Affirm Brings Installment Payments to Walmart Self-Checkout
Affirm Brings Installment Payments to Walmart Self-Checkout
December 19, 2023  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Affirm has expanded its long-standing partnership with Walmart. With this expansion, Affirm pay-over-time options will be added to self-checkout kiosks at more than 4,500...

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FTX Trading and FTX Digital Markets Reach Settlement 
FTX Trading and FTX Digital Markets Reach Settlement 
December 19, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX Trading has reached a settlement with liquidators for its Bahamas unit, resolving a dispute over whether the company’s U.S. bankruptcy proceedings should...

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Salesforce Acquires Spiff to Improve Compensation Planning
Salesforce Acquires Spiff to Improve Compensation Planning
December 19, 2023  |  Acquisitions

Salesforce is set to acquire incentive compensation management software Spiff. The deal, announced Tuesday (Dec. 19), will make Spiff part of Salesforce’s Sales Cloud to...

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mPulse Makes 2 Acquisitions to Expand Healthcare Digital Engagement Offerings
mPulse Makes 2 Acquisitions to Expand Healthcare Digital Engagement Offerings
December 19, 2023  |  Acquisitions

mPulse acquired two companies to expand its offerings in healthcare digital engagement. The firm bought HealthTrio, which provides health management and member engagement solutions, and...

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How AI Firms Plan to Build, Then Control, Superhuman Intelligence
How AI Firms Plan to Build, Then Control, Superhuman Intelligence
December 19, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

At the center of many of humanity’s most compelling problems and innovations lie inscrutable paradoxes.  Nearly the entirety of advanced mathematics, for example, is built...

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Comcast Reports Hack Exposed Data of Nearly 36 Million Xfinity Customers 
Comcast Reports Hack Exposed Data of Nearly 36 Million Xfinity Customers 
December 19, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

Comcast says hackers stole personal data from millions of customers during a recent breach. The data breach involved customers of the company’s cable and internet business Xfinity, Comcast...

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BNPL Finds Appeal in Wealthy Middle Eastern Countries
BNPL Finds Appeal in Wealthy Middle Eastern Countries
December 19, 2023  |  Buy Now Pay Later

There’s an old story, possibly apocryphal, where F. Scott Fitzgerald tells Ernest Hemingway: The rich are different from you and me. Replies Hemingway: “Yeah, they...

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Tokens.com Launches Platform for Advertising Within Virtual Gaming Worlds
Tokens.com Launches Platform for Advertising Within Virtual Gaming Worlds
December 19, 2023  |  eCommerce

Tokens.com has launched a proprietary eCommerce platform that allows product placement and advertising within virtual gaming worlds like Roblox and Fortnite.  The new Valor platform within Metaverse Group enables players within these environments...

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Robotics Took Center Stage in Restaurants in 2023, Despite Consumer Hesitation
Robotics Took Center Stage in Restaurants in 2023, Despite Consumer Hesitation
December 19, 2023  |  ResTech

Throughout 2023, more restaurants turned to kitchen automation to drive back-of-house efficiency, even as consumers have resisted the increasing automation of the industry. In October,...

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