January, 2025

January, 2025

Amazon Hits Snags in Revamping Alexa Into Agentic AI
Two years into its planned revamp of Alexa into a smarter voice assistant with generative artificial intelligence (AI) at its core, Amazon is running into deployment roadblocks that range from halluci...

OpenAI ‘Blueprint’ Calls on US to ‘Act Big’ on AI
OpenAI has issued what it calls its “economic blueprint” for artificial intelligence (AI). The document, published Monday (Jan. 13), includes the tech company’s argument for how and why the U.S....

Cyberattackers Turn to YouTube Comments to Hide Malware
Cyberattackers are reportedly using Google and YouTube search results to target people seeking pirated/cracked software. Scammers are posing as “guides” on YouTube, claiming to offer software ...

Credit Access Could Determine Small Business Success in 2025
Conditions are improving for small businesses, at least with the uncertainty of the election behind them and a generally positive mindset about fundamentals ahead of them. However, access to credit, a...

FTC Says Antitrust Laws Don’t Apply to Independent Contractors’ Collective Bargaining
Gig workers and other independent contractors can take collective action seeking better compensation and job conditions without being challenged by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the regulator sa...

Understanding How Banks Actually Move B2B-Sized Money in Real Time
Better payments help power better businesses. But across the B2B landscape, where payments can often entail intricate workflows, such as multi-entity approval processes, compliance checks, and liquidi...

AI Startups: A Metaverse Firm Snags $3 Billion as Anthropic Rises
Remember the metaverse? The popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) has put some vigor back into virtual reality/extended reality (VR/XR) virtual worlds. Take Florida-based Infinite Reality, which...

JPMorgan Promotes Investment Banking Head Jennifer Piepszak to COO
J.P. Morgan Chase President and Chief Operating Officer Daniel Pinto is retiring and will be replaced by Jennifer Piepszak, co-CEO of commercial and investment banking. Pinto, who has served the banki...

BlackRock Announces Launch of New Bitcoin ETF on Cboe Canada
Cboe Canada Inc. welcomes BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited for the launch of their latest ETF, the iShares Bitcoin ETF. The iShares ETF now trades on Cboe Canada under “the symbol IBIT, wit...

Leaning Into CTV Advertising: What the Latest Data Says
We've reported any number of times on the growth of CTV advertising?as it continues to steal marketshare from traditional linear, but is CTV still the golden child? Mediaocean's 2025 Advertising Outlo...

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