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Eligible taxpayers in 12 US states can file their tax returns directly with the IRS for free online.

China's BYD, the world's largest electric carmaker, made a significant move by delivering thousands of cars to Germany's Bremerhaven port.

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The company focuses on fast-charging stations

finphilon Last Year's Fintech Apocalypse

Fintech funding in the US and UK experienced a significant decline in 2023 as per a new report.

finphilon European PC shipments fell by 38%

Ouch...

finphilon FDA will refuse new medical devices for cybersecurity reasons on Oct. 1

Interesting development. Of course there are many legacy devices out there, hence the impact of the new guidelines might take a little while to be felt.

finphilon Nigeria is first African nation to ratify open banking operational regulations

I'm sensing that Abraham Tachjian (Canada's Open Banking lead) is going to speed things up this year.

finphilon Microsoft Bing hits 100M active users in bid to grab share from Google

A drop in the bucket vs Google but it's a start.

finphilon I asked Bing AI to write a story in the tone of famous writers

The results were hilarious yet impressive..

finphilon Taming Bing AI

You can now specify the chatbot's tone.

finphilon PC CPU Shipments See Steepest Decline in 30 Years

Shipments are still high... but the "PC pandemic boom" might be over.

finphilon Real-Time Payments in Healthcare

Nomi Health recently launched a platform that supports real-time healthcare payments in the U.S.

finphilon Another banking chatbot success story

CaixaBank's virtual assistant has generated impressive numbers so far...

finphilon Things to know about the $720M TaxAct acquisition

Private equity firm Cinven is acquiring tax preparation software company TaxAct, plans to merge it with Drake Software.

finphilon JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet

The Aquaris M10 tablet came preinstalled with Ubuntu Touch back in... 2016.

finphilon When 'eradicated' species bounce back with a vengeance

Cool research. The crab population increase described in the study is impressive.

finphilon Survey: 50% of Americans Missed Rent or Mortgage Payments Due to Covid Pandemic

Good point, I fixed the title to reflect that. Thanks.

finphilon Membrane around tumors may be key to preventing metastasis

Cool research (^▽^)

finphilon Simulating 800k years of California earthquake history to pinpoint risks

Cool research.

finphilon Fake US leg band gets pigeon a reprieve in Australia

Happy for the bird (´･ω･`)

finphilon Earth’s oceans are storing record-breaking amounts of heat

Cool research （⊙ｏ⊙）

finphilon In India, smartphones and cheap data are giving women a voice

Great read ^.^

finphilon Outsourcing Disinformation

That was a good read. Well researched.

finphilon World’s Smallest Atom-Memory Unit Created

Cool research (●ˇ∀ˇ●)

finphilon Study: How smoking worsens Covid-19 infection in the airways

Agreed, this could have been briefly mentioned.

finphilon Ants swallow their own acid to protect themselves from germs

Cool research (◡‿◡)

finphilon Has this year's icon design trend gone too far?

I can see them but it takes a while to load (up to 3 mins). Ouch...