How can fintech startups outlast the VC winter?

Peter Hazlehurst Contributor Share on Twitter Peter Hazlehurst is the CEO and co-founder of Synctera. He is an entrepreneur and philanthropist with nearly 30 years of experience in creating financial products for banks, fintechs and large tech companies. The decade-long summer of free money is over. Venture funding declined by $90 billion (53%) in the … Read more

Microsoft looking at OpenAI’s GPT for Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft has been reportedly experimenting with building OpenAI’s language AI technology into its Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook apps. The Information reports that Microsoft has already incorporated an unknown version of OpenAI’s text-generating GPT model into Word in its autocomplete feature, and has been working on integrating it further … Read more

Oreo’s Xbox-themed cookies unlock Forza, Halo, and Sea of Thieves skins

The Xbox Oreo cookies. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft has teamed up with Oreo once again to create Xbox-themed Oreo cookies. There are six custom Xbox cookie designs in total, with one featuring the Xbox logo and additional cookies for each controller button and a directional arrow. The cookies are based on Oreo’s classic cookie-and-creme combination, … Read more