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Shopify's Shop Pay wallet now works inside AI assistants like Copilot and Muse, and the company added a free fraud and dispute tool for merchants.
Read more: Shopify lets AI shopping assistants pay for items at its storesNielsenIQ, a shopper-tracking firm, and Google are partnering on AI that can find and buy products. Sellers should watch how their listings read.
Read more: NielsenIQ and Google team up on AI that shops for youDeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, raised nearly $16 billion this month from big Chinese tech firms and state-backed institutions, a sign of deep support behind it.
Read more: DeepSeek raises nearly $16 billion from Chinese tech and state backersTwilio beat revenue forecasts and raised its full-year outlook, yet its stock fell more than 15% after hours because investors worry about slower growth ahead.
Read more: Twilio beats Wall Street forecasts, but its stock falls 15%Amazon's CEO says Prime Video now earns tens of billions a year and turns a profit, a sign the video that comes with Prime is a real business.
Read more: Amazon says Prime Video now makes real profit and tens of billions a yearA University of Kentucky administrator won a religious exemption from using AI at work as a Humanist, and his case could matter for any worker whose boss pushes AI.
Read more: A man with no god got a religious exemption from using AI at workLovable, a tool that builds software from plain-language instructions, opened a London office with 70 people, a sign that these tools are well funded and growing fast.
Read more: Lovable opens a London office with 70 staff and plans 100 by year-endAnker's Liberty Buds 2 cost about $139 and match AirPods Pro 3 on noise canceling in one test. Chinese data laws are the catch for some buyers.
Read more: Anker's new $139 earbuds launch in Japan with a privacy questionA Reddit user says Google replaced a 256GB Pixel 9 Pro Fold with a 512GB Pixel 11 Pro Fold, but the swap likely depends on stock and special coverage.
Read more: Google repair sends a customer a newer, bigger foldable phoneThe Larimer County Sheriff's Office says scammers are faking kidnappings and sheriff's calls to get money fast. Fear and urgency are the hook.
Read more: Fake kidnapping calls and fake sheriff calls are hitting Colorado homesMeta has quietly launched Style Sketch, an AI app that plans outfits from clothes you own. It is limited to three countries for now, but it draws on your Instagram photos.
Read more: Meta quietly releases an AI app that plans outfits from your own closetSuperMe raised $20 million for a service where AI versions of top experts answer your career and business questions. It is free now, but limits are coming.
Read more: SuperMe raises $20 million for AI versions of top industry expertsA startup says top AI tools pass only about half of its cloud operations tests, and it plans to sell agents trained to do better in early 2027.
Read more: Startup trains AI helpers to run company servers without breaking themAWS Marketplace now lets software sellers with several legal entities post a listing once, so local branches can send buyers their own offers.
Read more: Amazon's software store lets companies list once, sell from many branchesOpenAI's Dot assistant can now text you first with updates and alerts, but only for Pro users in the US. Messages pass through a third party, so keep private details out.
Read more: OpenAI's Dot assistant can now text you, but only in the USBinance froze withdrawals after reports that a hacker took over $5.7 billion in crypto. If you keep money on an exchange, this is a reminder it can be locked.
Read more: Binance freezes withdrawals after reported $5.7 billion crypto theftClay County, Florida, has five cases of scammers posing as bank fraud staff and sending victims to hand cash to a courier in a cereal box.
Read more: Fake bank callers tell victims to hide cash in cereal boxesScammers are calling families of newly arrested people in Onondaga County, posing as the sheriff's office and asking for ankle monitor fees. Here is what to know.
Read more: Scammers call families of arrested people, demanding ankle monitor feesA former Anthropic engineer says the AI lab's intense culture left him burned out, in a rare inside account that lands just as the company files to go public.
Read more: Former Anthropic employee says working there left him burned outAnthropic's public filing for a stock market debut shows its earliest investors could earn huge returns, just over three years after the first big funding round.
Read more: Anthropic's stock market filing shows early investors in line for huge gainsAn agency leader says investors now reward lean startups, so test ad messages cheaply and keep the brand story in human hands.
Read more: Investors Want Lean Startups, So a Strong Brand Story Matters MoreThrive Holdings, backed by OpenAI, is buying home security company ADT for $15.3 billion and plans to bring AI to its products. ADT customers should take note.
Read more: Company backed by OpenAI buys home security firm ADT for $15.3 billionIntel says demand for its budget laptop chip, Wildcat Lake, is beating supply. Memory shortages may keep PC prices high through 2027.
Read more: Intel says its cheapest laptop chips are completely sold outCX Network has published a guide to voice AI for customer service. Businesses that answer phone calls may want to read it before buying any tool.
Read more: CX Network publishes a guide to voice AI for customer service
