Beneficient Reports to Kansas Legislative Committee on Its Positive Developments and the Digital Transformation of the Alternative Asset Industry

DALLAS, Nov. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Beneficient (NASDAQ: BENF) (Ben or the Company), whose subsidiary Beneficient Fiduciary Financial, L.L.C., is a Technology-Enabled Fiduciary Financial Institution (TEFFI) today provided an update to the State of Kansas Joint Committee on Fiduciary Financial Institutions Oversight about its business operations, the digital innovation occurring in the alternative asset … Read more

Future Google supplier Kairos gets approval to build two small nuclear reactors

Nuclear startup Kairos Power received approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to start construction on two test reactors in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The permit marks a significant milestone for Kairos, which in October inked a deal with Google to provide 500 megawatts of electricity for its data centers. The fluoride-salt cooled, high-temperature reactors are … Read more

“Top quality” West Ham mainstay could now leave with Fullkrug in January

An untouchable member of the West Ham United starting eleven could now leave with exit-linked striker Niclas Fullkrug in January, as discontent grows behind the scenes in east London. Fullkrug tipped for potential West Ham exit just months after joining The Germany international, who was tipped to bring real firepower to West Ham and ease … Read more

NYC councilman demands judge’s resignation for freeing criminal who shot cop

A New York City Councilman says a Queens judge showed a “stunning lack of judgment” when he freed a career criminal who then shot and injured two people, including a police officer, on Tuesday.   Democrat Councilman Robert Holden is urging Mayor Eric Adams to demand the resignation of Queens Criminal Court Judge Edward Daniels … Read more

Bitcoin investor MicroStrategy tumbles 16% after short report

Shares in MicroStrategy, the bitcoin-backing company, tumbled 16.2 per cent after a well-known short seller said it had become “completely detached” from “bitcoin fundamentals”. MicroStrategy has soared more than 500 per cent this year on its approach of buying bitcoin and selling new shares to buy yet more.  Citron Research on Thursday praised founder Michael Saylor for … Read more

Google Cloud launches AI Agent Space amid rising competition

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More As we’ve covered here before at VentureBeat, the cloud computing wars have swiftly morphed into the AI wars, with leading cloud computing divisions Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) all rolling out new … Read more

In Singapore’s iconic Orchard Road retail street, a new era is starting

The Far East Shopping Center on Orchard Road in Singapore, on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Far East Shopping Center along Singapore’s Orchard Road has seen better days. Despite being five minutes’ walk from the Orchard MRT station, one of Singapore’s busiest subway stations, the 42-year-old mall suffers from very … Read more