Google’s UCP update shifts shopping to AI-agents, where product data — not just ads — will determine visibility and sales.

After OpenAI’s Instant Checkout feature fell short, Walmart is instead embedding its Sparky chatbot directly into ChatGPT and ...

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Nearly everyone on team NBC Select thinks they would benefit from less screen time. There are plenty of productivity apps and screen time features that aim to help you focus and reduce distractions, ...

Need an AI-generated soundtrack to go with your AI-generated video that you’re planning to send to your AI-generated friends? Google has you covered. The company announced today that Lyria 3, its ...

Google-spinoff Waymo is in the midst of expanding its self-driving car fleet into new regions. Waymo touts more than 200 million miles of driving that informs how the vehicles navigate roads, but the ...

Project Genie allows people outside of Google to try the company's Genie 3 world model. (Google) This past summer, Google DeepMind debuted Genie 3. It’s what’s known as a world world, an AI system ...

As spotted by TechCrunch, Danish users are turning to iOS apps to help them boycott American products. Here are the details. In recent days, two apps called NonUSA (UdenUSA) and Made O’Meter have ...

YouTube is adding three AI creation features this year. Creators will be able to make Shorts using their own likeness, produce games from text prompts through the experimental Playables program, and ...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. plans to link its flagship online shopping and travel services to its AI app, taking its biggest step yet to build Qwen into its one-stop artificial intelligence platform ...

On January 8, 2026, Microsoft and PayPal announced that they had partnered to create Copilot Checkout — an AI shopping experience where you don't have to leave Microsoft's Copilot AI chatbot to make ...