Technology

Will Taylor Swift Attend the 2025 Met Gala?

May 3, 2025

Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Once upon a time, Taylor Swift was a Met Gala mainstay. She attended the iconic fashion event nearly every year from 2008 to 2016—for that last one, she was a co-chair—but hasn’t been back since. Which leaves Swifties to wonder: Will Taylor Swift be at the 2025 Met Gala, or is her […]

To fund US military modernization, Congress needs to pass on-time annual defense budgets

May 3, 2025

On April 7, US President Donald Trump and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made clear their ambitions: a one-trillion-dollar budget by fiscal year (FY) 2026 to fund a modern, agile, and globally competitive military. This is an ambitious goal, but if current funding trends hold, that future is far from guaranteed. Despite ongoing threats and […]

Why Spotify Technology SA (SPOT) is Surging in 2025

May 3, 2025

We recently published a list of Why These 15 Communication Services Stocks Are up the Most So Far in 2025. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Spotify Technology SA (NYSE:SPOT) stands against other communication services stocks that are up the most so far in 2025. The communication services sector […]

Blockchain’s Role In Sustaining Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Initiatives

May 3, 2025

Different colorful figurines as concept of inclusion and diversity. getty Since Donald Trump’s re-election in January 2025, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) programs in the U.S. have come under significant pressure. Through a series of executive orders, his administration has dismantled federal DEI offices, defunded equity-related grants, and issued mandates that universities receiving federal […]

Chainlink Up 45% From November Lows: Analysis Update on the Developing Higher Timeframe Structure Shift

May 2, 2025

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Chainlink has been one of the top gainers – within the top 25 – in recent days, as liquidity has begun flowing into the altcoin market following Bitcoin’s bounce. In a previous article I wrote on Chainlink, I […]

US and Ukraine sign long-awaited natural resources deal

May 2, 2025

US and Ukraine sign long-awaited natural resources deal 1 day ago Share Save Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington DC Tom Bateman US State Department correspondent Share Save US Department of the Treasury US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (l) and Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko (r) sign the natural resources deal The US […]

BlackRock, BNY Set to Offer New Blockchain-Based Share Class

May 2, 2025

BlackRock Inc. (BLK) is preparing to offer a digital share class of its Treasury Trust Fund via the Bank of New York Mellon (BNY), according to a filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. DLT Shares won’t hold crypto but are expected to be purchased and held through BNY, which plans to use blockchain […]

Does Agentic AI and human alliance represent the higher-order intelligence we seek?

May 2, 2025

In the evolving landscape of intelligent systems, the synergy between human capabilities and Agentic AI is beginning to reshape how decisions are made, value is created, and innovation is scaled. Rather than functioning in isolation, this partnership could leverage contextual reasoning, empathy and ethical judgement of humans alongside the autonomous actions and decision-making of Agentic […]

PayPal’s New Agent Toolkit Connects AI Frameworks with Payment APIs Through MCP

May 2, 2025

PayPal has released its Agent Toolkit, designed to help developers integrate PayPal's API suite with AI frameworks through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The toolkit provides access to APIs for payments, invoices, disputes, shipment tracking, catalog management, subscriptions, and analytics capabilities. The company is adopting MCP, a standard proposed by Anthropic that aims to standardize […]

21Shares and Sui Join Forces to Expand Global Access to Sui Network

May 2, 2025

NEW YORK, May 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — 21Shares, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange traded product providers, has entered a strategic partnership with Sui, the Layer-1 network, to expand global reach as interest in the ecosystem continues to grow. “Since our earliest research into Sui, we believed it could become one of the […]