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Madden NFL 26 simulation predicts Seahawks to win Super Bowl LX

EA SPORTS simulation sees Seattle edge New England 23–20 with Sam Darnold named MVP

Apple TV renews Your Friends & Neighbors for season three

Season two premieres 3 April with new cast and storyline developments

Buyer’s guide identifies six top voice AI platforms for enterprise deployment in 2026

Evaluation prioritises real-world performance, compliance and pricing transparency

Deepgram touts sub-250ms latency with end-to-end text-to-speech architecture

Unified stack cuts voice processing delays by up to 70%

AI voice agents deliver 391% ROI with sub-six-month payback, says Deepgram

Contact centres cut costs, boost resolution rates and avoid seasonal hiring

Phoneme Error Rate offers deeper insight into speech model performance, says McGillivray

Sound-level metric exposes systematic errors masked by word-based benchmarks

Bitcoin sell-off triggers $2.6bn in forced liquidations as risk appetite evaporates

A sharp retreat from risk assets has dragged cryptocurrencies lower, wiping out billions in leveraged bitcoin positions and underlining how closely the market is now tied to swings in broader investor sentiment.

Kraken lists ZAMA token for trading with support for confidential smart contracts

Deposits and trading live and trading via app pending liquidity conditions

Palantir’s big beat, bigger question: Are these results enough to justify the price?

The data analytics firm has once again cleared Wall Street’s bar. For investors, the harder issue is whether rapid government-led growth can really sustain one of the market’s most demanding valuations.

Tether open-sources Bitcoin mining software to boost sector transparency

Stablecoin company launches Mining OS to standardise infrastructure management across mining operations

Artificial Labs raises $45m Series B

Artificial Labs said it closed a $45 million Series B to fund global expansion and growth.

Liberty Global strikes AI partnership with Google Cloud

Telecoms group to embed Google’s Gemini models across European operations under five-year agreement

Corona Cero launches TIME CERO campaign with global athlete roster for Milano Cortina 2026

Olympic ambassadors to promote balance, presence and recovery during Winter Games

SeenThis and Lumen launch real-time attention model for video ad performance

Joint solution links delivery speed to measurable attention outcomes

OpenAI’s chip shopping spree is noise, not a Nvidia nightmare

Reports that OpenAI is exploring alternative silicon have spooked parts of the market, but Wedbush argues the story is stale, the risks are overstated, and Nvidia’s grip on AI infrastructure looks intact through 2026.

PayPal names Enrique Lores as chief executive in leadership overhaul

Payments group says pace of change under Alex Chriss fell short of expectations

RapidFort raises $42 million to expand automated vulnerability remediation platform

San Francisco cybersecurity firm targets enterprise adoption as software and threat timelines compress

Pfizer’s new weight-loss drug may offer monthly alternative to Wegovy and Mounjaro

Trial shows continued weight loss with PF’3944 after switch from weekly to monthly dosing, a potential convenience boost for patients

Fubo posts revenue growth after Hulu + Live TV merger, reports $19m net loss

Streaming group says pro forma EBITDA turned positive as subscriber base reaches 6.2 million in North America

Payward posts $2.2bn in adjusted revenue for 2025 as transaction volume surges

Operator of Kraken and affiliated platforms reports 33% growth in annual revenue and $2 trillion in platform activity