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Banks are entering 2026 facing converging pressure from AI adoption, regulation, fraud risk, and data complexity.gettyFor much of the last decade, banks have been warned—by fintech challengers, shifting customer expectations, regulatory pressure, and now artificial intelligence—that disruption was coming. Many of the most credible banking predictions for 2026 suggest that the warning period is now over. Entire conferences and pilot programs were devoted to preparing for a future that always seemed just far enough away to delay hard decisions. In 2026, that distance collapses.What’s emerging now is not another wave of experimentation, but a decisive shift from observation to execution.…

This comparison highlights why ZK-SNARKs are becoming essential for next-generation blockchains.Challenges and Limitations of ZK-SNARKsDespite their advantages, ZK-SNARKs are not perfect:Trusted Setup: Some implementations require an initial setup phaseComplexity: Difficult to understand and implement correctlyComputation Cost: Proof generation can be resource-intensiveDeveloper Expertise: Requires advanced cryptographic knowledgeOngoing research aims to reduce these limitations and improve accessibility.The Future of ZK-SNARKsAs blockchain adoption grows, privacy and scalability will become non-negotiable. ZK-SNARKs are expected to play a central role in:Enterprise blockchain adoptionRegulatory-friendly privacy solutionsCross-chain interoperabilityAdvanced Layer-2 systems, including ZK-RollupsWith increasing tooling and standardization, ZK-SNARKs are moving from niche cryptography to mainstream infrastructure.Frequently Asked Questions…

Hot on the heels of new year’s celebrations, the annual Consumer Electronics Show will get underway in early January 2026. Once again, Las Vegas will host a sprawling sneak peek at the tech that will shape the industry throughout 2026.The Verge will be on the ground at CES 2026 covering the biggest announcements, press conferences, and gadgets and we’ll be sharing hands-on impressions and takeaways of the best new tech making its debut in Vegas. The show floor officially opens on Tuesday, January 6th, for four days, but you can expect some of the major news to drop in the…

For more than a decade, U.S. equities dominated global markets. American technology leaders delivered exceptional earnings growth, attracted global capital and left most international markets trailing behind. But market leadership is cyclical. By 2025, stretched valuations, widening fiscal deficits and rising concentration risk began to narrow the gap. Quietly, returns outside the United States improved. In some cases, they surpassed them.This is the point in the cycle when investors start looking for markets where the narrative is changing faster than positioning. Japan stands out as one of the clearest beneficiaries of this rotation.Many investors still associate Japan with deflation, stagnation…

Hopefully the moral of the story is clear: the power of perspective. It’s often not your situation that is the problem, but how you view it and what you’re comparing it to. (I hasten to add the takeaway isn’t “make your situation worse so you can appreciate what you once had”).At this time of year, when we tend to set goals and define all the ways we’ll do better and achieve more, it’s worth considering whether you could do it differently.Sometimes, focusing on what we haven’t yet achieved can be demotivating, even demoralising.It’s particularly relevant when it comes to finances,…

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Dimitar Dimitrov is the founder and Managing Partner at Accedia, a leading European AI & Custom Software Development Company.If companies focused on AI experimentation in 2025, in 2026, they’ll seek out real impact. Regulatory pressure, talent shifts and rising expectations for responsible AI demand higher reliability and security. This environment puts CTOs at the center of AI performance.As the founder and managing partner at Accedia, I’ve led countless AI initiatives and software projects. Based on my experience in the industry, I’m sharing eight technology predictions for 2026 and what CTOs should do about them.1. Developer Hiring Cycles Will Slow DramaticallyIn…

John Prisco, Security CEO & founder of Safe Quantum Inc., working with data-driven companies to develop and deploy quantum-safe technologiesAmid the ongoing funding news for bright, young quantum startups (see Classiq, SilQ Connect), recent news from the U.S. Congress and established technology companies is raising the stakes for quantum viability and the need to keep Chinese quantum development within reach.Word on the street is that Nvidia plans to invest in PsiQuantum, the chipmaker’s first direct tie to quantum hardware. The move is especially interesting considering the position of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who said earlier this year that a viable…

