Gen Z Hands Merchants a Checkout Ultimatum

Gen Z Hands Merchants a Checkout Ultimatum
Gen Z Hands Merchants a Checkout Ultimatum
September 23, 2026  |  Checkout Conversion

A merchant can spend to get a Gen Z shopper through the digital door, persuade them to choose a product, and still lose the customer...

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OpenAI Recruits External Watchdogs to Police AI Risk
OpenAI Recruits External Watchdogs to Police AI Risk
September 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI is talking with multiple independent assessors to help grow the number of such companies that have expertise in frontier artificial intelligence safety and can...

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Nuvei Case Turns Chargebacks Into an FTC Warning Sign
Nuvei Case Turns Chargebacks Into an FTC Warning Sign
September 22, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Before a merchant can accept card payments, a processor or acquiring bank must decide whether to take on the business and its payment risk. Get...

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Meta Tests Human Callers for Muse After Merchants Hang Up on AI
Meta Tests Human Callers for Muse After Merchants Hang Up on AI
September 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Meta tested having human contractors handle some calls for the phone-calling feature of its personal artificial intelligence assistant Muse, Reuters reported Tuesday (Sept. 22), citing...

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Crocs Puts One AI Agent in Charge of Sales and Service
Crocs Puts One AI Agent in Charge of Sales and Service
September 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A shopper looking for a birthday gift for a nephew opens a chat on Crocs.com, asks for ideas, checks whether a size will fit and...

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Apple Considers Screenless Fitness Tracker to Expand Wearable Lineup Beyond Smartwatches
Apple Considers Screenless Fitness Tracker to Expand Wearable Lineup Beyond Smartwatches
September 22, 2026  |  Apple

Apple is developing a new health and fitness tracker in response to the growing popularity of Whoop’s wrist-worn device and Oura’s smart ring, Bloomberg reported...

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SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot Gains Early Traction in AI Agent Push
SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot Gains Early Traction in AI Agent Push
September 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot surpassed 400,000 weekly users about a month after its launch, offering an early measure of demand for the company’s push into artificial...

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Fed’s SVB Report Exposes Old Bank Risks in Digital Assets
Fed’s SVB Report Exposes Old Bank Risks in Digital Assets
September 22, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The government never guaranteed the USDC stablecoin’s value. But when regulators protected Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) uninsured depositors, they rescued $3.3 billion backing the stablecoin...

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Adyen Names Klarna CFO Niclas Neglen as New Finance Chief
Adyen Names Klarna CFO Niclas Neglen as New Finance Chief
September 22, 2026  |  Personnel

Payments FinTech Adyen hired Klarna Chief Financial Officer Niclas Neglen as its new CFO, effective Feb. 1, 2027, according to a Tuesday (Sept. 22) press...

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