Trump Orders Data Centers to Pay for Power as AI Strains the Grid
President Donald Trump is set to unveil an emergency plan Friday (Jan. 16) that would make data center…
Karen Webster’s 2026 Trends: Longevity Changes Inheritance
Alvin Hellerstein is a 92‑year‑old judge presiding over a high‑stakes case involving Nicolás Maduro. While once we would…
Lawsuit Alleges Oracle Made Misleading Statements
Oracle was reportedly sued Wednesday (Jan. 14) by bondholders who allege that the company made false and misleading statements in the offering documents…
Agriculture Executives Move AI Into Farming’s Economic Core
At CES last week, executives from agriculture, genetics and crop-protection companies in a panel discussion described how artificial…
Snowflake to Acquire Observe to Speed AI Agent Troubleshooting
Snowflake plans to acquire Observe to deliver artificial intelligence-powered observability that is built on open standards and designed…
Google Claims Apple’s Spot on Most-Valuable-Companies List
Google has supplanted Apple as the second-most valuable company by market capitalization. That’s according to a report Thursday…
Clover Adds Face and Palm Payments With Wink Partnership
Fiserv-owned commerce solution Clover has launched a partnership with biometric identity/payments platform Wink. The collaboration integrates Wink’s face…
OpenAI Says AI Is Now Informal Front Door to Healthcare
Artificial intelligence (AI) has quietly become one of the most widely used entry points into the healthcare system.…
Visa Says Better Onboarding Decides Who Wins the Digital Wallet
Digital credentials are reshaping payments as consumers gravitate toward payment methods that work instantly, securely and consistently across…
Fiserv, Mastercard Expand Partnership on AI-Initiated Commerce
Fiserv and Mastercard expanded their partnership to support agentic commerce, as payments companies move to establish how artificial…
Google Pushes AI Onto Devices
For much of the past decade, artificial intelligence has been concentrated in the cloud. Large models trained and…
Proactive Technology Helps Extended Households’ Finances
Extended households have become a defining feature of U.S. consumer finance, even as they remain underrepresented in traditional…