💻 Apple Unveils Touch-Screen MacBook Pro, Reversing Jobs’ Stance After two decades of spurning the idea, Apple Inc. unveiled an overhauled MacBook Pro that includes a touch screen, giving its flagship laptop a feature that has become a must-have in the personal computer industry. The thinner and lighter machine, which comes in 14- and 16-inch sizes, is also the first Mac with OLED — short for organic light-emitting diode — a display technology used on recent iPhones, iPads and other Apple devices. It’s also the first Mac with a Dynamic Island, the screen element familiar to iPhone users. @QSIMedia

🤑 Arcane and Predicate Introduce Enterprise Privacy Stack on the Stellar Network Arcane Finance and Predicate announced the Enterprise Privacy Stack on the Stellar network, an infrastructure solution that combines transaction screening, confidential payments, and controlled access to data for investigations. 🤝 ❗️The solution enables banks, fintech companies, and asset issuers to build confidential financial products with integrated compliance workflows. 💸 According to the Stellar Development Foundation’s Q2 2026 report, stablecoin transfer volume reached $11.4 billion during the quarter, while the value of tokenized RWAs on the network reached $3 billion in June. As payments, settlement, and asset transactions move on-chain, the need to protect sensitive financial information is growing. Banks, fintech companies, and asset issuers must keep balances, transaction amounts, and counterparty information confidential while enforcing their own compliance policies.🔐 Meeting these needs requires infrastructure that brings together confidential transactions, screening, risk controls, and controlled access to data for investigations. Tomer Weller, Chief Product Officer of the SDF: "The Stellar network was built for real-world finance, and privacy with built-in accountability is what institutions need next. The Enterprise Privacy Stack shows what the Stellar ecosystem can deliver when companies like Arcane and Predicate combine their strengths to develop tools to meet financial institutions where they are." #Stellar @QSIMedia

🤑 Bermuda to launch first onchain merchant for event tickets on Stellar in Q2 2027 Bermuda plans to launch its first onchain merchant, Premier Tickets (PTIX), on the Stellar blockchain in the second quarter of 2027. This move is part of Bermuda's broader goal to become the world's first fully onchain national economy, aiming to reduce high card processing fees for local merchants. The initiative uses WalletConnect Pay on Stellar, which was selected as Bermuda's payment settlement rail earlier in 2026. The success of PTIX could pave the way for more merchants and government services to adopt onchain payments, signaling a significant shift in how the island's economy operates digitally. #Stellar @QSIMedia