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Retailers risk missing Black Friday shoppers as AI tools increasingly narrow product choices before customers reach a website.
Subscription merchants could gain faster access to local payment methods as Recurly taps Juspay's Hyperswitch for more than 300 providers.
Businesses can now run and monitor AI agents for up to seven days as Google Cloud adds tighter identity and governance controls.
Customer sentiment may help steer buyers as KeeperPAM scored highest in SoftwareReviews' privileged access management comparison.
Electricity access, not land, is now the main bottleneck as AI demand drives India's data centre capacity towards 12 GW by 2030.
Enterprises can now deploy quantum-safe signing in production as Cloud KMS adds post-quantum algorithms for sensitive records and transactions.
Defenders will see clearer attribution at a glance as Google Threat Intelligence Group replaces rival cyber-actor labels with two-word cryptonyms.
Users can now judge whether analytics knowledge is current and verified before relying on it, as Google's Open Knowledge Format adds new metadata fields.
Attacks are increasingly concentrating on a handful of familiar brands, with Microsoft alone accounting for 23% of phishing attempts in Q2 2026.
The platform aims to help sales and AI tools spot real executive ties, as businesses struggle to verify contacts that drive deals and hiring.
Promotion-driven demand lifted Europe smartphone sales in Week 26, but analysts warn the rebound may fade once Amazon Prime Day discounts end.
By isolating early tests from its core systems, the video platform hopes to turn brittle AI ideas into user research in weeks rather than months.
Users and researchers can now inspect how the Sydney-based search engine ranks results and handles privacy after its code was opened.
The Toronto startup must prove interactive photo tools can keep users engaged beyond the novelty as it begins with only one free app.
New Zealand marketers will gain local access to enterprise search and AI visibility tools as brands adapt to being found in chatbots as well as Google.
Six in ten Australians now act on products they see on social platforms, underscoring a shift in how brands must win buyers online.
A quarter of Southeast Asian shoppers now use generative AI, but friends, family and online reviews still carry more weight at checkout.
New AI rules could reshape data centre investment and copyright battles, but Labor must still turn Anthony Albanese's promises into action.
Fraud teams could cut investigation time by 90% as the new stack combines real-time scoring, case assembly and human review in milliseconds.
The White House-backed research push will give tens of thousands of Department of Energy staff access to Google AI tools for a year.
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