A traditional mortgage is a loan taken out to buy a property. It typically requires a down payment and can offer different types of interest rates, such as fixed and adjustable. Home equity loans are used by borrowers to tap the equity that has accumulated in their existing homes for financial needs. Both use your home as collateral, or security, for the debt. This means that the lender can seize the home if you don’t keep up with your payments. The interest on mortgages and home equity loans can be tax-deductible in some situations, up to certain limits. Key Takeaways…

Scammers love cryptocurrency, and they love stealing it through cryptocurrency ATMs.Cryptocurrency ATMs are really dangerous because there are no transaction limits.Even scarier? Once you send money to someone, there is virtually no way to recover it.The good news is some states like Rhode Island are implementing new consumer protections, like automatic refunds for fraud victims.Bentley University professor and creator of scamicide.com Steve Weisman says Rhode Island isn’t the only state taking action.“These crypto ATMS – on the one hand, they’re entirely legitimate,” says Weisman. “On the other hand, the company Athena owns about 4,000 Bitcoin ATMs around the country, and…

Punkt, the Switzerland-based, privacy-focused phone maker, is trying the whole “smartphone” thing again. The MC03 improves on some of the disappointing features of its previous effort, the MC02, while maintaining its security focus. Likewise, its software still comes with a subscription fee: the first year is included free, but it’s $12 per month after that. On top of that, the MC03 is Punkt’s first phone to be assembled in Europe rather than Asia, making good on its promise from earlier this year.The MC02, released last year, wasn’t exactly a critical darling. Punkt seems to be addressing some of those criticisms…

The rally in stock prices between 2022 and last quarter of 2024 seems to have made households reduce fixed income investments such as bank deposits, insurance and small savings to move money into direct equity and mutual funds.RBI’s monthly bulletin shows that bank deposits held by households fell by 8.97 per cent to ₹12.54 lakh crore in FY25, reversing the growth seen over the previous two years. Investments in life insurance funds declines 17.3 per cent to ₹5.3 lakh crore and small savings (excluding PPF) dipped 24 per cent. These safe investments, which give relatively lower returns seem to have…

Personal finance can be a tricky subject to navigate. There’s a lot of conflicting guidance on which savings account to use, how to budget properly and where to invest your money. And it’s easy to make a mistake. This episode, financial educator Yanely Espinal shares the common financial mistakes she wish she knew about earlier. This episode originally published August 6, 2024.Sign up for our strength newsletter series here: npr.org/stronger.Follow us on Instagram: @nprlifekitSign up for our newsletter here.Have an episode idea or feedback you want to share? Email us at lifekit@npr.orgSupport the show and listen to it sponsor-free by signing up for…

No tax filing software is perfect for every taxpayer. Consider these factors to help you pick the best tax software for you.Your tax situation and complexity level You can often use a free version of tax software when you mainly have W-2 income, you take the standard deduction and your filing status is either single or married filing jointly. Free tax software tends to make you manually input information and doesn’t provide much support – which may be OK when you only have a few tax forms. But as your return increases in complexity (like you own a business, you have investment…

A month earlier, the nonpartisan policy group the Center for American Progress drew on government labor data to conclude that US employers cut 12,000 manufacturing jobs in August, and payrolls for manufacturing jobs had decreased by 42,000 since April. As tech companies take tech tariffs on the chin, perhaps out of fears that rattling Trump could impact lucrative government contracts, other US companies have taken Trump to court. Most recently, Costco became one of the biggest corporations to sue Trump to ensure that US businesses get refunded if Trump loses the Supreme Court case, Bloomberg reported. Other recognizable companies like…

As the games industry has been riddled with layoffs and studio closures in recent years, another shadow emerged in 2025: generative AI, which made its way into the game development pipeline. Last March, I attended the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, dashing between the wings of the Moscone Center to hear how the games industry was incorporating generative AI. The technology could be applied to generate code, text or images, yet there was no seeming consensus on what it should be used for. From panels of cautiously optimistic executives to roundtables of freelance developers concerned with securing steady employment, the…