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Global smartphone sales dropped to their lowest second-quarter level in 13 years as manufacturers passed on to consumers the rising cost of memory components, Counterpoint Research said in a Monday (July 13) press release. Total shipments fell 11% year over year in the second quarter to reach the lowest second-quarter level since 2013, according to…

Shares of Kodiak Sciences (KOD +177.96%) soared 178% on Monday after the eye medicine developer announced positive clinical trial results for two of its leading investigational drug candidates. Image source: Getty Images. Promising results Kodiak said Zenkuda and KSI-501 met their primary endpoints in a Phase 3 clinical study in patients with wet age-related macular…

Key insight: Mastercard discussed its agentic AI strategy during its earnings call.  Expert quote: “It’s early days, but engagement across the globe is energizing. The rise of agentic commerce also brings about an entirely new class of payment use cases.” —Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach  Forward look: The card network is recruiting clients to its machine-to-machine…

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Key insight: PayPal has added support for Meta’s new Muse AI assistant.  What’s at stake: PayPal is looking to improve checkout volume while investing in new forms of AI to bolster performance.  Forward look: Muse, which has drawn PayPal and Shopify while running into a roadblock at Amazon, is attempting to add more digital wallets. …