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Last updated August 17, 2026
Alexa and Sparky can spot false made-in-USA labels, but don’t care
Claude convos made their way into Google search results, again
OpenAI is running a mature advertising operation just 6 months after launch
Amazon overhauls its AI strategy, sunsetting most of its flagship models
eBay finally settles the EcommerceBytes cyberstalking case for $55.7M
Amazon collected $600M in tariff refunds, but you likely won’t see shit
DoorDash launches an in-house drone delivery program
BigCommerce teams up with WP Engine for a WordPress merchant grab
OpenAI tests a ChatGPT ad format where the click opens a conversation with the advertiser’s agent instead of its website
Google faces a class action alleging its ad technology sent Americans’ sensitive data to Temu, Baidu, and other Chinese firms
Amazon says its grocery and everyday essentials sales are outgrowing the rest of its retail business, but won’t say by how much
Robinhood earns more from prediction markets than from stocks or crypto for the first time as World Cup betting surges
eBay adds bundled discounts that enroll a seller’s entire eligible catalog by default once the feature has been switched on
Amazon commits $1B to an AWS team that embeds engineers inside customers to get their agentic AI systems into production
Amazon collects $600M in tariff refunds but plans to repay only the customers whose specific import charges it can trace
Amazon stock rises 9% on the same kind of capex increase that knocked 9% off Meta and 7% off Alphabet earlier this month
TikTok reports 55% annual growth for Live Shopping in the UK along with a 200% rise in the number of new sellers signing up
DoorDash launches its own drone delivery service after winning the FAA air carrier certification needed to fly commercially
Amazon puts over 300 million euros into its Pforzheim warehouse and plans to double the site’s headcount by the end of 2029
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