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Last updated October 26, 2026
Anthropic says cutting AI usage is the wrong answer to cost fears, urging efficiency as it weighs a Claude-space router
European Commission forces Meta to restore ChatGPT and rival AI assistants to WhatsApp across the EEA under a rare interim order
eBay wins UK antitrust clearance for its $1.2B Depop purchase, removing the last major hurdle and cutting fee exposure
Anthropic pushes states to compete on ever-tougher AI safety rules, splitting from OpenAI’s uniform ‘reverse federalism’ push
Podean acquires TikTok Shop agency Social Commerce Club in its sixth acquisition in nine months to deepen social commerce
South Korea will require Temu, AliExpress, and Shein to name a local representative under a new e-commerce enforcement decree
TikTok Shop is filling with AI-generated product videos and avatars, sparking brand bans and creator backlash over lost sales
Meta’s infrastructure VP says firms have about 20 months to rebuild human-era systems for AI agents, as agent queries jump 30x
Temu faces a California class action over deceptive spam emails that allegedly planted tracking pixels without consent
OpenAI employees donated $215K+ to Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC opposing the pro-AI group backed by president Greg Brockman
Whatnot buys machine-learning recommendation startup Shaped to make its live-shopping picks faster and more personalized
Emergent raises a $130M Series C at a $1.5B valuation to grow its AI-agent platform that builds apps for non-technical founders
EU is readying new DMA fines against Google for favoring its shopping and travel results and locking down the Play Store
Apple bars home-services businesses from its upcoming Maps ads, a more curated line than Google’s big Local Services Ads
TRG acquires Barcode Supply, a barcode and RFID provider, to expand its endpoint lifecycle platform and Southeast US presence
Google must open Google Play to rival app stores on July 22 after it and Epic scrapped their settlement, restoring full remedies
OpenAI releases the Codex Micro, a $230 light-up keyboard with agent-status keys and a reasoning dial for its coding agents
Anthropic is lining up investors for a possible mega-IPO that could come as soon as October, ahead of OpenAI and DeepSeek
Microsoft is drilling its sales team to beat Anthropic and OpenAI on price, security, and a fuller end-to-end product suite
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