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December 03, 2023
YouTube Steps Up ‘Cat-and-Mouse’ Game Against Ad Blockers

YouTube is reportedly increasing its efforts to keep ad blockers off of its site. The Google-owned video platform recently began a new policy of requiring users to shut off their...


December 01, 2023
Report: Apple and Paramount Latest Streaming Services to Consider Bundling

Apple and Paramount are reportedly in talks to bundle their streaming services at a discounted price. The move is aimed at making their offerings more affordable and appealing to consumers,...


December 01, 2023
Millennials Want Payments Security in Their Retail Subscriptions

Younger consumers have spent their formative years online, and they’re inclined to share details and information about themselves across digital channels. That comprises personal information for payments, including card details...


December 01, 2023
This Week in AI: ChatGPT’s Birthday, Amazon’s Ambitions, Payment Efficiencies 

Thursday (Nov. 30) was OpenAI’s ChatGPT’s first birthday.  And what a year it’s been for the generative artificial intelligence (AI) landscape more broadly.  We are only at the beginning of...


November 30, 2023
4 in 10 Millennials Rely Mainly on Retail Subscriptions for...

Online stores are seeing a big boost from retail subscriptions as the convenience and tailored experiences offered by digital retail subscriptions lead to a drop in-person shopping for many consumers....


November 30, 2023
Microsoft Prepares to Launch Mobile Gaming Store

Microsoft is in talks with partners to launch a mobile gaming store that would compete with those of Apple and Google. Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft’s Xbox video game...


November 30, 2023
Auto-Fill Subscribers Likely to Cancel if Given Misleading Information

Consumers who subscribe to scheduled delivery or auto-fill services are uniquely ready to cancel their memberships if they find that the crowd-sourced information they have received is not reliable, PYMNTS...


November 30, 2023
Can’t Choose the Right AI Model? Amazon Wants to Help

For nearly a year, there has been one clear generative artificial intelligence leader: OpenAI. But now, with generative AI technology advancing rapidly — and hastily patched-up cracks showing at Sam...


November 30, 2023
ChatGPT Mobile App Downloaded 110 Million Times in 6 Months 

Six months after ChatGPT became available in its first native mobile version, its mobile app has been downloaded more than 110 million times and generated $28.6 million in global consumer...


Subscription Commerce
The Subscription Commerce Tracker®, done in collaboration with Recurly, details how the COVID-19 pandemic is leading to a rise in software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscriptions for businesses and consumers.
Subscription Bundling
The Subscription Bundling Report, a PYMNTS and Vindicia collaboration, surveyed a census-balanced panel of 2,962 United States consumers to gauge how their attitudes toward bundled subscription services have changed during the pandemic, especially those offered by companies in the streaming sector. The report also examines how the knowledge that a COVID-19 vaccine will soon be available throughout the U.S. could affect their perceptions.