Latest E-commerce News & Updates
Last updated August 28, 2026
Shopify laid off a significant number of staff from its partnerships division
TikTok Shop pushes all merchants to its in-house fulfillment & logistics services
The TikTok deal is completed, here’s who’s leading the U.S. venture
Affirm applies to establish FDIC-insured industrial bank in Nevada
Facial recognition payments gain traction in South Korea
WhatsApp leadership pledges ad-free inbox amid monetization push
TikTok Shop mandates U.S. merchants use internal shipping services
eBay sellers report Promoted Listings glitches after policy update
Cursor builds web browser using autonomous AI agent swarm
OpenAI targets enterprise clients to counter Anthropic’s growth
Meta, TikTok, and YouTube face trial over youth addiction claims
Yolando launches GEO platform with $8.5M funding
ChatGPT cites Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source in latest model tests
Synthesia raises $200M at $4B valuation and enables stock sale
Study estimates Grok produced 3 million sexualized images in 11 days
Apple faces £1.5bn U.K. class action over Apple Pay fees
Sparkli raises $5M for AI learning engine founded by Google alums
DeepMind CEO surprised by OpenAI’s speed on ChatGPT ads
Yann LeCun launches AMI Labs to build ‘world model’
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