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Stripe-Backed Protocol Lets AI Agents Transact Autonomously

Stripe-Backed Protocol Lets AI Agents Transact Autonomously
Stripe-Backed Protocol Lets AI Agents Transact Autonomously
March 18, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Tempo, a payment-focused blockchain incubated by Stripe and cryptocurrency venture firm Paradigm, launched its mainnet and introduced an open standard for machine payments Wednesday (March...

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Lowe’s Unveils Subscription Service for Consumer Home Maintenance
Lowe’s Unveils Subscription Service for Consumer Home Maintenance
March 18, 2026  |  Subscription Commerce

Lowe’s has launched a subscription service to help customers maintain their homes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Lower-Income Consumers Use Digital Channels to Build Bigger Baskets
Lower-Income Consumers Use Digital Channels to Build Bigger Baskets
March 18, 2026  |  Retail

Earnings season has revealed a consumer who is not withdrawing from the marketplace so much as recalibrating participation, timing purchases with deliberation and increasingly using...

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Manus Debuts App to Link AI Agents to Personal PCs
Manus Debuts App to Link AI Agents to Personal PCs
March 18, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Meta-owned Manus has debuted a capability that brings its artificial intelligence (AI) agent to users’ computers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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How Healthcare CFOs Are Turning Operational Upgrades Into Financial Gains
How Healthcare CFOs Are Turning Operational Upgrades Into Financial Gains
March 18, 2026  |  Healthcare

Healthcare CFOs today are walking a tightening wire. System and network margins are under structural pressures, policy risk is rising across the industry and clouding...

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Mistral Forge Transforms Proprietary Knowledge Into AI Models and Agents
Mistral Forge Transforms Proprietary Knowledge Into AI Models and Agents
March 18, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Mistral has introduced a system that enables enterprises to build artificial intelligence models that are trained on their proprietary knowledge rather than publicly available data....

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Bitcoin Stays Below $75K Despite New Guidance From Regulators
Bitcoin Stays Below $75K Despite New Guidance From Regulators
March 18, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

New regulatory guidance on cryptocurrency has not been enough to lift bitcoin above $75,000. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Amazon Could Slash Postal Service Package Volume by Two-Thirds
Amazon Could Slash Postal Service Package Volume by Two-Thirds
March 18, 2026  |  Amazon

Amazon’s status as the U.S. Postal Service’s biggest customer could be about to change. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Why AI Shopping Is Still Just a Smarter Search Bar
Why AI Shopping Is Still Just a Smarter Search Bar
March 18, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

More than a year ago, I asked AI to help me buy a toaster. Not to browse. I knew exactly what I wanted, down to...

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