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The hidden ‘interchange’ fee tucked into every card swipe now costs U.S. merchants around $111 billion a year — roughly four times what it...

Every time a shopper taps a Visa or Mastercard at a checkout counter in the United States, a small percentage of that swipe peels off before the merchant ever sees the money. It is called interchange, and in 2024...

China’s AI boom isn’t producing the next Jack Ma — it’s producing a generation of one-person businesses running on generative agents, and Silicon Valley...

In one example from Shenzhen, a former product manager laid off from a major platform company is now running what she calls a business of one, using generative AI to write ad copy, design storefronts, and produce short-form video...

Hacking, blackmail and deception: Australian government minister sounds alarm on AI as new safety institute takes a closer look

The artificial intelligence technology of a company wanting to massively expand in Australia is one of several hacking, blackmailing and deceiving its creators. Technology Assistant Minister Andrew Charlton issued a warning at the AI Safety Forum in Sydney on Tuesday,...

Why Telstra’s network outage took trains off the rails – along with everything else

But mobile phones weren’t the only thing knocked out of action. Some EFTPOS payment services, taxi payment systems, electric vehicle charging platform Chargefox, and public transport ticketing in Canberra were all affected. There have been conflicting reports over whether Triple...

How hospitals are using the arts to help patients recover

As the impact of art on better health outcomes is being studied more and more, some hospital systems are now focusing on even the youngest of patients. Special correspondent Mike Cerre took a look at one approach for all...

News Wrap: Attempt to collect election worker info rejected

In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal judge rejected the Trump administration's attempt to collect the names and contact information of Fulton County, Georgia, election workers, New York City officials warned a high-rise is at risk of collapsing and...

Islander garners gold medal in USA Biolympiad National Finals

It’s been quite a biology summer for Mercer Island resident Emma Li. First, the 16-year-old earned a gold medal at the 12-day Center for Excellence in Education’s USA Biolympiad (USABO) National Finals for high school students at Harvard University in...

Islander garners gold medal in USA Biolympiad National Finals

It’s been quite a biology summer for Mercer Island resident Emma Li. First, the 16-year-old earned a gold medal at the 12-day Center for Excellence in Education’s USA Biolympiad (USABO) National Finals for high school students at Harvard University in...

New student loan rules reshape funding for graduate programs

More changes are underway for federal student loans with major implications for current and future graduate students. It comes after a federal judge temporarily blocked some new loan limits from the Department of Education, including limits affecting some professional...

EEOC abandons tool for combating workplace discrimination

For more than 60 years, the federal government has relied on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to enforce laws against workplace discrimination. The Department of Justice is now challenging a legal framework that has underpinned that work for decades....

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