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Last updated August 28, 2026
Twitch adds live-shopping powered by Amazon products
Walmart is the latest retailer to embrace OpenAI’s Instant Checkout
TikTok Shop Pushes GMV Max Ads, Risking Merchant Backlash
Adobe Held $3B Talks to Acquire Synthesia, No Deal Reached
Butter Payments Appoints New CEO and CCO to Accelerate Growth
Amazon Resolves Major AWS Outage Affecting Reddit, Perplexity, and Other Platforms
lemlist Acquires Claap to Bring AI-Driven Insights to Sales Engagement
BigCommerce Partners With PayPal to Launch Embedded Payment Platform in 2026
YouTube welcomes back conservative and anti-vax creators (among others)
Amazon and Google launch tools to simplify AI agent building
Amazon debuts prescription vending machines
BNPL firms jump head first into the agentic commerce pool
Highlights from OpenAI’s Dev Day
PayPal launches a retail media network
Etsy overhauls its Insider membership program
President Trump imposes 100% retaliatory tariffs on Chinese imports
eBay launches brand campaign focused on product stories
OpenAI releases Sora 2 for making accurate deepfakes
Spotify opens up its ad inventory to Amazon DSP
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