Loading… Loading… Editor's note: The headline of this story has been updated to reflect that Interactive Brokers' new desktop product is in addition to, rather than a replacement of, the TWS platform. Interactive Brokers Group Inc IBKR recently launched an updated desktop trading applicationfor Windows and Mac users. Benzinga spoke with Steve Sanders, the firms
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bridgewater Associates’ new chief executive Nir Bar Dea said he had overhauled the hedge fund after just a year in charge, in a bid to restore the firm’s investment performance and mark a break from
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. EU countries have agreed to use an estimated €3bn in profits arising from Russia’s frozen state assets to jointly buy weapons for Ukraine. The deal struck by the bloc’s 27 ambassadors on Wednesday only
worth the wait? — Hands-on with the new iPad Pros and Airs: A surprisingly refreshing refresh And the new Apple Pencil Pro does some cool things, too. Andrew Cunningham – May 7, 2024 8:06 pm UTC Enlarge / Apple’s latest iPad Air, now in two sizes. The Magic Keyboard accessory is the same one that
Loading… Loading… Benzinga spoke with Mehrak Hamzeh, the chief technology officer of AppTech Payments Corp APCX , about the future of fintech. "Fraud prevention and AI are essential," Hamzeh says. "We can monitor behaviors, detect unusual activities like keystrokes or device orientation, flag anomalies, and raise alerts for fraudulent activities." Here's an edited transcript of
Amazon’s ad affinity — Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause Amazon is adding three types of shoppable ads to Prime Video’s ad tier. Scharon Harding – May 7, 2024 10:55 pm UTC Enlarge / A scene from the Prime Video original series Fallout.Prime Video/YouTube reader comments 129
Loading… Loading… Editor's note: The headline of this story has been updated to reflect that Interactive Brokers' new desktop product is in addition to, rather than a replacement of, the TWS platform. Interactive Brokers Group Inc IBKR recently launched an updated desktop trading applicationfor Windows and Mac users. Benzinga spoke with Steve Sanders, the firms
A 16-year-old boy has kicked off a free speech debateone that’s already attracting spectators beyond his North Carolina countyafter he was suspended for allegedly “making a racially insensitive remark that caused a class disturbance.” The racially insensitive remark: referring to undocumented immigrants as “illegal aliens.” Invoking that term would produce the beginning of a legal
“The real world of deepfakes” — OpenAIs flawed plan to flag deepfakes ahead of 2024 elections OpenAI is recruiting researchers to test its new deepfake detector. Ashley Belanger – May 7, 2024 10:19 pm UTC EnlargeBoris Zhitkov | Moment reader comments 43 As the US moves toward criminalizing deepfakesdeceptive AI-generated audio, images, and videos that
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Fifty corporate winners from the coronavirus pandemic have lost roughly $1.5tn in market value since the end of 2020, as investors turn their backs on many of the stocks that rocketed during early lockdowns. According to
Israel threatened to expand its military operation in Rafah after tanks and troops seized the main border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, as international mediators struggled to continue talks aimed at ending the conflict. Israel launched its ground offensive into eastern Rafah on Monday, hours after Hamas said it had accepted a draft proposal of
Building a better Tetris — Hackers discover how to reprogram NES Tetris from within the game New method could help high-score chasers trying to avoid game-ending crashes. Kyle Orland – May 6, 2024 10:16 pm UTC Enlarge / I can see the code that controls the Tetri-verse!Aurich Lawson reader comments 39 Further Reading34 years later,
Loading… Loading… The Financial Transaction Services industry is likely to be aided by the widespread adoption of digital means. To capitalize on the trend, the industry players remain equipped with efficient digital solutions suite built on collaborations and technology investments. Consumer spending habits remain favorable, which may boost transaction volumes. An uptick in cross-border volumes
VPN BUSTER — Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose TunnelVision vulnerability has existed since 2002 and may already be known to attackers. Dan Goodin – May 6, 2024 8:35 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 150 Researchers have devised an attack against nearly all virtual private network applications that forces
Dispatch from the LLM wars — New Microsoft AI model may challenge GPT-4 and Google Gemini In project headed by former Inflection chief, MAI-1 may have 500B parameters. Benj Edwards – May 6, 2024 7:51 pm UTC Enlarge / Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder and chief executive officer of Inflection AI UK Ltd., during a town hall
Loading… Loading… Major cryptocurrencies witnessed a drop on Monday as another top cryptocurrency company stared at an enforcement action by U.S. regulators.CryptocurrencyGains +/-Price (Recorded 12:00 a.m. EDT)Bitcoin BTC/USD -1.01%$63,702Ethereum ETH/USD -2.46%$3,086Dogecoin DOGE/USD -4.36%$0.15 What Happened: World's largest digital asset by market cap, Bitcoin BTC/USD , failed to sustain its recent climb to $65,000, falling back
Loading… Loading… Benzinga spoke with Mehrak Hamzeh, the chief technology officer of AppTech Payments Corp APCX , about the future of fintech. "Fraud prevention and AI are essential," Hamzeh says. "We can monitor behaviors, detect unusual activities like keystrokes or device orientation, flag anomalies, and raise alerts for fraudulent activities." Here's an edited transcript of
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel has carried out night air strikes on Rafah and said a ceasefire proposal accepted by Hamas fell “far from Israel’s necessary requirement”, as international mediators and officials struggled to continue talks to halt fighting
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s Manhattan “hush money” trial threatened to jail the former president if he continued to harass witnesses and jurors, after concluding that fines had failed to deter the defendant from repeatedly
Loading… Loading… Janover IncJNVR announced that it achieved significant year-over-year growth in lenders on its fintech platform in 2023, providing borrowers access to a broad range of competitive loan products. In 2023, Janover noted a766% growth in banking originator sign-ups, a 647% increase in credit union originator sign-ups, and a 445% boost in the other