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Only 25% of Consumers Say Their Cost-Cutting Plans Still Work

Only 25% of Consumers Say Their Cost-Cutting Plans Still Work
Only 25% of Consumers Say Their Cost-Cutting Plans Still Work
April 30, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

The clearest sign of consumer strain may not be what households are cutting, but how many different ways they are trying to keep up. Get...

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Paymentus Says Customers Don’t Care How Much Data You Have
Paymentus Says Customers Don’t Care How Much Data You Have
April 30, 2026  |  Data

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Paymentus’ Chris Trainor Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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AI Spending Drives Business Equipment Investment to 6-Year High
AI Spending Drives Business Equipment Investment to 6-Year High
April 29, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

The boom in artificial intelligence products and infrastructure drove a closely watched measure of business spending to a six-year high in March. Get the Full...

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White House Crafts Plan to Bring Anthropic Back Into Government Fold
White House Crafts Plan to Bring Anthropic Back Into Government Fold
April 29, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

The White House is working on a way to allow federal agencies to use new artificial intelligence models from Anthropic, sidestepping the supply chain risk...

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Meta’s AI Is Delivering but Comes With a Hefty Price Tag
Meta’s AI Is Delivering but Comes With a Hefty Price Tag
April 29, 2026  |  Meta

Meta platforms operate on a tight feedback loop across its family of apps — Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Content drives engagement. Engagement drives ad impressions....

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Amazon Says Rufus Gives It an Edge in Agentic Commerce Race
Amazon Says Rufus Gives It an Edge in Agentic Commerce Race
April 29, 2026  |  Amazon

Amazon’s first-quarter earnings call sounded less like a retail update than a briefing on the next phase of cloud computing. The overwhelming majority of the...

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Alphabet Is Rebuilding Search as a Transaction Engine
Alphabet Is Rebuilding Search as a Transaction Engine
April 29, 2026  |  Earnings

A search query that once returned links is now beginning to complete transactions, and Alphabet’s latest results show how quickly that shift is moving from...

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Gemini AI Makes Google TV Users Content Creators
Gemini AI Makes Google TV Users Content Creators
April 29, 2026  |  Google

Google TV is adding some artificial intelligence tools for creating, searching and streaming on the big screen. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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IBM Launches AI and Quantum Hubs in Illinois and Massachusetts
IBM Launches AI and Quantum Hubs in Illinois and Massachusetts
April 29, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

IBM has announced two new hubs at which it will work on artificial intelligence and quantum computing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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