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Y Combinator-backed Rulebase wants to be the AI coworker for fintech

Y Combinator-alum Rulebase is betting that the next wave of automation in financial services won’t be about flashy AI interfaces, but the unglamorous back-office tasks like compliance. The startup, founded by Gideon Ebose and Chidi Williams, two Nigerian engineers who met in London, just raised a $2.1 million pre-seed round led by Bowery Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Commerce Ventures, Transpose Platform VC, alongside several angels. Financial services firms spend enormous amo

Chatbox app is back on the US app store

Hello everyone, I have great news to share: After three months of fighting, our Chatbox app is finally back on the U.S. App Store! 🎉 What happened? In April 2025, another company with an app of the same name filed a dispute with Apple, claiming they held a trademark for the word “Chatbox.” I believe this claim was baseless, because: "Chatbox" is a widely used, generic word across the internet, and their trademark application had already been initially rejected by the USPTO. We were the fir

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade hits the Switch 2 on January 22

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade comes out for the Switch 2 on January 22, 2026, which was revealed at today's lengthy Nintendo Direct livestream . This is the first entry in the remake trilogy and primarily takes place in the opening city of Midgar. You'll have to wait until Final Fantasy VII Rebirth to explore the overworld map, and there's no Switch 2 release date for that one yet. This release does include the Episode Intermission DLC , which involves the ninja Yuffie on a mission to ste

Partnering with generative AI in the finance function

Generative AI is also showing promise in functions like treasury, with use cases including cash, revenue, and liquidity forecasting and management, as well as automating contracts and investment analysis. However, challenges still remain for generative AI to contribute to forecasting due to the mathematical limitations of LLMs. Regardless, Deloitte’s analysis of its 2024 State of Generative AI in the Enterprise survey found that one-fifth (19%) of finance organizations have already adopted gener

Top Democrat Calls for Congressional Probe Into Ties Between Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel

The Jeffrey Epstein scandal continues to plague the Trump administration, and on Wednesday, a prominent Democratic senator called for Congress to investigate the financial ties between the dead sex criminal and a host of financial organizations and people, including tech billionaire Peter Thiel. Much of the debate about the “Epstein files” has centered around what records the Justice Department may have on his illicit sex crimes but, according to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), the more important fi

Apple unveils Final Cut Camera 2.0 with support for new iPhone 17 lineup camera features

Right after the “Awe Dropping” event, in which Apple unveiled multiple camera features across the entire iPhone 17 lineup, it also introduced Final Cut Camera 2.0, with full support for everything that had just been announced. Here are the details. ProRes RAW, Gunlock, Center Stage, more As is tradition, Apple dedicated quite a good portion of today’s event to the camera system of the new iPhone 17 lineup, particularly the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max. For instance, Apple introduced su

Your robot is about to get its own robot

This week on The Vergecast, we’re talking about our favorite tech (so far!) from the huge trade show that’s going on right now in Berlin. Jen joins Vee and I to discuss some of the biggest trends, starting with the wild ways that robot vacuums are learnings to climb stairs. Then we take a deep dive into the major upgrades to the Philips Hue lineup, where a decade’s worth of light bulbs are getting upgraded with motion sensing abilities, as long as you buy a new hub to power it all. Then Lauren

Company Replaces Customer Support With AI, Then Panics and Forces Engineers to Work the Phones as the AI Fails

Of all the startups that have come and gone, the personal finance company Klarna might be one of the best bellwethers for the finance industry overall. Specializing in "buy now pay later" microloans — tiny cash advances for purchases that don't need to go through a bank — Klarna hit app stores at a time when US consumer debt was climbing toward a record high. Now a giant of the personal finance landscape, the billion-dollar company recently reported a jaw dropping 17 percent default rate on its

Mis-issued certificates for 1.1.1.1 DNS service pose a threat to the Internet

People in Internet security circles are sounding the alarm over the issuance of three TLS certificates for 1.1.1.1, a widely used DNS service from content delivery network Cloudflare and the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Internet registry. The certificates, issued in May, can be used to decrypt domain lookup queries encrypted through DNS over HTTPS, a protocol that provides end-to-end encryption when end-user devices seek the IP address of a particular domain they want to acce

Hackers breach fintech firm in attempted $130M bank heist

Hackers tried to steal $130 million from Evertec’s Brazilian subsidiary Sinqia S.A.after gaining unauthorized access to its environment on the central bank’s real-time payment system (Pix). Evertec is a public financial technology giant that stands as a major full-service transaction processor in Latin America, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean. Sinqia, acquired by Evertec in 2023, is a São Paulo-based public company operating in financial software and IT services for the banking and financial in

