WIRED Roundup: Unpacking OpenAI’s Government Partnership
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss the week’s news, from bitcoin miners trying to beat Trump’s tariffs to ...
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CommBank reports 76% drop in scam losses as new security features rolled out
Australia’s CommBank has unveiled a Gen AI scam detection tool that lets customers test suspicious text messages and a new ...
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AOL is finally shutting down dial-up
As a septuagenarian, my father’s story was typical of long-time AOL dial-up subscribers. His subscription was a security blanket. He ...
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UK retail investors favour index trackers
Investment Association (IA) data reveals that index trackers attracted £1.1 billion in inflows in June 2025 marking a strong continuation ...
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Standard Chartered signs five year carbon credit agreement with Brazilian state
The initiative supports the COP30 Presidency’s goal of accelerating climate finance for forests and developing economies. Brazil, as host nation, ...
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Trump signs order allowing crypto in 401(k) retirement plans
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order paving the way for Americans to add alternative assets such as ...
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Binance partners BBVA to let customers keep crypto off exchange
BBVA is working with Binance to provide the crypto firm’s customers with off-exchange custody, according to the Financial Times. Editorial ...
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ChatGPT is bringing back 4o as an option because people missed it
OpenAI is bringing back GPT-4o in ChatGPT just one day after replacing it with GPT-5. In a post on X, ...
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Tackling payments fraud across the account lifecycle
How great is the challenge posed by money mules today?
Why are banks’ attitudes towards money mules shifting?
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Apple’s lock on iPhone browser engines gets a December deadline
We might finally see the first iPhone browsers built on top of third-party engines now that Japanese regulators have taken ...
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