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Last updated October 27, 2026
TikTok Shop side hustlers are losing affiliate income to AI-generated influencer videos that GMV Max surfaces in the feed
Amazon and TikTok Shop sell silver-look jewelry loaded with cadmium at thousands of times the UK legal limit, testing finds
American Fintech Council asks Oregon regulators to scrap payday lending framework for BNPL providers in comment letter
Snap reaches a tentative settlement in a social media addiction case, leaving Meta alone to face a Los Angeles jury next week
Alphabet is designing a server chip called Frozen v2 that could run Gemini models six to 10 times more efficiently by 2028
Does BNPL cost you money, even when you don’t use it?
Stripe and Advent International offer $53B to acquire PayPal, but PayPal will likely reject the offer (as they should)
Squarespace launches new tools for merchants offering limited edition product drops and capped-capacity service bookings
New York State proposes BNPL licensing rules and fee caps
Shopify finally overhauled its archaic Collections logic with the ability to Exclude items and pull from external sources
Amazon warehouse managers don’t like an algorithm dictating their jobs, so they’re bypassing the system (for now)
TikTok will soon sell your items on TikTok Shop for you with its managed-services program in the U.S.
DoorDash offers a native Shopify app for local merchants to list on its marketplace, but no white-label fulfillment
Google expands connected apps in AI Mode for Search, letting U.S. users shop Instacart and pull Canva and YouTube Music results
Phia, the AI shopping startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates, is accused of taking affiliate commissions on sales it never drove
OpenAI asks a federal judge to toss a ChatGPT user’s privacy suit over data sent to Meta and Google, arguing she consented
Justice Department clears federal employees to download TikTok on government devices after ByteDance cedes U.S. data control
eBay publishes a public rate card for eBay Live, pricing most categories at 8.9% versus its standard 13.6% non-Store seller fee
TikTok tests an opt-in tool that scans for AI deepfakes of creators’ likenesses and lets them report unauthorized uses
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