Final Fantasy Tactics: Ivalice Chronicles Director Says 'That' Boss Fight Still Wrecks Him

Last week was the first time I picked up Final Fantasy Tactics since finishing it back in 1998. One infamous boss battle scarred me so badly that I never went back -- and given its reputation among fans, I know I'm not alone. So when I had the chance to talk with Kazutoyo Maehiro, part of the original dev team and now director of the upcoming remaster, Final Fantasy Tactics: Ivalice Chronicles, I jumped at it. I needed to know why they made that one fight so brutal. My question for Maehiro: "Ba

The ‘Final Fantasy Tactics’ Refresh Gives Its Class-War Story New Relevance

Kazutoyo Maehiro is feeling the pressure. Nearly 30 years after working on the original version of Final Fantasy Tactics—one of the role-playing series’ most adored games—he’s returned to pilot a remake of the game, switching titles from events planner to director. Besides that, little has changed, including how Maehiro himself thinks about game design. “Really, the approach that we wanted to take was modernizing [Final Fantasy Tactics],” he tells WIRED via a translator. “Players today expect a

Delete, Delete, Delete: How FCC Republicans are killing rules faster than ever

The Federal Communications Commission's Republican chairman is eliminating regulations at breakneck speed by using a process that cuts dozens of rules at a time while giving the public only 10 or 20 days to review each proposal and submit objections. Chairman Brendan Carr started his "Delete, Delete, Delete" rule-cutting initiative in March and later announced he'd be using the Direct Final Rule (DFR) mechanism to eliminate regulations without a full public-comment period. Direct Final Rule is

Detecting and countering misuse of AI

We’ve developed sophisticated safety and security measures to prevent the misuse of our AI models. But cybercriminals and other malicious actors are actively attempting to find ways around them. Today, we’re releasing a report that details how. Our Threat Intelligence report discusses several recent examples of Claude being misused, including a large-scale extortion operation using Claude Code, a fraudulent employment scheme from North Korea, and the sale of AI-generated ransomware by a cybercr

I asked Google Finance's AI chatbot what stocks to buy - and its answer surprised me

blackdovfx/E+/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways You can now test the AI-powered Google Finance through Labs. The feature lets you talk to a chatbot and access advanced tools. The chatbot won't give you financial advice. US users can now opt in to test drive the new Google Finance, the company said Wednesday. A few weeks ago, Google announced that Google Finance, its platform that offers financial information and news, tools for tracki

You can now talk finance with Google's newest AI chatbot - here's how

AlexSecret/E+ via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways You can now test the AI-powered Google Finance through Labs. The feature lets you talk to a chatbot and access advanced tools. The chatbot won't give you financial advice. US users can now opt in to test drive the new Google Finance, the company said Wednesday. A few weeks ago, Google announced that Google Finance, its platform that offers financial information and news, tools for tracking

You can now ask Google Finance when Ethereum will hit its peak

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google has started testing AI features on its finance page in the US through Search Labs. The new features include a new search field to ask questions, updated charting tools, and a news feed section. The new Google Finance page will be rolled out to the general public in the US in the coming weeks. At the start of this month, Google announced through a blog post that it had begun testing AI features on its finance page. While the features are still

Switch emulator Sudachi is no more, and it’s (mostly) not because of Nintendo

Curtis Joe / Android Authority TL;DR Popular Switch emulator Sudachi is no longer under active development. Developer Jarrod Norwell has moved on to Folium, an iOS emulation app. The final version will remain available, but the dev recommends switching to Eden. Nintendo Switch emulation seems to have recovered from last year’s major blows in the wake of Yuzu’s untimely demise, but one emulator from that era remained under active development, at least until now. Sudachi is a Yuzu fork with a

Pintarnya raises $16.7M to power jobs and financial services in Indonesia

Pintarnya, an Indonesian employment platform that goes beyond job matching by offering financial services along with full-time and side-gig opportunities, said it has raised a $16.7 million Series A round. The funding was led by Square Peg with participation from existing investors Vertex Venture Southeast Asia & India and East Ventures. Ghirish Pokardas, Nelly Nurmalasari, and Henry Hendrawan founded Pintarnya in 2022 to tackle two of the biggest challenges Indonesians face daily: earning eno

