrency prices.
Bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, fell below $69,000 on Sunday (March 22), its lowest level since the month began.
It has fallen 20% since the U.S/Israeli attack on Iran began Feb. 28. One month later, the conflict shows little sign of abating, with President Donald Trump...
China’s Tencent has integrated the OpenClaw artificial intelligence agent with its WeChat messaging platform.
That’s according to a report Sunday (March 22) from Reuters, which calls the integration a move by the company to deepen its push into AI agents as that technology becomes a crucial battleground among tech companies in China.
The company’s ClawBoy software will appear as a...
OpenAI is reportedly planning to nearly double its staffing levels before the year’s end.
That’s according to a report Saturday (March 21) from the Financial Times (FT), which noted that this effort is happening as the artificial intelligence startup is stepping up its focus on business customers as it takes on rival Anthropic, developer of the Claude platform.
OpenAI hopes to expand...
A wave of recent layoffs has eliminated hundreds of jobs within the cryptocurrency industry.
And as CoinDesk reported Saturday (March 21), the companies making these cuts are pointing to factors ranging from a downturn in the digital assets market to their own integration of artificial intelligence.
Last week saw Crypto.com announce it was cutting 180 jobs, or 12% of its staff, while...
Walmart announced plans recently to bring digital price tags to its stores by year’s end.
However, the retail giant’s effort is happening as lawmakers have begun to criticize digital shelf labels (DSLs), CNBC reported Saturday (March 21).
Their argument, the report said, is that DSLs are a gateway to surge pricing, or dynamic pricing, which refers to the practice of raising prices at...
If the Super Bowl is America’s annual excuse to overinvest in snacks and LED televisions, the FIFA World Cup is the planet’s far more glamorous version of the same impulse.
It is football, yes. But it is also a travel surge, a luxury hospitality showcase, brand activation machine, and retail stress test wrapped into one monthlong global festival. For merchants, banks, payments players...
Tech companies are adjusting their approaches to artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled commerce after encountering some hurdles in their first attempts, CNBC reported Friday (March 20).
OpenAI recently confirmed that it is ending its feature that allowed users to check out in ChatGPT, Instant Checkout, and shifting its focus to facilitating sales through retailers’ dedicated apps within...
A Nevada judge has temporarily barred prediction market Kalshi from offering event contracts for sports, election and entertainment in the state, Bloomberg reported Friday (March 20).
The temporary restraining order, which can last for up to two weeks, came in a case in which the Nevada Gaming Control Board contends that prediction markets that facilitate unlicensed gambling are...