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Agora’s Nick van Eck Is All-In on Stablecoins

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Having travelled extensively through many emerging markets, Nick van Eck, the CEO and co-founder of stablecoin issuer Agora, is keenly aware of the problems that currency debasement and a lack of sound financial systems can create for citizens of these countries. With AUSD, Agora’s flagship stablecoin product, van Eck is focused on solving the unique … Read more

Align and monitor your Amazon Bedrock powered insurance assistance chatbot to responsible AI principles with AWS Audit Manager

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Generative AI applications are gaining widespread adoption across various industries, including regulated industries such as financial services and healthcare. As these advanced systems accelerate in playing a critical role in decision-making processes and customer interactions, customers should work towards ensuring the reliability, fairness, and compliance of generative AI applications with industry regulations. To address this … Read more

Google puts $1M into 3D design app Rooms after more than one million ‘rooms’ created

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3D design app Rooms just landed more funding. Launched into beta in 2023, the app from ex-Google employees allows users to build and code interactive 3D rooms and mini-games using a library of more than 10,000 items, which can be further edited using the programming language Lua. Now, Google itself has invested $1 million into … Read more

This cat tree is also an air purifier

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LG’s AeroCatTower is designed to keep your kitty cozy and your air clean. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge What if your cat tower could weigh your furry friend, monitor its health, and help keep their pesky dander spores out of your air? That’s the idea behind LG’s new AeroCatTower, an air purifier … Read more

London Stock Exchange Group uses Amazon Q Business to enhance post-trade client services

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This post was co-written with Ben Doughton, Head of Product Operations – LCH, Iulia Midus, Site Reliability Engineer – LCH, and Maurizio Morabito, Software and AI specialist – LCH (part of London Stock Exchange Group, LSEG). In the financial industry, quick and reliable access to information is essential, but searching for data or facing unclear … Read more

Technics’ new flagship earbuds have ‘Magnetic Fluid’ drivers

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Photo: Panasonic The Panasonic-owned audio brand Technics makes some of the best wireless earbuds that most people have probably never heard of. For example, we found that the sound quality and active noise cancellation of the company’s stylish EAH-AZ80 earbuds equal that of the high-end options from bigger brands like Sony, Bose, and Sennheiser — … Read more

The Zenbook A14 is Asus’ MacBook Air

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Asus is the latest to set its sights on Apple’s bread-and-butter laptop. | Image: Asus Asus’ new featherweight laptop is aiming to be the latest Windows rival to the Apple MacBook Air. The Asus Zenbook A14 is a new thin and light productivity machine announced at CES 2025 sporting a Qualcomm Snapdragon X processor for … Read more

Evaluate large language models for your machine translation tasks on AWS

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Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated promising capabilities in machine translation (MT) tasks. Depending on the use case, they are able to compete with neural translation models such as Amazon Translate. LLMs particularly stand out for their natural ability to learn from the context of the input text, which allows them to pick up on … Read more

Parameta accelerates client email resolution with Amazon Bedrock Flows

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This blog post is co-written with Siokhan Kouassi and Martin Gregory at Parameta.  When financial industry professionals need reliable over-the-counter (OTC) data solutions and advanced analytics, they can turn to Parameta Solutions, the data powerhouse behind TP ICAP . With a focus on data-led solutions, Parameta Solutions makes sure that these professionals have the insights … Read more

Will AI Agents Lead the Next Big Crypto Bull Run?

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Artificial intelligence has been one of the most fascinating technological developments of the past decade, and it will likely be one of the most transformative alongside blockchain technology. In recent months, a growing intersection between the worlds of AI and crypto has given rise to unique projects known as AI agents, which exhibit a plethora … Read more

RadioShack is back (kind of)

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The 21st century has not been kind to RadioShack. The once-dominant electronics component retailer simply couldn’t compete with big box stores like Best Buy and online retail juggernaut Amazon. February 2015 saw the company delisted from the New York Stock Exchange before declaring bankruptcy the same month. Later that year, RadioShack began the process of … Read more

Employer.com offers to buy failed fintech Level, a week after it makes offer for Bench

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Employer.com has offered to acquire Level, a fintech startup that just last week abruptly shut down after failing to find a buyer, according to The Information. But Level is still mulling over the offer, its Employer.com CMO Matt Charney told TechCrunch. “It’s with legal,” he said. Founded in 2018 by early Square employee Paul Aaron, … Read more

Bitcoin Dips Below $98K as Strong U.S. Economic Data Leads to $300M of Crypto Liquidations

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Crypto markets stumbled with bitcoin (BTC) losing the $100,000 level on Tuesday U.S. morning as two stronger-than-expected U.S. economic data prints threw cold water on digital assets’ bright early-year momentum. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ JOLTS job openings for November unexpectedly rose to 8.1 million from 7.8 million the previous month, easily topping analyst estimates … Read more