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12-Month Wholesale Inflation Reaches 4-Year High Despite October Slowdown
12-Month Wholesale Inflation Reaches 4-Year High Despite October Slowdown
November 13, 2026  |  Economy

The Producer Price Index (PPI) for final demand rose 0.3% in October after advancing 1.4% in September and 0.4% in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)...

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Amazon Expands Alexa for Shopping to 15 Countries and Lets Anyone Shop by Text
Amazon Expands Alexa for Shopping to 15 Countries and Lets Anyone Shop by Text
November 13, 2026  |  Mobile Commerce

Amazon has made Alexa for Shopping available in full across 13 countries, and in beta in two more countries, and has expanded the availability to text...

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OpenAI Gives AI Agents a Wallet While Blocking Them From Seeing the Card
OpenAI Gives AI Agents a Wallet While Blocking Them From Seeing the Card
November 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI has introduced a ChatGPT Wallet that lets agents pay without access to users’ card details, requires a security check for every purchase, and preserves existing...

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Costco Trusts AI to Reorder Drugs. Most Retailers Won’t
Costco Trusts AI to Reorder Drugs. Most Retailers Won’t
November 13, 2026  |  Retail

A pharmacy that runs out of a drug loses the prescription. A pharmacy that overpays a supplier loses the margin. Costco put artificial intelligence (AI)...

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Microsoft Continues Broad Recovery During Second Day of Outage
Microsoft Continues Broad Recovery During Second Day of Outage
November 13, 2026  |  Connected Economy

Microsoft said in a Friday (Nov. 13) post on X that it is “seeing broad recovery and stability” across its services as it deals with...

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Crypto Is Getting Better at Absorbing Hacks Than Preventing Them
Crypto Is Getting Better at Absorbing Hacks Than Preventing Them
November 13, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

When a financial institution loses billions of dollars to hackers, replacing the money is supposed to be the beginning of the recovery, not the end...

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AI Law Firm Crosby Bids for Weil Gotshal’s Name and Data
AI Law Firm Crosby Bids for Weil Gotshal’s Name and Data
November 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A two-year-old an AI-native law firm startup is making a bid for the name and internal data of a 95-year-old Wall Street law firm. Crosby made...

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IAB Launches New Framework to Track When AI Influences or Completes Purchases
IAB Launches New Framework to Track When AI Influences or Completes Purchases
November 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The Interactive Advertising Bureau, a trade organization representing the digital advertising industry, released a new framework designed to give the industry a way to account...

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US and Private Sector Freeze $2.7 Billion in Crypto Stolen in Binance Heist
US and Private Sector Freeze $2.7 Billion in Crypto Stolen in Binance Heist
November 13, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Efforts by the U.S. government and private sector entities have led to the freeze of over $2.7 billion of the more than $6 billion worth...

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