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Amazon Wants Alexa to Look Inside the Fridge and Fill the Cart

Amazon Wants Alexa to Look Inside the Fridge and Fill the Cart
Amazon Wants Alexa to Look Inside the Fridge and Fill the Cart
August 13, 2026  |  Retail

Amazon’s latest Alexa demonstration looked almost trivial: photograph a refrigerator, ask what groceries are missing, and let artificial intelligence assemble the shopping list. Get the...

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Jobless Claims Tick Up Amid Summertime Slowdown
Jobless Claims Tick Up Amid Summertime Slowdown
August 13, 2026  |  Economy

Jobless claims inched up last week in a move Bloomberg reported could be due to seasonal employment patterns. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Adyen Ties Loyalty to Payments as In-Person Volume Climbs 28%
Adyen Ties Loyalty to Payments as In-Person Volume Climbs 28%
August 13, 2026  |  Earnings

Adyen’s first-half results were driven heavily by merchants already on its platform sending it more payment volume, with in-person transactions growing faster than the company’s...

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AI Just Made Retail’s Long Tail Pay Off
AI Just Made Retail’s Long Tail Pay Off
August 13, 2026  |  Retail

For two decades, retail discovery has rewarded whatever already sold. A product with more buyers gets more visibility, more visibility brings more buyers, and the...

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DeepSeek Introduces Peak-Hour Pricing That Quadruples Current Levels
DeepSeek Introduces Peak-Hour Pricing That Quadruples Current Levels
August 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

DeepSeek is adding peak-hour pricing for its flagship V4 models that will quadruple the current levels, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. 13). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Airwallex Adds Affirm Pay-Over-Time Options for US Shoppers
Airwallex Adds Affirm Pay-Over-Time Options for US Shoppers
August 13, 2026  |  BNPL

Airwallex is adding Affirm’s installment payment options to its checkout platform, giving merchants in 35 countries a way to offer pay-over-time financing to eligible customers...

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CodeRabbit Raises $143 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation to Govern AI-Generated Code
CodeRabbit Raises $143 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation to Govern AI-Generated Code
August 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Inside engineering organizations, the sequence of software development is changing. Developers, product managers, background agents and connected systems can now generate code or open pull...

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DOJ Deploys 500 Prosecutors to Stop Fraud Against Government Programs
DOJ Deploys 500 Prosecutors to Stop Fraud Against Government Programs
August 13, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

The Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, which was created earlier this year, will have about 500 attorneys by Aug. 24 and will continue...

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