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Last updated November 3, 2026
Flipkart says its active seller base nearly doubled to about 1.4 million in 15 months after it dropped commissions on fashion
Meta, TikTok, and X challenge Ofcom in court over how much content moderation data it can demand under the UK Online Safety Act
OpenAI’s publicist tries to steer Sam Altman’s Vanity Fair interview away from a ChatGPT user’s suicide, asking to “move on”
OpenAI will test ChatGPT ads that show product photos while users wait for an image to generate, starting with US advertisers
Amazon hires Microsoft’s former Copilot CTO Pedram Rezaei to work on AWS’s AI agents, starting with its Quick and Kiro products
Evri, the UK parcel carrier partly owned by DHL eCommerce, agrees to acquire Florida’s Cross Border Connect to enter US delivery
Anthropic reports a Florida woman to police after she tells Claude she’ll shoot up a sheriff’s office, leading to her arrest
TikTok unveils Buy Direct one-click checkout in the For You feed and an AI Shopping Assistant that completes orders inside a chat
TCGPlayer CEO Rob Bigler leaves the eBay-owned trading card marketplace after three and a half years with no successor named
Albertsons’ retail media chief Brian Monahan leaves the grocer abruptly as Albertsons Media Collective moves under the CMO
OpenAI pilots ChatGPT ad brand safety checks with DoubleVerify and IAS and launches Negative Phrases placement exclusions
OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to meet AI Act rules, but won’t make the invisible mark a global default
Amazon renames its ad platform Amazon Ads Agent and launches AI-run Full-Funnel Campaigns across sponsored, display, and TV ads
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the world should accept some AI harms in exchange for its benefits, setting OpenAI apart from Anthropic
Google must face jury trials over more than $3.2 billion in ad tech damages sought by USA Today, Daily Mail, and 5,000 publishers
Meta brings Muse to small businesses as the app passes 5M downloads
Commerce launches AI data enrichment for BigCommerce and Feedonomics
TikTok Shop and UPS team up for box-free, label-free returns to remove buyer friction
AliExpress tests a new Elite VIP tier for its biggest spenders
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