Bealls, a 110-year-old retail giant, will accept Meme and Stablecoins in stores

Bealls will now accept over 99 digital currencies from 300 wallets through its new Flexa Payments integration. Bealls, a 110-year-old American retail chain with more than 660 stores nationwide, announced a new partnership with digital payments company Flexa to enable in-store cryptocurrency payments. With this integration, Bealls becomes the first national retailer to accept digital…

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Greenville library pushes back on AI-written books

The Flat River Community Library ensures that all of its books are written by humans and not generated by AI, emphasizing quality and authenticity in its selection process. GREENVILLE, Mich. — Some Michigan libraries are taking a stand against a growing trend toward books written entirely by artificial intelligence. In Greenville, Flat River Community Library…

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Meta Announces AI Lab Layoffs—600 Staffers Affected

Top line Meta to lay off around 600 employees at its superintelligence labs, according to multiple reports citing an internal memo from the company’s AI leader. The layoffs would reportedly not impact the company’s division developing next-generation AI models. AFP via Getty Images Key facts The reductions, first reported by Axioswould target certain divisions of…

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