The news: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly investigating whether Visa and Mastercard use tokenization to flout debit card routing rules, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. Read the original article on Business Insider Read More
High-voltage pylons sit at a substation behind storage facilities at BioEnergie Park Guestrow in Germany. Bernd Wüstneck/picture alliance via Getty Images Germany is considering a 90% tax on windfall profits made by power companies to fund a cap on electricity prices, Reuters reported. The potential price cap would also be financed by the government’s €200…
The news: Goldman Sachs’ Q3 earnings topped analysts’ estimates, thanks to strong fixed-income trading. The bank also announced a big overhaul that it hopes will staunch the bleeding from Marcus. Read the original article on Business Insider Read More
Airbus BelugaST loading helicopter. Airbus Airbus established an all-new cargo airline in January using its fleet of five Beluga “Super Transporter” planes. The aircraft fly outsized freight, like satellites, helicopters, and military equipment for contract customers. The new entity was created as air cargo remained in high demand during, and now after, the pandemic. After…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Americans are set to receive discounts on clothing, electronics, and toys this holiday season. But consumers are more in need of price relief on healthcare, tuition, and housing. The Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hikes are unlikely to resolve the problem. In the coming months, US shoppers are expected…
Nearly half of the world’s roughly 7,000 known languages four in ten of them exist without an accompanying written component. These unwritten languages pose a unique problem for modern machine learning translation systems, as they typically need to convert verbal speech to written words before translating to the new language and reverting the text back…
The Surface Studio 2, despite its impressive design, is really starting to show its age. At its core, it’s powered by a processor that launched over five years ago, so it’s easy to see why it was in need of a refresh. Thankfully, Microsoft has done exactly that with the launch of the Surface Studio…
Earlier this week, former Fallout 76 project lead Jeff Gardiner announced that Bethesda designer Eric “Ferret” Baudoin had sadly passed away. Now, as a touching tribute to the designer’s work and legacy, many fans have taken to Fallout 76 to express their sorrow at his passing, and to bid him farewell. Sharing on Twitter using…
Microsoft is reportedly building an Xbox mobile gaming store in direct competition with Apple and Google. The news, as reported by The Verge, has emerged due to filings from the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in Microsoft’s ongoing $68.7bn buyout of Activision Blizzard. Both the popularity of Activision’s mobile games and the inclusion of…
Yesterday, I popped over to The Trafford Centre to check out Pokémon: Art Through the Ages. The event, which was announced last month, is styled as a treasure hunt and requires you to look around The Trafford Centre for pictures and paintings of Pokémon. It features all 151 species from the Kanto Pokédex, with some…