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Franklin Templeton and Binance launch institutional collateral program
Adyen launches Personalize for real-time checkouts
The payments company says its broader optimisation suite has cut processing costs by 9.4% for eligible traffic
Glean unveils third-generation AI assistant with personalised enterprise knowledge graph
The workplace AI company says the update is designed to move artificial intelligence from pilot projects into everyday use
ElevenLabs activates insurance policy covering actions of its AI voice agents
The company says it is the first to secure coverage backed by AIUC-1 certification after thousands of adversarial tests
Levl raises $7 million to expand stablecoin and fiat payments platform
The Galaxy Digital spinout says it reached $1 billion in annualised transaction volume within four months of launch
Udemy to insert its courses directly into ChatGPT
Udemy is using a ChatGPT app to embed its course catalogue and learning tools into the AI platform.
Deepgram triples concurrency limits for AI voice agents
Deepgram said it has raised default concurrency limits for Voice Agent API, Streaming STT and TTS across plans.
Threads to roll out "Dear Algo" AI tool to let users choose what they see in feeds
AI-powered tool lets users ask to see more or less of specific topics.
Adyen stock drops as platform volumes spook market, despite jump in revenue
Adyen's second-half and full-year revenue metrics and guidance appear solid, but softer volumes from one big customer raised market eyebrows.
Budweiser brewer AB InBev sees its stock rise in Europe, lifted by positive financials
The beer brand owner saw revenue, earnings and free cash flow rise, though currency values put a little shade on the numbers.
WeRide and Uber start robotaxi services in downtown Abu Dhabi
WeRide and Uber have begun commercial robotaxi operations in downtown Abu Dhabi, expanding routes and increasing fleet coverage.
Human API reveals man-bites-dog approach to agentic AI
The AI start-up has built an agent that assigns gig-economy style data tasks to humans, and it is eyeing other areas where it can hand out 'last mile' jobs that AI systems can't do for themselves.
TomTom to give live and historic data insights to infrastructure planner AECOM
A new partnership sees TomTom provide data to AECOM for global infrastructure planning and traffic management.
Starbucks taps Adyen for payments at over 900 European stores
Adyen payment terminals are live in 943 Starbucks stores across the UK, Austria and Switzerland.
Google launches AI experiences for arts, culture and heritage ahead of India summit
Three interactive projects use Google AI to explore Indian cultural heritage.
Nvidia deploys desktop supercomputers at universities and the South Pole
The DGX Spark systems deliver petaflop-class performance and can run AI models of up to 200 billion parameters from a desktop unit
Xbox to host developer summit at GDC with sessions on machine learning and DirectX
Microsoft says the event will feature speakers from Activision, Bethesda, Blizzard and King alongside Xbox and Windows teams
Kraken lists Pepcoin as trading goes live on the exchange
The cryptocurrency platform says the token's low transaction fees make it suitable for everyday payments and microtransactions
Sabre, PayPal and Mindtrip partner to build AI-powered conversational booking platform
The companies say travellers will be able to search, refine and pay for trips through a single chat-based experience
Microsoft pledges to train 3m people in AI skills in Saudi Arabia by 2030
The company says it has already recorded more than one million enrolments through its AI academy with the Saudi Data and AI Authority