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Google Slapped With Antitrust Lawsuit Filed By Coalition Of 38 States

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This is a historic time for both federal and state antitrust authorities, as we work to protect competition and innovation in our technology markets.” . DOJ and state attorneys general have conducted separate but parallel investigations into Google’s anticompetitive market behavior,” Weiser said in a press release.

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Walmart Revs Up Second Test Program For Drone Delivery

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Walmart said in a news release that the trial deliveries will use Zipline technology. Zipline will operate from a Walmart store and can service a 50-mile radius, which is about the size of the state of Connecticut.”. Zipline’s website says the company has the “fastest and most experience drone delivery service.”.

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Varo Achieves Milestone As First Consumer FinTech To Get National Charter

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Colin Walsh got lots of laughs five years ago when he talked of his intention to launch a financial technology (FinTech) startup. The initiative was co-led by new investor Gallatin Point Capital LLC, a Connecticut private investment firm, and existing investor The Rise Fund , a global impact investment fund. million.

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Affinity Federal Credit Union On The Importance Of Accelerating Digital Transformations

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The CU, which has 20 branch locations within the tri-state area that includes New York and Connecticut, has upgraded its automated services to incorporate integrated cloud-based technologies and environments that involve artificial intelligence (AI). Embarking On A Digital Transformation.

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US Patents Hit All-Time High In 2019

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Almost 50 percent of IBM’s 2019 patents related to “hot-button technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, security, blockchain and quantum computing.”. The top 10 fastest-growing technologies by U.S. “China showed the most growth [by country], moving up to a 5 percent share of U.S.

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FTC Takes Fresh Aim At Big Tech — And Its Previous Mergers

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history, but a part of global economic development stretching back centuries: First comes innovation, then comes growth based on that innovation (not just economic, but cultural and other forms of growth), then comes the regulatory backlash. The formation of the FTC’s Technology Task Force also comes amid more focus from the U.S.

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On Demand Pay Finds A Home In Financial Services

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He pointed to advancements in technology that allow people to tap into wages as they are earned to help alleviate financial stresses. Yet, in neighboring Connecticut, the top income tax rate is 7 percent. While finances may balance at month’s end, there is often some unevenness with timing for when earnings come in and expenses go out.

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