Fujifilm is launching a new Instax Mini smartphone printer that produces finer details than its predecessors. The Instax Mini Link Plus features enhanced image processing compared to older Instax printers, and a similar industrial design to the Instax Mini Evo Cinema camera announced last week, which Fujifilm has now also revealed pricing for. The Instax … Read more
DZ Bank, one of Germany’s largest banking groups by assets, secured a license under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), clearing a key regulatory hurdle to operate crypto services within the jurisdiction. DZ Bank announced Wednesday that it had received approval from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) to operate its crypto platform, … Read more
Glam was striking, amped up even with half of her face concealed. Her dark pixie crop was curled and tousled, with strong eyebrows, and feline-like eye makeup. She also sported a chrome silver manicure, peeking out from her sheer sleeves that continued over her hands like gloves. Ashi Studio has been a mainstay on the … Read more
Nicholas Leonard and Derek Caneja wanted to build AI voice agents, but when they went to build the product, they felt many of these voice agents had design flaws. Some of these agents were being built with no-code tools, meaning shipping to production was fast, but the quality of the product was often low. Other … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Citigroup reported a 13 per cent drop in profits for the fourth quarter, weighed down by higher expenses as the bank enters the final phase of an ambitious overhaul. The Wall Street bank on Wednesday … Read more
The chief constable of one of Britain’s largest police forces has admitted that Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant made a mistake in a football (soccer) intelligence report. The report, which led to Israeli football fans being banned from a match last year, included a nonexistent match between West Ham and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Copilot hallucinated the … Read more
Visa has chosen United Kingdom‑based stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK to power new Visa Direct pilots, allowing some business customers to pre‑fund cross‑border payouts in stablecoins and deliver digital US dollars directly to recipients’ wallets in select markets. The partnership, announced Wednesday, builds on Visa’s earlier stablecoin experiments, including onchain settlement tests with USDC on networks … Read more
Jack Thorne’s Lord of the Flies adaptation and Isabel Allende adaptation The House of the Spirits will have premieres at the Berlinale Special TV series sidebar. Lord of the Flies, which launches later this year on the BBC and Stan, will be given a European premiere while Allende’s show for Prime Video has a world … Read more
After months of speculation, Saks Global, owner of Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, has filed for bankruptcy. The company confirmed it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and has secured a financing commitment of approximately $1.75 billion. This will ostensibly give the company time to reorganize and restructure its operations and debts. … Read more
Meta is laying off 10% of staff in its Reality Labs division, which is core to developing the company’s VR and metaverse products, the New York Times reported. The publication noted that Reality Labs had roughly 15,000 employees, and the job cuts could impact over 1,000 people. Separately, CNBC reported that the company plans to … Read more