Share Tweet By Billy Hallowell Editor September 19, 2023 With artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly evolving and expanding in its size, scope, and abilities, houses of worship are beginning to look at ways to harness its power to protect congregants from mass shootings. Listen to the latest episode of CBNs Quick Start podcast ? Matt Montana,
John Liu is bringing blockchain to the masses as the head of product Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Liu is also the co-founder of Automatic USA, which applies fintech to the used car financing industry. In July, AWS expanded AMB Access as a service that offers serverless, scalable, and secure access
Widgetization — iOS 17 review: StandBy for more features Messaging features lead a low-key refresh of the iPhones software. Samuel Axon – Sep 20, 2023 7:03 pm UTC Enlarge / iOS 17 isn’t a radical step forward, but there’s still plenty to dig into.Samuel Axon reader comments 159 with With the impending launch of Vision
The open-source nature of many hardware cryptocurrency wallets allows one to build a do-it-yourself (DIY) wallet like Trezor from scratch, but it requires certain skills. Florin Cocos, an electronics design manager from Romania, built his own DIY Trezor with the wallet’s open-source code in 2018, without having access to a “real” Trezor device. On his
Receive free UK business updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK business news every morning. The UK car industry will still have to meet mandatory electric vehicle sales targets from January, according to people briefed on the upcoming government rules, despite ministers pushing back a ban on petrol
An ongoing legal battle over Florida’s attempts to take over the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority isn’t showing signs of abatement. Four years after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed off on a bill that sought to dissolve the toll road authority, known as MDX, and replace it with the state-managed Greater Miami Expressway Agency, or GMX, both parties
Municipals were steady Wednesday as U.S. Treasuries were mixed fiollowing the Fed’s decision to hold interest rates. Equities ended the trading session down. As was expected, the FOMC held rates in a range between 5.25% and 5.50%, but the dot plot in the Summary of Economic Projections showed 12 of 19 members expect another 25-basis-point
The U.S. Federal Reserve Building in Washington, D.C. Win Mcnamee | Reuters Today, the Federal Reserve will publish its latest economic forecasts. There will be an intense focus on the Summary of Economic Projections, which is the Fed’s own estimates for GDP growth, the unemployment rate, inflation and the appropriate policy interest rate. The summary will
A couple building a high-end contemporary house close to the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., had distinct ideas about what it should be. One person favored a Moroccan courtyard-style design; the other wanted a sustainable and well-built home. It would be up to the architects to make it work—and they did, spectacularly. Sliding mesh screens
The public finance industry has put the cart before the horse when it comes to environmental, social and governance (ESG) and impact investment practices. Labels, proprietary investor modeling and data platforms behind paywalls obfuscate the real problem: the data and its contextualization for the public (and investors) to understand the intent behind municipal securities is
Sony Groups SONY Network Communication department has formed a joint venture with Singapore-based Startale Labs to develop a blockchain that will be an integral part of the global web3 infrastructure. The JV company will be formed in September and will be named Sony Network Communications Labs Pte. Ltd. The new partnership will target to provide
US retailers will hire the lowest number of seasonal workers for this holiday season since the final quarter of 2008, due to increased labor costs and shaky consumer confidence, according to a report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas shared exclusively with Reuters. Retailers are expected to add just 410,000 seasonal jobs this season, according to
baby steps, baby steps — Telling AI model to take a deep breath causes math scores to soar in study DeepMind used AI models to optimize their own prompts, with surprising results. Benj Edwards – Sep 19, 2023 9:38 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 54 with Google DeepMind researchers recently developed a technique to
As Apple Inc AAPL and Alphabet GOOG GOOGL -owned Google penetrated into financial service and realized significant gains with mobile wallets, Americas biggest banks have joined their efforts to defend their turf. Namely, JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM , Bank of America Corporation BAC and Wells Fargo & Company WFC , among others, will be
One person’s analog trash is another person’s vintage treasure. If you have a pile of VHS tapes that haven’t been touched since the dawn of digital media, you might be able to make a fortune on them. Blockbuster video cassettes are obviously a relic of yesteryear, with technology moving from VHS to DVDs and Blu-Ray
In less than a week after Deutsche Bank DB and HSBC HSBC partnered with other companies for digital asset custody, Citigroup IncC has now turned to the digital asset space to launch tokenized digital assets using its own wallet and blockchain. Citi's Token Service will provide cross-border paymentsand liquidity all around the clock. Read More:
On-chain data suggests that Bitcoin (BTC) holders are accumulating BTC with exchange holdings down to yearly lows and the percentage of inactive BTC supply at all time highs. According to Glassnode’s Bitcoin supply last active chart, inactive BTC that has not moved from an address for more than 1, 3 and 5 year time frames
Balancer, an Ethereum-based decentralized finance protocol has confirmed its user interface is currently “under an attack.” The platform notified its community on Sept. 19 at 11:49 pm UTC, urging users to not interact with Balancer’s protocol until further notice. The balancer frontend is under an attack. The issue is currently under investigation. Please do NOT
Municipals were weaker Tuesday as triple-A yields rose in sympathy with U.S. Treasuries. Equities ended the session down ahead of the close of the Federal Open Markets Committee meeting Wednesday. Triple-A yields were cut two to seven basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields rose four to six basis points, pushing the two-,
An empty parking lot is pictured in front of a Planet Fitness gym and fitness club in Alhambra, California, on May 12, 2020, after stay-at-home orders in Los Angeles County were extended until July amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.