Smoking is somehow inexplicably cool again, and I’m not happy about it. After a period of health-conscious stigma, it is now viewed as culturally acceptable and even desirable to be seen holding a cigarette in one’s hand. It signals sophistication, a rebellious attitude, and undeniable coolness. Newsweek reported on a “cigarette renaissance” among Gen Z, […]
Credit cards have long helped consumers pay for purchases. Now Visa wants them to help consumers decide how to spend their money. During the Visa Payments Forum, the company unveiled AI Financial Assistant, a tool that lets cardholders chat with an AI assistant within their banking app about topics such as spending habits, budgeting recommendations, […]
IBM is on pace to have its worst day ever on the stock market after saying it misread the AI spending boom. On Tuesday, eight days before the company’s scheduled earnings call, CEO Arvind Krishna released a letter to shareholders that detailed a quarterly “performance shortfall,” including slimmer-than-expected revenue. “While we anticipated some supply chain […]
In this episode of Adventures in AI, Fast Company speaks with quantitative futurist Amy Webb about everything AI, from automation and fake expertise to the most vulnerable industries.
The organization shared this and other credit union priorities in a letter submitted to the House Financial Services Committee ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s Tuesday (July 14) appearance before the committee in a hearing, according to a Tuesday press release. In its letter, America’s Credit Unions said that while the Fed has indicated that it doesn’t plan to finalize […]
By the time he left AGF in November 2024, he was overseeing more than 16 billion dollars in equity assets, making him one of the more prominent names in Canadian growth investing after four decades in the role. “Tony is one of the most accomplished growth investors in Canada, with four decades managing these mandates […]
Let me show you why the larger one wins, because the arithmetic is more lopsided than people expect. Imagine two savers, both starting from nothing, and investing every month for ten years. The first is sensible but unremarkable and puts away ₹20,000 a month, earning a quite ordinary 8% a year. The second is the […]
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Corgi Insurance has announced the launch of Golden by Corgi, a dedicated sports and entertainment vertical built for the leagues, federations, clubs, events, and venues that support athletes and fans all around the world. The global sports industry represents more than $600 billion in economic activity, yet every […]
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. After more than a decade of bootstrapped growth, Oxylabs is taking outside capital for the first time as the rapid development of AI agents accelerates the growing demand for the web data infrastructure the company has spent years building. The Lithuania-founded technology company has received a $130 […]
A newly released standard for QR code payments could make it easier for consumers and merchants to use instant payments, says the Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc. X9 is a nonprofit organization that develops and maintains national and international standards for the financial-services industry. The new standard, officially called X9.150, Merchant-Presented QR Codes for Secure […]