French health insurance startup Alan is now valued at €5 billion — approximately $5.83 billion, up from $4.5 billion in 2024.
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More pain in private credit as JPMorgan reportedly tightening lending while a $33 bln fund sees heavy redemptions
The troubled private-credit industry was under further pressure after a report that JPMorgan Chase was tightening its lending criteria while a $33 billion fund was reported to have seen heavy withdrawals.
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Coinbase-backed AI payments protocol wants to fix micropayment but demand is just not there yet
Agentic commerce holds promise, but data shows that x402 is still in the trial phase
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YouTube expands access to AI detection tool to politicians and journalists
YouTube on Wednesday said it would expand access to its artificial intelligence (AI) detection tool to politicians and journalists. The company will allow a pilot group of lawmakers and reporters to use its likeness detection feature, which flags AI-generated content that uses a person’s likeness and allows them to request removal if it violates YouTube…
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Meta’s deepfake moderation isn’t good enough, says Oversight Board
Meta’s Oversight Board wants the company to start taking AI labeling seriously to protect its users from online misinformation. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta’s methods for identifying deepfakes are “not robust or comprehensive enough” to handle how quickly misinformation spreads during armed conflicts like the Iran war. That’s according to...
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Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk gets another downgrade. The end’s in sight for its duopoly status, says TD Cowen.
Novo Nordisk on Tuesday received a broker downgrade, with the analysts arguing that its status as a duopoly in both diabetes and weight loss are under threat.
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Devin Booker Expands His Signature Line With the Nike Book Woven Game Jacket
Summary Devin Booker’s highly anticipated Nike Book “Chapter II” Woven Game Jacket is officially available for purchase stateside Stepping beyond his hit Book 1 and Book 2 sneaker silhouettes, the Phoenix Suns guard is rapidly expanding his signature line into a full-fledged lifestyle and performance apparel brand Available now in a stealthy “Black” and a...
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Hyperliquid’s tokenized futures hit $1.2B as traders bet on oil, stocks
Trading has been driven largely by tokenized futures on equities and commodities such as oil, gold and silver.
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Kaine: Trump calling Iran war an ‘excursion’ is ‘deeply disrespectful’ to service members
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) slammed President Trump for referring to the war in Iran as an “excursion” on Monday. “You can’t watch that and feel that that way of characterizing this is [not] deeply disrespectful,” Kaine told host Kaitlan Collins on CNN’s “The Source,” after watching the dignified transfer of Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington at…
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Hims & Hers stock rockets on reported end to Novo Nordisk weight-loss drug dispute
Hims & Hers shares jumped nearly 50% in premarket trade on Monday after a report it has ended a dispute with Novo Nordisk by striking a partnership with the Danish drug giant.