Leben (Life aka misc)
Visa, Mastercard Prepare To Raise Credit-Card Fees
Visa and Mastercard are planning to increase fees that many merchants pay when they accept customers’ credit cards. The fee increases are scheduled to start in October and April, according to people familiar with the matter and documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal. Many of the increases are for Read more…
Crypto Leben (Life aka misc)
First Bitcoin ETF Could Be Coming Soon as Court Rules in Favor of Grayscale Over SEC
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has paved the way for bitcoin exchange-traded funds. From a report: On Tuesday, the court sided with Grayscale in a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission which had denied the company’s application to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust to an Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Apple To Buy TSMC’s Entire Supply of 3nm Chips For 2023
According to DigiTimes, Apple will receive all TSMC’s first-generation 3-nanometer process chips this year for its upcoming devices. As early as May, Apple was known to have booked nearly 90% of the Taiwanese pure-play foundry for its upcoming next-gen devices. However, Apple is now projected to take 100% of TSMC’s Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
OpenAI Launches a ChatGPT Plan For Enterprise Customers
Seeking to capitalize on ChatGPT’s viral success, OpenAI today announced the launch of ChatGPT Enterprise, a business-focused edition of the company’s AI-powered chatbot app. ChatGPT Enterprise, which OpenAI first teased in a blog post earlier this year, can perform the same tasks as ChatGPT, such as writing emails, drafting essays Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Pentagon Bets On Quick Production of Autonomous Systems To Counter China
Under an ambitious program, dubbed Replicator, the Pentagon aims to field thousands of autonomous systems within two years to counter China. The effort is being spearheaded by Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks. Hicks said the time is right to push to rapidly scale up innovative technology. The move comes as Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
Japan Says Seawater Radioactivity Below Limits Near Fukushima
Tests of seawater near Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant have not detected any radioactivity, the environment ministry said on Sunday, days after authorities began discharging into the sea treated water used to cool damaged reactors. Japan started releasing water from the wrecked Fukushima plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, Read more…