Marble enters the race to bring AI to tax work, armed with $9 million and a free research tool

Marble, a startup building artificial intelligence agents for tax professionals, has raised $9 million in seed funding as the accounting industry grapples with a deepening labor shortage and mounting [...]

Ascentra Labs raises $2 million to help consultants use AI instead of all-night Excel marathons

While artificial intelligence has stormed into law firms and accounting practices with billion-dollar startups like Harvey leading the charge, the global consulting industry—a $250 billion behemoth� [...]

AI fuels a new wave of fake receipts, according to SAP Concur

AI drives a surge in expense fraud with fake receipts, SAP Concur warns.<br /> The article AI fuels a new wave of fake receipts, according to SAP Concur appeared first on THE DECODER. [...]

Trump threatens a 25 percent tariff on all smartphones not made in the US

After threatening Apple with a 25 percent tariff unless the company found a way to move iPhone production to the US, Bloomberg reports that President Donald Trump wants the tariff applied to other pho [...]

Trump announces 90-day pause on tariffs, excluding China

President Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause on the sweeping tariff plan that went into effect on Wednesday, April 9, and an increase to 125 percent on the tariff on imports from China. Even wi [...]

Trump administration imposes a 25 percent tariff on high-end chips

President Trump has signed a proclamation imposing a 25 percent tariff on “certain advanced computing chips,” the White House has announced. As The New York Times notes, the administration previou [...]

Tech industry is in tariff hell, even if refunds are automated

Trade groups urge court to create a simple blueprint for tariff refunds. [...]

Lawsuit: Nintendo is getting tariff refunds—its customers should get them instead

Lawsuit demands Nintendo pass Trump tariff refunds on to its customers. [...]

Why are read receipts so triggering?

Most people hate read receipts. Why do read receipts on messages cause us so much stress and anxiety? [...]