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EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: Around 49% of consumers have used AI in the past six months to support their savings and investment decisions (Emma Dunkley/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 24, 2026

Emma Dunkley / Financial Times: EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: around 49% of consumers used AI in…

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PayPal is expanding access to its PYUSD stablecoin from the US and UK to 70 countries in total, including new markets in Uganda, Colombia, Peru and Malawi (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 17, 2026

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The war in Iran complicates Gulf countries’ plans to spend more than $300 billion on AI investments, endangering a potential source of funding for tech companies (Miles Kruppa/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 9, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The Most Successful AI Company You’ve Never Heard Of | Qasar Younes Interviews with world-class product…

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A look at countries that have moved to ban social media for children in recent months, including Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Malaysia, Spain and Indonesia (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 8, 2026

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European countries are moving towards banning social networks for children, even if doubts persist about their implementation and the risk of a new battle with American technology groups (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 8, 2026

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Slice, which uses AI agents to code tax policies and legal rules in more than 60 countries, raised a $25 million Series A led by Insight, bringing its total funding to $32 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/This Week in Fintech)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 28, 2026

Mary Ann Azevedo / This week in Fintech: Slice, which uses AI agents to code tax policies and legal rules…

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Naver, South Korea’s largest buyer of Nvidia chips, pitches its AI cloud services as an alternative to countries reluctant to use U.S. or Chinese services (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 12, 2026

Song Jung-a / Financial Times: Naver, South Korea’s largest buyer of Nvidia chips, is pitching its AI cloud services as…

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A look at global AI adoption in 2025; consumption in the countries of the North has increased almost twice as fast as in the South; UAE leads with 64% of working age adults using AI (Microsoft Corporate Responsibility)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 11, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: The race for AI glasses is heating up. A show about the inside conversations of the tech…

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Starlink says it has reached 9M "active customers" in 155 countries, territories and other markets, up from 8 million on November 5 (Polly Thompson/Business Insider)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 24, 2025

Polly Thompson / Business Insider: Starlink claims to have reached 9 million “active customers” in 155 countries, territories and other…

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Surveillance tools exported by China, based on American technology and obtained by Chinese companies, to countries like Nepal, are being used to stifle Tibetan refugees (Associated Press)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 21, 2025

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ASEAN, China unlikely to finalize South China Sea Code of Conduct at next summit – Radio Free Asia

Heat maps show North Korea’s largest greenhouse at less than half capacity – Radio Free Asia

Balikatan 2026 exercises will highlight Manila’s ‘more active defense posture’ – Radio Free Asia

North Korean agents use fake identities to apply for tech jobs – Radio Free Asia

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

FDA Speeds Up Research on Psychedelic Drugs Following Trump Order

Spirit Airlines’ money ‘won’t last very long’

Nike cuts 1,400 jobs in second round of layoffs this year

Trump administration decides to reclassify cannabis

Regeneron signs drug pricing deal with Trump, will offer hearing loss treatment for free

Trump falls asleep during Oval Office event as his decline deepens

Hakeem Jeffries calls Trump the stupidest president in history

Republicans attempt to overturn election after Virginia backfires Trump’s Gerrymander

RFK Jr. looked completely crazy during Senate hearing

Investigation opened into Kash Patel’s alleged drinking

Meta announces deal to use “tens of millions” of Amazon’s Graviton chips to help deliver its next generation of AI models, amid Nvidia chip shortage (Ina Fried/Axios)

Norway plans to ban children from using social media until age 16; government says it will present bill to parliament by end of 2026 (Terje Solsvik/Reuters)

EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: Around 49% of consumers have used AI in the past six months to support their savings and investment decisions (Emma Dunkley/Financial Times)

Trump threatens to “impose significant tariffs on the UK” if he does not scrap his digital services tax, which he sees as unfairly targeting US tech companies (Connor Stringer/Telegraph)

Sources: AI coding company Cognition in early talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation of $25 billion, up from $10.2 billion announced in September 2025 (Bloomberg)

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EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: Around 49% of consumers have used AI in the past six months to support their savings and investment decisions (Emma Dunkley/Financial Times)

PayPal is expanding access to its PYUSD stablecoin from the US and UK to 70 countries in total, including new markets in Uganda, Colombia, Peru and Malawi (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

The war in Iran complicates Gulf countries’ plans to spend more than $300 billion on AI investments, endangering a potential source of funding for tech companies (Miles Kruppa/The Information)

A look at countries that have moved to ban social media for children in recent months, including Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Malaysia, Spain and Indonesia (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

European countries are moving towards banning social networks for children, even if doubts persist about their implementation and the risk of a new battle with American technology groups (Financial Times)

Slice, which uses AI agents to code tax policies and legal rules in more than 60 countries, raised a $25 million Series A led by Insight, bringing its total funding to $32 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/This Week in Fintech)

Naver, South Korea’s largest buyer of Nvidia chips, pitches its AI cloud services as an alternative to countries reluctant to use U.S. or Chinese services (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)

A look at global AI adoption in 2025; consumption in the countries of the North has increased almost twice as fast as in the South; UAE leads with 64% of working age adults using AI (Microsoft Corporate Responsibility)

Starlink says it has reached 9M "active customers" in 155 countries, territories and other markets, up from 8 million on November 5 (Polly Thompson/Business Insider)

Surveillance tools exported by China, based on American technology and obtained by Chinese companies, to countries like Nepal, are being used to stifle Tibetan refugees (Associated Press)