Disney is implementing biometric technology at park entrances to verify tickets and reduce fraud. Meanwhile, the financial sector is reacting to OpenAI’s lower-than-expected revenue and user growth, causing a dip in chip stocks and the Nasdaq. In the aviation industry, Santa Cruz-based Joby Aviation celebrated a milestone with its first electric air taxi test flight from JFK to Manhattan. Then, the United Arab Emirates announces its withdrawal from OPEC. Social media scams reached a record $2 billion in losses last year, with cybercriminals increasingly using AI to manipulate victims, and, the Treasury Department is set to take over student loan collections as the administration works to dismantle the Department of Education.

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