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Wearables
Alipay Touts World’s First Smart Glasses Embedded Payment Transaction
June 19, 2025

Payments platform Alipay says it has made the world’s first-ever smart glasses-embedded e-wallet payment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

Retail
Tariffs Could Tack Extra $2K Onto Car Price Tags
June 19, 2025

American tariff policy is reportedly set to make the cost of buying a car even higher. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

Retail
Tariffs Force Retailers to Fess Up About Why Things Cost More
June 19, 2025

The biggest retail trend of 2025 might not be the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) or social platforms like TikTok. It might be the impact of tariffs on consumer sentiment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Artificial Intelligence
Report: Meta Aims to Hire AI Investors Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross
June 18, 2025

Meta is reportedly in talks to hire artificial intelligence (AI) investors Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross and partially buy out their venture capital fund, NFDG. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Winds Down Involvement With Scale AI
June 18, 2025

OpenAI is reportedly phasing out its involvement with data-labeling startup Scale AI due to Scale’s new ties to Meta, an OpenAI rival. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Delivery
Costco and Kroger Tap Instacart to Offer Faster Delivery
June 18, 2025

Instacart says it is introducing new delivery options for some of the country’s biggest grocers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

Investments
Pelico Raises $40 Million for AI-Powered Supply Chain Orchestration Platform
June 18, 2025

Pelico has raised $40 million to accelerate the growth of its artificial intelligence-powered supply chain orchestration platform for manufacturing operations in North America. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Artificial Intelligence
CFOs Move AI From Science Experiment to Strategic Line Item
June 18, 2025

The artificial intelligence (AI) hype cycle has had no shortage of projections, pronouncements and technical forecasts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

Artificial Intelligence
SandboxAQ Launches Dataset for Training AI Models in Drug Discovery
June 18, 2025

SandboxAQ has launched a dataset designed to help researchers advance artificial intelligence (AI) models in drug discovery. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...