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Why 70% of Financial Services Technology Projects Fail (And How to Join the 30% That Succeed): By Sergiy Fitsak
Posted onAugust 13, 2025 7:47 am

Financial institutions face a critical challenge: accelerating digital transformation while maintaining stringent risk management standards. Technology stack decisions have evolved from technical choices to strategic investments that determine competitive positioning, regulatory compliance capabilities, and operational efficiency. Industry analysis reveals that 70% of enterprise technology projects fail due to inadequate stack selection. For financial institutions, these…

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Technology

Dr. Rainu Kaushal Appointed Senior Associate Dean of Health Data Science
Posted onAugust 13, 2025 7:47 am

Dr. Rainu Kaushal, a distinguished health services researcher, information scientistand physician leader, has been named senior associate dean of health data science, effective immediately. In this new role, Dr. Kaushal will help Weill Cornell Medicine harness data science opportunities in service of better patient outcomes. She will work across academic departments to develop the institution’s…

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Sports

Alex Caruso marries ‘Big Brother’ alum Haleigh Broucher in Houston wedding
Posted onAugust 13, 2025 7:47 am

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Alex Caruso is enjoying a summer full of celebrations — a second NBA championship in June followed by wedding bells in August. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Over the weekend, Caruso tied the knot with Haleigh Broucher at a ceremony in Houston, Texas. The couple had previously announced their engagement on Instagram…

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Entertainment & Culture

Martin Scorsese threatened to get a gun to protect ‘Taxi Driver’ from studio cuts
Posted onAugust 13, 2025 7:47 am

Though it’s been nearly 40 years since Martin Scorsese‘s “Taxi Driver” hit theaters, the Oscar Award-winning director still recalls the extreme measures he considered taking in order to convince the studio to greenlight the 1976 film in its entirety. In a preview clip for Apple TV+’s documentary “Mr. Scorsese,” the 82-year-old director, along with Steven…

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Tourism & Travel

AI Goes ‘Mainstream’ in Travel Planning, New Report Finds
Posted onAugust 13, 2025 7:39 am

by Mia Taylor Last updated: 4:05 PM ET, Mon August 11, 2025 Consumer confidence surrounding the use of AI in the travel planning and booking process has reached new levels and by some accounts is going fully mainstream. A new report from Phocuswright shows that one-third of U.S. travelers now use AI tools to either…

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Business

Sheffield’s Baby Basics UK opens bigger premises to meet demand
Posted onAugust 13, 2025 7:21 am

A baby bank which supports families with vulnerable children has moved to a bigger premises to help meet demand for its services. Baby Basics UK, which provides practical essentials to families with children up to five years old, has moved to Albion House in Savile Street, Sheffield. Since 2019 it said demand for help had…

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World News

China rams own warship while chasing Philippine vessel
Posted onAugust 13, 2025 6:51 am

A Chinese warship ploughed into its own coast guard vessel on Monday while the latter was chasing a Philippine vessel in the South China Sea, Manila said. Philippine coast guard officials were distributing aid to fishermen in the disputed Scarborough Shoal, Commodore Jay Tarriela said, when the Chinese coast guard “performed a risky manoeuvre” which…

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General

UK interest rates cut to lowest level in more than two years
Posted onAugust 13, 2025 6:51 am

Dearbail Jordan Business reporter, BBC News EPA The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 4%, taking the cost of borrowing to the lowest level for more than two years. The cut, from the previous rate of 4.25%, is the fifth since August last year, but was only narrowly backed by the Bank’s policymakers…

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Technology

OpenAI claims new GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to ‘PhD level’
Posted onAugust 13, 2025 6:46 am

Lily Jamali North America Technology correspondent Liv McMahon Technology reporter Getty Images ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has unveiled the long-awaited latest version of its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, GPT-5, saying it can provide PhD-level expertise. Billed as “smarter, faster, and more useful,” OpenAI co-founder and chief executive Sam Altman lauded the company’s new model as ushering in…

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Technology

Nasa to build nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 – US media
Posted onAugust 13, 2025 6:46 am

Georgina Rannard Science correspondent NASA A concept image of NASA’s Fission Surface Power Project US space agency Nasa will fast-track plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030, according to US media. It is part of US ambitions to build a permanent base for humans to live on the lunar surface. According…

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