Scammers Turn Christmas Into a Payments Stress Test
The holiday shopping period compresses weeks of spending into days, multiplies the number of online interactions, and makes consumers and companies vulnerable to fraudsters.
That anxiety is...
Retail Closes the Holiday Season Leaner and More Focused
Retail in 2025 was defined less by a single breakthrough than by a set of pressures that forced retailers to get practical. Consumers kept shopping. But they did it with a sharper pencil, trading down...
Big Tech Moves Toward Specialized AI and Immersive Retail
From new multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) models to immersive storytelling spaces and agent-driven enterprise tools, Big Tech’s latest moves show AI becoming the connective tissue across prod...
Judge blocks Texas app store age verification law
A federal judge blocked a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users' ages from taking effect on January 1st.
In an order granting a preliminary injunction on the Texas App Store Ac...
These great digital gifts will arrive just in time for Christmas
Tune in for a holiday viewing of KPop Demon Hunters on Netflix.
And just like that, Christmas is less than two days away, which is too soon for most items bought online to arrive in time. That s...