May 11, 2018
Morgan Stanley Downgrades Macy’s Stock
Following a downgraded rating from Morgan Stanley, Macy’s stock dropped more than 3 percent on Thursday (May 10). The investment bank had put an “underweight” rating on the stock, CNN...
May 11, 2018
Xero Cuts Losses For FY18, Thanks To Amazon Web Services
According to data released on Thursday (May 10) by small business accounting firm Xero, the company has reduced its losses for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 compared with last year. Reports from ZDNet...
May 11, 2018
Coupa Taps Alexa For Added Spend Management Features
Coupa has rolled out enhancements to its business spend management (BSM) solution, the firm revealed this week. The enterprise spend management company announced at its annual Inspire conference the addition...
May 11, 2018
Amazon Forms Alexa Team To Disrupt Healthcare
In its efforts to disrupt the healthcare market, Amazon has built a team to focus on making Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant more useful in the healthcare field. According to an...
May 11, 2018
Silent Commands Compromise Security For Alexa, Siri
Researchers have discovered possible security implications for digital assistants such as Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, and Google’s Assistant. According to a report in The New York Times, over the last...
May 11, 2018
Trump Administration To Form New AI Task Force
The White House has announced the creation of a Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence. The news came as executives from tech companies including Amazon, Google, and Facebook met with the...
May 11, 2018
SoundHound GM: The Future Of Voice May Not Go By...
Twenty years ago, if the radio played a song you liked, you had to put your ear to the speaker and hope the DJ said the title and artist so...
May 10, 2018
Five at Five: Sears Looks To Amazon For Some Verve
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at some of the freshest payments news of the day. Today’s stories include a new deal Sears signed with Amazon, a digital gifting...
May 10, 2018
Last Mile, Last Few Feet Means Thinking In Bulk For...
The new mantra in last mile might be: Go big or go home. And it might be enough to change how some of the marquee names in delivery deliver more...
