1. Visa, AI 기반 사기 방지를 위해 텔 아비브의 보안 스타트업 BioCatch 24억 달러에 인수Behavioral biometrics 기반의 사기 차단: Visa가 Tel Aviv 기반의 보안 스타트업 BioCatch를 24억 달러 현금으로 인수하며 키스트로크 타이밍, 터치스크린 압력 등 행동 생체 데이터를 활용해 결제 전 단계에서 Scammers와 Bots를 차단하는 기술 확보.Generative AI 사기 급증 대응 및 고부가가치 서비스 확장: 생성형 AI 기반의 계정 탈취 및 사기 공격이 매년 전 세계적으로 1조 달러 이상의 손실을 유발함에 따라, 전통적 수수료 모델을 넘어 Value-added Services 부문의 보안 및 분석 역량...

Visa is acquiring Tel Aviv-based fraud detection startup BioCatch for $2.4 billion in cash from private equity firm Permira and other investors.The deal centers on BioCatch’s “behavioral biometrics” technology, which analyzes typing cadence, touchscreen swipes, and device handling to catch scams before payments occur.The transaction will bolster Visa’s value-added services division as the payments giant expands beyond traditional transaction fees.Visa said it is acquiring fraud detection startup BioCatch for $2.4 billion in cash, expandi...

Battery plants are essential for the energy transition. Most miss their ramp-up deadlines, however. Here’s how to fix the delivery model.As the global energy transition accelerates, high-performance battery demand across electric vehicles and utility-scale battery energy storage systems is projected to surge from roughly 1.6 terawatt-hours today to over 6.8 terawatt-hours by 2035. Meeting this demand requires a massive expansion of gigafactories—large-scale production facilities costing between 1 billion and 7 billion dollars each, capable...

It's a handheld gimbal camera and a self-flying drone packed into a single device.If you've ever used a handheld gimbal camera and wished it could just float into the air to grab a wide shot, HOVERAir built something specifically for you. The company just announced the VERSA, a pocket camera designed to work both on the ground and in the air.Most of the time, it functions as a standard handheld camera with a 3-axis gimbal to keep your video steady. It uses an AI framing feature to analyze your shot, suggest where to place the camera, and aut...

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek released a powerful new coding model Friday that charges pennies for vast amounts of code — the latest sign that some of the smartest software on Earth is rapidly becoming a commodity.Why it matters: Tech giants are pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into the computing infrastructure powering the AI revolution. Yet the intelligence that infrastructure produces is getting cheaper by the week.Zoom inDeepSeek is the same Chinese startup that ignited a market meltdown last January by showing it could build a world-c...

The proposal would require supermarkets, grocery stores and other food retailers to reduce the price of all goods purchased through a self-service checkout kiosk by 10%.The reasoning is simple: customers are performing work once done by paid employees.Assemblymember Nikki Lucas, who introduced the bill, argues that retailers increasingly use self-checkout to reduce staffing and operating costs while shifting scanning, bagging and payment responsibilities onto shoppers.Under her proposal, some of those savings would have to go back to the cus...

According to research by GPTZero, AI hallucinations were present in “thought leadership” papers.PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has released reports on AI and electric vehicles that contained hallucination errors featuring fabricated citations, misattributed material and information that could not be verified, the Financial Times (FT) reported.According to research by GPTZero, which was verified by the FT, AI hallucinations were present in “thought leadership” papers aimed at helping partners win consulting mandates in the Middle East.Earli...

For years, the narrative surrounding artificial intelligence followed a predictable script: American tech titans held an unassailable lead, while international competitors struggled behind a wall of hardware restrictions and compute bottlenecks. Nowhere did this gap seem more pronounced than in complex software engineering and frontend code synthesis, where state-of-the-art American models routinely outclassed global rivals.However, a granular examination of dynamic benchmark data from the **Frontend Code Arena (Arena.ai)** between Q4 2024 a...

Busch is using farmland as billboard space to thank the growers behind its beer.Busch Canada has wrapped hay bales across Saskatchewan in can artwork from its limited-edition Farmer’s Pack, turning them into oversized six-packs dotted across the Prairies.The brand is calling the format ‘Baleboards’, paying participating growers the same rate they’d charge for a standard billboard.The Farmer’s Pack itself celebrates the Canadian-grown barley in every Busch beer, with can artwork inspired by the fields where it’s grown.It’s available ex...