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CrediMax and Mastercard will help Bahrain's stores sell to AI shopping assistants that search, compare and pay for shoppers within limits the shopper sets.
Read more: Bahrain Stores Get Ready to Sell to AI Shopping AssistantsCat Wu, who led Anthropic's Claude Code, is joining rival OpenAI, a sign that the fight over AI coding tools is getting more intense.
Read more: OpenAI hires the product leader behind Anthropic's Claude CodeAnthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot, has paid a news publisher for the first time. The AP deal could make AI answers about breaking news more reliable.
Read more: Anthropic pays a news publisher for the first time, striking a deal with APAn Anthropic engineer says AI writes code faster than people can learn it, and suggests a quiz before code is accepted. Here is why owners should care.
Read more: AI writes code fast, but teams may not understand what it wroteExpedia's CEO says AI assistants are good at helping people plan trips, but travelers still prefer to book on a brand they trust.
Read more: Travelers plan trips with AI helpers but still book on ExpediaGoogle says some Pixel Watches were draining their batteries unusually fast, and a software fix is rolling out now. Updating the watch's apps is the step to take.
Read more: Google confirms Pixel Watch battery drain and says a fix is rolling outNIQ and Similarweb are building a tool to show whether AI shopping chats lead to real sales. A first version is due in Q4 2026, so sellers have time to prepare.
Read more: Two firms plan to track sales that start with AI shopping chatsMercari says moving customer service to a managed browser and Chromebooks could cut costs by more than half over three years while keeping customer data in check.
Read more: Online marketplace Mercari expects to cut costs by half with a browserTwo companies now sell banks a package that turns a phone into a card reader and adds shop tools, so small merchants may skip the terminal.
Read more: Shop owners could take card payments on a phone, no terminal neededAnthropic is telling investors its AI assistant Claude can design chips, ahead of a stock debut reportedly valued near $1.5 trillion. Here is what to weigh.
Read more: Anthropic pitches its AI as a chip designer before stock debutCircle Internet Group cut about 5% of its staff to push into AI, even as its third-quarter revenue and earnings beat analyst forecasts.
Read more: Circle cuts 5% of its staff to focus on AI, as profits beat forecastsNetflix hired Darshan Kantak, a longtime ad tech executive, to fix delays in its ad business, which affects its cheaper plan with ads and the companies that buy those ads.
Read more: Netflix hires a veteran ad tech leader to speed up its ads businessElevenLabs says its AI voice agents now plug into NiCE, Genesys, Amazon Connect and Five9 phone systems, so businesses can automate routine calls without a rebuild.
Read more: ElevenLabs lets AI voice agents answer calls inside big company phone systemsMastercard and Trulioo say AI agents are nearing checkout, but proof of who they are and who pays for their mistakes is still missing.
Read more: AI shopping assistants can't check out safely until we can trust themA Menlo Ventures report says companies will spend $176.8 billion on AI in 2026, and most of it is not coming out of software budgets.
Read more: Companies Will Spend $177 Billion on AI This Year, Mostly Not From Software BudgetsNooks, an AI sales startup, has a $500 million commitment from General Catalyst's fund, which shares in the returns. Sales teams may feel the effect soon.
Read more: Sales AI startup Nooks lands a $500 million funding commitmentCounterpoint says phone chip shipments dropped 21% in Q3 2026 as memory costs rose, yet Apple and Samsung were the only big names to gain share.
Read more: Phone chip sales fell 21%, but Apple and Samsung gained groundSamsung says the next Galaxy S phones will lean on AI again, yet surveys suggest most buyers do not care, so the S27 may feel like a small step.
Read more: Samsung plans more AI for its next Galaxy phone, but buyers are unimpressedChrome for Android comes in four versions you can install side by side. Knowing which to use can give you early features without putting your data at risk.
Read more: Chrome on Android comes in four versions, and you can install all of themA tech writer let an AI assistant scan his four-year-old laptop. It found about 30 GB of removable clutter in roughly three minutes, and he approved each deletion.
Read more: An AI assistant cleaned 30 GB of junk off an old laptop in three minutesApple now lets app makers show a message, and even a special offer, when you go to cancel a subscription, so you may see a deal before you can leave.
Read more: Apple lets apps pitch you a deal when you try to cancelA system called PRIMA pairs an eye implant with camera glasses, and most recipients with a central blind spot could read and use phones after training.
Read more: Eye implant helps most patients with a central blind spot read againTwo Canadian men are accused of secretly using US university supercomputers to mine crypto for more than three years. One is now in US custody.
Read more: Two Canadians charged with hacking US universities to mine cryptoQualcomm will supply parts for SpaceX's planned US phone network, a sign the company wants to compete with the biggest carriers and could widen your choices.
Read more: Qualcomm will build gear for SpaceX's own US phone network