Some Pixel owners are getting a more powerful At A Glance widget

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Some Pixel phone owners are seeing sports and finance cards in their At A Glance widget. The sports card shows soccer scores, but our previous leak also revealed support for cricket scores. The finance card seems to show stock information. Google’s At A Glance widget is a useful feature on Pixel phones. It displays the weather, calendar events, boarding passes, and more directly on your home screen. Now, it looks like the widget is picking up a couple of

‘Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning’ Is Now Free on YouTube… Kind of

The eighth and possibly final Mission: Impossible film, The Final Reckoning, is now available on digital download. It comes with tons of special features and can be yours wherever you legally download movies for just $20. But, if you don’t want to pay $20, it’s also on YouTube for free. In a way. In what appears to be a fun, original way to promote the film’s digital release, Paramount has uploaded the entire film to YouTube… in Morse code. It’s right now, at the time of publication, Wednesday

NY Business Council discloses data breach affecting 47,000 people

The Business Council of New York State (BCNYS) has revealed that attackers who breached its network in February stole the personal, financial, and health information of over 47,000 individuals. As the state's largest statewide employer association, BCNYS represents over 3,000 member organizations, including chambers of commerce, professional and trade associations, and other local and regional business organizations, as well as some of the largest corporations worldwide, which employ more than

Perplexity now supports live earnings call transcripts for Indian stocks

In Brief AI startup Perplexity is augmenting its Finance dashboard with live transcriptions of Indian public companies’ quarterly earnings calls, as well as a calendar to show schedules for post-results conference calls. Alongside surfacing news about the markets, Perplexity’s Finance dashboard shows market summaries, stock exchange charts, and top performing stocks. The dashboard also lets users create stock watchlists, track sector performance, and see cryptocurrency performance. Until now,

Spirit Airlines Admits It Might Not Survive Another Year

Spirit Airlines has just admitted what many suspected: its future is in serious doubt. The news, delivered in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, sent the company’s stock into a freefall, plummeting 41% in a single trading session on Tuesday. Spirit’s total market value now sits at a paltry $54.3 million. In the filing, the ultra-low-cost carrier said there is “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue operating for more than 12 months from the date of its

Trump Family–Backed World Liberty Financial Sets Up $1.5 Billion Crypto Treasury

World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency business cofounded by the Trump family, is creating a way for investors to speculate on the price of its self-branded coin, WLFI, through the US stock market. A cohort of investors led by World Liberty Financial is set to purchase 200 million shares in ALT5 Sigma Corporation, a Nasdaq-listed company. The proceeds will be used to build a $1.5 billion WLFI treasury, equating to roughly 7.5 percent of the coin’s total supply. Eric Trump will join the AL

Watch Prime Video's official trailer for Upload's final season

Amazon has just dropped a trailer for the final season of Upload, the tech-centric comedy about a digital afterlife that's way too real at times (mild spoilers ahead). Created by Greg Daniels (The Office, Parks and Recreation, King of the Hill), it's set in an advanced future replete with things like holographic phones, killer self-driving cars and (killer) AI assistants. But since this advanced technology is run by the same irresponsible bros we have in charge today, naturally things go spectac

I’d given up on Samsung’s foldables, but the Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 give me faith

Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority I thought Samsung’s foldables were dead in the water. Leading up to Unpacked, I had almost nothing to be excited about with the Galaxy Z Flip 7 or Z Fold 7, because I assumed they’d be more of the same. After all, that’s mostly what Samsung has done in the last few years — make a few minor updates, add new AI features, and trust you to buy them anyway because there’s no other competition. And, if that stayed true, I was all too happy to stick with a Razr Ultra in

Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sales revenues to the U.S. government, FT reports

A smartphone with a displayed AMD logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices have agreed to give the U.S. government a share of revenues from certain chips sold in China, the Financial Times reported, in an unprecedented arrangement with the White House. In exchange for 15% of revenues from the chip sales, the two chipmakers will receive export licenses to sell Nvidia's H20 and AMD's MI308 chips in China, according to th

Stanford sticks with legacy admissions

Stanford University has confirmed its admissions policies for fall 2026 will continue considering legacy status, a decision that could influence access to one of Silicon Valley’s most important talent pipelines. Stanford is also ending its test-optional policy, requiring SAT or ACT scores for the first time since 2021. According to the Stanford Daily, the university is so committed to keeping legacy preferences that it’s withdrawing from California’s Cal Grant program, forgoing state financial