By blocking bad bookings and prepping personalized travel planning tools, Airbnb is turning its data into both a policy enforcer and a future revenue engine.
Read AI’s Search Copilot unifies workplace chaos with AI: By pulling data from chats, CRMs, and cloud tools, this cross-platform search engine offers instant setup and an agnostic edge over Big Tech solutions.
With iOS 19, iPadOS 19, and macOS 16, it’s overhauling interfaces to spark consumer interest, boost sales, and bridge the gap before delayed AI features arrive.
With billions invested and a team of pros, Visa’s strategy is stopping fraud at scale—just as consumer losses hit record highs.
AI Mode promises cleaner search summaries, but cutting out website links might backfire with users and crater referral traffic for publishers.
Google, OpenAI explore ads: The moves indicate that ads will be a crucial part of how AI search engines generate future revenues.
Shareable prompts and smarter reasoning controls aim to break silos and boost teamwide AI adoption across departments.
This invite-only tool tackles full workflows autonomously—raising the bar for US rivals stuck on text responses.
Delays in core features could stall everything from Vision Pro to smart home devices, just as rivals double down on smarter assistants.
McDonald’s turns to AI to streamline operations, bolster customer experience: But it isn’t clear how much the technology will translate into increased sales.
Wearables will surpass 100 million users this year as AI advancements push adoption to nearly 40% of adults, marking a shift from niche tech to mainstream.
Apple’s delay underscores how hard on-device AI is to get right. Meanwhile, Alexa+ and Gemini also stumble, proving voice assistants aren’t an easy win.
DuckDuckGo keeps AI search optional, giving privacy-conscious consumers rare control over how, when, or if they see AI-generated answers.
The new Premium Lite tier ditches extras like offline downloads but could lure budget-conscious users—challenging traditional streamers and YouTube’s own Premium model.
Microsoft brings AI ad features to Copilot: It’s vying for ad dollars in an increasingly competitive chatbot space.
Digg makes a comeback 12 years after it was sold: While the revival promises “good vibes” and a community-first focus, how they’ll monetize is unclear.
Rising Airbnb rentals and Tinder’s weak ID verification create unchecked spaces for misuse. Colombia’s tourism boom worsens the problem as traffickers exploit platform anonymity and operate freely.
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss how Amazon has made themselves even more essential to customers, why “they can’t make physical stores work”, and how its advertising business is getting on. Tune in to the episode with Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Analyst Rachel Wolff, and Senior Director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
Honor will invest $10 billion to shift from smartphones to AI devices, betting on agentic AI and industry partnerships to compete with Apple, Google, and Samsung.