Although the US government remains closed, the Senate is a hive of crypto activity this week, with Republican lawmakers now matching a planned Democratic meeting with industry executives scheduled for Wednesday. After CEOs such as Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong and Chainlink’s Sergey Nazarov meet with up to 10 Democratic senators, according to people familiar with the…
Das Nobel, founder and CEO of the MTX group [Composite image; Sources: MTX, DI Studio] MTX Group, a Frisco-based digital technology consulting firm, has launched MTX Ventures, a new investment arm focused on supporting early- and mid-stage companies in the field of enterprise artificial intelligence. With this new fund, the company plans to expand its…
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google is looking for 15 Pixel Superfans to help with its Trusted Tester program. Chosen superfans will have the opportunity to give their opinions on the upcoming Pixel hardware. Their input could ultimately help shape what we get as the Pixel 11. Who doesn’t like access? Being able…
With the fourth beta of iOS 26.1, Apple added a toggle that makes Liquid Glass more opaque and reduces transparency. We tested the beta to see where the toggle works and what it looks like. If you have the latest iOS 26.1 beta, you can go to Settings > Display & Brightness to access the…
Editorial This content was selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based on its relevance and interest to our community. Last week, the Justice Department filed the largest-ever forfeiture action against $15 billion in bitcoin currently held in the United States. A Ministry of Justice press release revealed that an indictment was unsealed…
Could tedious manual mining of electronic health record (EHR) data and other patient history information be a thing of the past? Based on a combination of ambient listening and DSE data, the Newly launched multimodal Viz Assist (Viz.ai) provides patient summaries based on artificial intelligence (AI), according to Viz.ai. The company said Viz Assist uses…
In the ever-changing world of mobile technology, where ads fuel much of the free content ecosystem, Android users are increasingly looking for ways to reclaim their screen space from intrusive pop-ups and banners. Publishers rely on ads to maintain operations, but for consumers bombarded with distractions, blocking them has become a practical necessity. This in-depth…
Earlier this year, Apple confirmed that it would support end-to-end encryption with RCS in a future software update. At the time, iOS 18 was still the latest version of iOS – which implied that the upgrade would be part of the next round of software – iOS 26. So far, end-to-end encryption has not yet…
TLDR Ten crypto executives are expected to join Senate Democrats on October 22. The round table will focus on the regulation of decentralized finance (DeFi). Senate Democrats are debating a proposal that could reshape DeFi rules. Crypto Industry Executives Slam Proposed DeFi Regulations as Too Restrictive A high-level meeting is expected to take place this…
There have been a number of conflicting theories about why the U.S. economy has weathered Donald Trump’s trade war. According to a leading economist, we can thank robust spending on AI. Yet the massive investments companies have spent this year building their AI data centers could also be obscuring an uncomfortable truth about U.S. economic…