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Inside the $9 billion World Cup: How Gianni Infantino built a FIFA-dom with a tight grip on soccer’s biggest global event
For Zurich’s bankers and executives, May 27, 2015, began as a normal Wednesday—until Swiss police stormed the financial hub’s five-star Baur au Lac hotel and arrested seven top officials of FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, who were gathered there for their annual congress. The U.S. Department of Justice had unsealed a sprawling indictment alleging payment
Deel Launches DLUSD to Pay Workers in Dollars — No US Bank Needed
Two announcements from traditional financial powerhouses this week signal that stablecoins are becoming the plumbing of everyday finance. Getting Paid in Stablecoins Deel, the global payroll platform serving 40,000 businesses and 1.5 million workers across 150 countries, launched DLUSD on June 3, a custom USD-backed stablecoin...
Coinbase freezes $3M tied to Southeast Asia crypto fraud networks
Coinbase freezes $3M tied to Southeast Asia crypto fraud networks Latest News Published Jun 4, 2026 Authorities around the world have been heavily targeting scam infrastructure this year, with joint actions involving the US, UAE, China, Austria and Albania. Crypto exchange Coinbase said it froze more than $3 million in cryptocurrency tied to a global
How to make washing machines shed less microplastics
Science & Nature Studies suggest a typical load of laundry can release thousands or even millions of fibers. DepositPhotosSimple filters could help remove microfiber...
The AI machines are coming for thought work, and other TC news
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Podcast, where we break down the biggest stories in tech with the people who covered them. The internet is always changing, but something about generative AI feels different. With the advent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the machines are evolving beyond remix and delivery machines to become the content creators themselves. In
Musicians, Machines, and the AI-Powered Future of Sound
Last November, at the Stockholm University of the Arts, a human and an AI made music together. The performance began with musician David Dolan playing a grand piano into a microphone. As he played, a computer system, designed and overseen by composer and Kingston University researcher Oded Ben-Tal, “listened” to the piece, extracting data on
The massive machines removing carbon from Earth’s atmosphere | Jan Wurzbacher
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The future of machines that move like animals | Robert Katzschmann
Imagine a boat that propels by moving its "tail" from side to side, just like a fish. That's the kind of machine that TED Fellow Robert Katzschmann's lab builds: soft-bodied robots that imitate natural movements with artificial, silent muscles. He lays out his vision for machines that take on mesmerizing new forms...
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Inside the $9 billion World Cup: How Gianni Infantino built a FIFA-dom with a tight grip on soccer’s biggest global event
For Zurich’s bankers and executives, May 27, 2015, began as a normal Wednesday—until Swiss police stormed the financial hub’s five-star Baur au Lac hotel and arrested seven top officials of FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, who were gathered there for their annual congress. The U.S. Department of Justice had unsealed a sprawling indictment alleging payment
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Deel Launches DLUSD to Pay Workers in Dollars — No US Bank Needed
Two announcements from traditional financial powerhouses this week signal that stablecoins are becoming the plumbing of everyday finance. Getting Paid in Stablecoins Deel, the global payroll platform serving 40,000 businesses and 1.5 million workers across 150 countries, launched DLUSD on June 3, a custom USD-backed stablecoin...
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Coinbase freezes $3M tied to Southeast Asia crypto fraud networks
Coinbase freezes $3M tied to Southeast Asia crypto fraud networks Latest News Published Jun 4, 2026 Authorities around the world have been heavily targeting scam infrastructure this year, with joint actions involving the US, UAE, China, Austria and Albania. Crypto exchange Coinbase said it froze more than $3 million in cryptocurrency tied to a global
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Morgan Stanley sees major upside for Apple stock ahead of WWDC
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Why Your Business Could Lose More Than Its Founder If You’re Suddenly Incapacitated
If your business depends entirely on you for access to critical information, one emergency can put everything at risk. Here's how to build a continuity plan before that ever happens...