News with the tag "Futuremash"

Financial services titan Franklin Templeton is predicting artificial intelligence (AI) agents and the cryptocurrency ecosystem will continue to merge through ongoing innovation. The asset management firm says the development of AI agents, which are capable of performing tasks autonomously, is showin...

Dozens of families will receive no-strings-attached payments for an entire year as a major US county prepares to run its second guaranteed income experiment. Durham County, North Carolina is opening applications this month for DCo Thrives, a guaranteed income program targeting low-income families, r...

ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood is reportedly predicting massive growth for innovative companies after US President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month. In a new interview with CNN’s Inside Politics, Wood says Trump will likely usher in more business-friendly regulations for artificial intelli...

A multi-million dollar guaranteed income program that will provide unrestricted monthly payments to participants is launching on the West Coast. The Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges says it’s rolling out the largest-ever guaranteed income pilot program for college students. The prog...

A group of residents in one US city will soon receive thousands of dollars from a new guaranteed income pilot program. Officials in the city of Salem, Massachusetts say they had to abruptly close registrations for Uplift Salem due to an “astounding” amount of demand. The program will distribute a to...

US-based crypto exchange Coinbase is now the official cryptocurrency platform and blockchain partner of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors and its home court, the Chase Center. In a statement, the NBA says the deal will give Coinbase a prominent placement at Chase Center, making the firm’s brand visibl...

Worldcoin (WLD), the cryptocurrency project that uses eye-scanning technology to create an identity network, has rebranded. In a statement, the project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Tools for Humanity CEO Alex Blania explains why Worldcoin is now World Network. “As the scale of the project...

The sixth most populous city in the US is still accepting applications for a guaranteed income pilot program that was launched months ago. Philly Job Bank, a guaranteed income pilot program that was unveiled in Philadelphia in June, has 139 slots available, reports public radio station WHYY-FM. “Onl...

A city on the West Coast is preparing to roll out a new guaranteed income pilot program. The Pomona Household Universal Grants (HUG) Pilot Program is a one-and-a-half-year project giving $2.376 million to selected parents near Los Angeles. The program will pick a total of 600 applicants that will be...

JPMorgan Chase is reportedly preparing to launch a biometric payments system for the masses. The banking giant is preparing a “broad rollout” of an authentication system that will allow retail shoppers to pay with their face or palm next year, reports American Banker. The system is the result of two...