Airwallex is about to take on Stripe and the rest of the payments industry — in the physical world Airwallex, the Australian fintech that has spent a decade quietly building global payments infrastructure, is moving into in-person payments. The move deepens its rivalry with Stripe across the payments stack, and enables the startup to directly aim at Square and Adyen on one of the last major...

Gecko Robotics lands the largest U.S. Navy robotics deal yet The U.S. Navy has inked its largest robotics deal yet as the military branch looks to use robots to keep up with its fleet maintenance. Gecko Robotics, a Pittsburgh-based company that makes robots and sensors for inspecting large industrial assets, has signed a five-year IDIQ (indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity) deal with the...

Richard Haass talks about accounts from U.S. and China on Trump-Xi meeting Richard Haass talks about accounts from U.S. and China on Trump-Xi meeting Audio will be available later today. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with veteran diplomat Richard Haass about the differences in Chinese and U.S. readouts from President Trump's meeting...

Amazon will show AI product images when you search for some reason In what may be one of the more questionable uses of AI to date, Amazon announced on Wednesday that it will display AI-generated images of products within its shopping app based on users’ search queries. That’s right — a retailer where people shop for real-world products thinks that displaying fake photos will “help” consumers...

6 Best Cash-Out Refinance Lenders of April 2026 Cash-out refinancing main takeaways Rising home values have led to significant equity gains over the past few years. As of the third quarter 2025, homeowners hold an aggregate of over $17 trillion. A cash-out refinance allows...