ll President Joe Biden and his “bodyman” and personal aide, Stephen Goepfert. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky President Biden’s personal aide, Stephen Goepfert is leaving the White House at the end of the week. Goepfert will be taking on a new role at the Department of Transportation. Biden described Goepfert as a “trusted and loyal confidant,” in…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System testifies before the House Committee on Financial Services June 23, 2022 in Washington, DC Win McNamee/Getty Images The Fed won’t cut rates for another couple years, according to Goldman Sachs’ chief economist. In his view, inflation will remain high next year, and…
The author, Jen Glantz. Jen Glantz I realized I needed to save more money to reach my financial goals, so I got strategic. I stopped mindlessly shopping online every day and gave myself some parameters. I pre-plan my meals for the week so I don’t overspend on food, and I look for free events near…
Embedded finance is an emerging software distribution model that is promising—or threatening—to reshape the financial services industry. The global embedded finance market is still nascent, but its growth potential is enormous. Do you work in the Fintech industry? Get business insights on the latest tech innovations, market trends, and your competitors with data-driven research. Embedded…
Russian political scientist and ideologue Alexander Dugin delivers a speech during a memorial service for his daughter Darya Dugina, who was killed in a car bomb attack, in Moscow, Russia August 23, 2022. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Russia blamed Ukraine for the death of a Putin ally’s daughter and teased retaliatory attacks. Ukraine denies involvement and Russia’s…
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal. Twitter Twitter’s ex-security chief is alleging that the Indian government forced the firm to hire one of its agents. Pieter Zatko, who was fired in January, filed a whistleblower complaint in July, alleging various misconduct. Zatko says Twitter violated its commitment to users by allowing the agent to access sensitive data….
Senate and Congressional committee leaders from both sides of the aisle are looking into claims from Twitter’s former security chief that the platform has “extreme, egregious deficiencies” in terms of protections against attackers. Famed hacker Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, who took over Twitter’s security division in 2020 and left the post in January, accused the company…
Binance’s chief communications officer says hackers used a deepfake of his image in Zoom calls to scam cryptocurrency executives. Patrick Hillmann claims the hackers successfully duped crypto project representatives into thinking he would help their tokens get listed on Binance’s exchange. In a blog post spotted by Bitcoin News, Hillmann wrote that the scammers built…
After nearly 10 million people watched the premiere of HBO’s House of the Dragon, Amazon wants to remind you it too has a high-fantasy series that’s coming out soon. On Tuesday, the company shared a new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. More than anything, the clip is a showcase…
So, you want to accessorise your Apple Watch, right? With the excellent Apple Watch Series 5 out in the world, but previous versions still very much popular, app and accessory makers have had ample time to scratch their heads and dream up something disruptive that’ll add value to Apple’s smartwatch. There are plenty of Apple Watch charging…