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Web Summit 2025: AI Innovation, Investment Shifts and Global Tech Alliances Take Center Stage
Investing News Network
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June 5, 2025
The Vancouver edition of Web Summit took place last week, bringing 15,727 attendees from 117 countries together, including 159 partners, 681 investors and 50 trade delegations. A record-breaking 1,108 startups across a range of tech-touching...
What is ‘tech neck’ and how can you fix it?
The Independent
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June 6, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
RioZim financial woes deepen
The Standard
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RioZim chairperson Saleem Rashid Beebeejaun DEBT-LADEN miner RioZim Limited plunged deeper into financial distress after posting a staggering after-tax loss of ZiG628,47 million during the year to December 31, 2024, a six-fold increase from the...
EUDI Wallet crucial for the financial sector, Visa exec tells Money20/20
Biometric Update
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June 6, 2025
As a trusted means of identity verification, the European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet is a “present on a silver platter” for financial institutions on the continent, according to Visa. The payment company’s Head of Digital Identity Marie...
Alexander Buresch appointed head of BMW Group Financial Services
Automotive World
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June 6, 2025
Alexander Buresch will take over the leadership of the BMW Group’s financial services business as of 1 August from Gerald Holzmann Change at the top of BMW Group Financial Services and BMW Group IT: As of August 1, Alexander Buresch will take over...
Tech companies seek higher power limit for Wi-Fi devices
The Economic Times
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June 5, 2025
The technology industry wants the power levels permitted for Wi-Fi and other devices to be used under the 6 GHz spectrum band to be reviewed and aligned with global standards, so that users can get the best performances and devices remain...
Tech leaders in Ireland prioritize cybersecurity investments
DevX
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June 5, 2025
Tech leaders in Ireland are prioritizing cybersecurity investments despite facing budget constraints and economic uncertainty. A recent EY Ireland Tech Leaders Outlook 2025 survey found that 48% of senior technology leaders identified...
Star One & Payfinia Win Banking Tech USA 2025 Award
FinTecBuzz
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June 6, 2025
Payfinia, an open, real-time payments framework, announced today it won the Best Credit Union/Community Bank & FinTech Partnership by Fintech Futures’ Banking Tech Awards USA 2025 with Star One Credit Union ($10.2 billion, 124,000 members). The...
Mason Technologies plans $20.8M Hauppauge expansion
Long Island Business News - New York
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June 6, 2025
Mason Technologies, which specializes in low-voltage technology integration solutions, plans to expand with a $20.8 million project in Hauppauge. 395 Oser Ave. Hauppauge / Courtesy of Rechler Equity Partners Headquartered in Deer Park, Mason...
The Impact of Technology on Poker Store Monetisation: From Blockchain to NFT
European Gaming
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June 6, 2025
Reading Time: 5 minutesOver the years, poker has moved from once dim backrooms of dull backstreets to high‑stakes online arenas, and every step of the way, it was propelled by innovation. Today, it comes in the shape of blockchain technology with...
Trump lobs fresh insults at his ex-aide tech billionaire Elon Musk
Press TV
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US President Donald Trump has thrown fresh insults at his billionaire former aide Elon Musk, a day after the fiery implosion of their unlikely political marriage, saying the tech tycoon has "lost his mind." The White House on Friday squashed...
All time, Africa has 10 tech Unicorns: here are the founders
Technext
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June 6, 2025
Africa’s tech ecosystem is thriving, with a growing number of startups achieving unicorn status. As these unicorns, valued at over $1 billion, drive innovation, they also create new opportunities for economic growth and development. In recent...
Microsoft Helps CBI Dismantle Indian Call Centers Behind Japanese Tech Support Scam
The Hacker News
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Jun 06, 2025The Hacker NewsCybercrime / Financial Fraud India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has revealed that it has arrested six individuals and dismantled two illegal call centers that were found to be engaging in a sophisticated...
“The only way to grow is through the mud”: How AZA Finance’s Elizabeth Rossiello proves Africa’s fintech potential
Technext
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June 6, 2025
Picture a young girl in a bedroom where the walls aren’t draped in pastel colours but in maps—continents sprawling across every surface, each one a promise of adventure. “I had maps all over my room instead of wallpaper,” Elizabeth Rossiello,...
Vietnam, Australia to strengthen bilateral cooperation in financial technology
Xinhua News Agency
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HANOI, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam and Australia have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen bilateral cooperation in financial technology, local daily newspaper Nhan Dan (People) reported Monday. The agreement, inked between the...
Stablecoins Hit the Street and FinTech Funding Targets Lending Platforms
PYMNTS.com - Massachusetts
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June 6, 2025
Highlights Circle shares soared in a headline-grabbing public listing; the company also invested in cross-border payments platform Conduit. FinTech funding rounds, particularly in Europe, underpinned expansions of B2B platforms and embedded...
$8B RIA Wealthcare to be acquired by Sammons Financial Group
Investment News
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The transaction will see ownership of Wealthcare switch from NewSpring Holdings roughly 12 years after the private equity company made its investment. Sammons Financial Group has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wealthcare Capital...
How Texas Tech's Nijaree Canady became softball's first $1M player
Sporting News
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June 6, 2025
The Texas Tech softball program is experiencing unprecedented success in 2025, and it's a product of an unprecedented investment in a one-of-a-kind star. As the era of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) of college athletics evolves, the Red Raiders...
DATA BREACH ALERT: Edelson Lechtzin LLP Is Investigating Claims On Behalf Of Sensata Technologies, Inc. Customers Whose Data May Have Been Compromised
MENAFN
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June 6, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) NEWTOWN, Pa., June 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Edelson Lechtzin LLP, a national class action law firm, is investigating claims regarding data privacy violations at Sensata Technologies, Inc. ("Sensata"). Sensata learned of...
Remita: A fundamental case for legislating indigenous participation and IP ownership in the fintech ecosystem.
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 6, 2025
In today’s hyperconnected world, digital infrastructure has become the lifeline of national development. Just as roads and power once defined industrial growth, so now do data platforms, software systems, and digital frameworks define the...