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Payments processing startup Lemon Squeezy has been acquired by Stripe. Lemon Squeezy announced the acquisition on its blog last week, saying the deal marks a culmination of a relationship that began when the company was founded in 2021. “Along the way, we received many acquisition offers and (Series A) term...

Stripe Buys Lemon Squeezy in Bid to Scale Merchant of Record Selling

DoorDash has reportedly hired an ex-Amazon executive to help its continued expansion beyond restaurant deliveries. Parisa Sadrzadeh, who has also worked as Flexport’s vice president for small and midsize business and omnichannel fulfillment, will be DoorDash’s new vice president of strategy and operations, The Information reported Friday (July 26), citing a company spokesperson.

DoorDash Hires Ex-Amazon Exec and Explores Digital Storefronts

If all goes well, the future of business processes won’t look anything like its past. And that holds particularly true in business-to-business (B2B) payments, where the past — and even the present — is riddled with manual processes, paper-based workflows and legacy inefficiencies. And those three realities can ladder up to one big problem: payments fraud.

How Paperless B2B Payments Are Reducing Fraud in Business Transactions

Sage and Stripe have partnered to help improve cashflow management and payment processing for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Stripe’s financial infrastructure platform for businesses will be integrated into Sage’s solutions for SMBs, providing Sage customers with more ways to pay and get paid, the companies said in a Thursday (July 25) press release.

Sage Enhances Payment Processing for SMBs With Stripe Integration

Fernandina Beach, FL

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The Surf Restaurant Bar Grill & Motel, a longtime fixture in Fernandina Beach since 1957, recently faced a temporary shutdown following a state inspection on July 8, 2024. Known for its casual beachside vibe and comfort food menu featuring favorites like burgers, wings, and pizza, The Surf has been a go-to spot for both locals and tourists seeking a relaxed dining experience.

Florida restaurant closes due to 235 rodent droppings found in multiple locations during inspection

New York City, NY

Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Colorado State

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Chicago, IL

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

BuzzFeed

Unfortunately, there are countless creeps who love that we love the internet — and who would love to swipe our personal information.

Not Checking This WiFi Setting Is Like "Leaving Your Front Door Open" To Hackers

Meta has shut down its AI chatbots that let you have conversations with alter-ego versions of celebrities, as reported by The Information. The celebrity chatbots were a big part of Meta’s announcements at its Connect event last September, now, you can’t talk with them anymore. The shutdown follows...

Meta moves on from its celebrity lookalike AI chatbots

Virginia State

Ronkonkoma, NY

The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.

Life partners from Virginia have been identified as the victims of a New York plane crash

Account takeover fraud in the financial services industry is declining in contrast with other industries such as retail and hospitality. Researchers at Human Security attribute the nearly 50% reduction to one of the basic controls in cybersecurity: multifactor authentication. Human Security, which blocked more than 352 billion attempts at account...

Account Takeover Fraud Declines in Financial Services

South Carolina State

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Scripps News

An entrepreneur who's creating an AI-based startup joined Scripps News' "Capitalizing Technology" to share how the tool is changing people's bank accounts.

More Americans are boosting their income with the help of artificial intelligence

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

Aurora, CO

Aurora’s pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness, which only allow a maximum 30-day stay, have been cycling the same individuals in and out, city staff told council members Thursday. Many return to street encampments when their time in the pallet shelter runs out, Jessica Prosser, homeless services director for the city, said. Then, the city sweeps the encampment again, and they get to come back to the shelter for another 30 days, Prosser explained. This process can repeat multiple times.

Aurora pallet shelters a revolving door for homeless

The US Sun

THE global IT outage has been likened to the long-fabled "£digital apocalypse", a scenario that would see the world disconnect completely from the internet. When the incident occurred last Friday, 911 services were disrupted in some states, planes were grounded, media broadcasts taken offline, GPs unable to see patients, and people unable to make Visa card payments.

Global IT outage is ‘closest we’ve come to a digital apocalypse’ as experts fear world on the brink of mass cyberattack

A U.K.-based organization supporting parents who are not giving their children smartphones was founded in February and has expanded internationally to the U.S., Canada, and more. The popularity of the movement is driven by research showing the link between mental health issues in children and smartphone and social media use.

A growing number of parents are refusing to give their children smartphones — and the movement is going global

The Current GA

Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force .

Expert: Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – picture is unsettling

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All Signal, No Noise: How Item-Level Data Brings Retail and Banking Intelligence Together

There’s plenty of competition in the retail and banking sectors. But there’s no good reason for them to compete with each other, as both face mounting...

All Signal, No Noise: How Item-Level Data Brings Retail and Banking Intelligence Together

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