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Google teams with Walmart, other retailers to enable shopping within Gemini AI chatbot

January 17, 2026 Anne D Innocenzio

NEW YORK — Google said Sunday that it is expanding the shopping features in its AI chatbot by teaming up with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair and other big retailers to turn the Gemini app into a […]

Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit; skepticism remains

December 20, 2025 Matt O Brien

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.— Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But the commercial boom in artificial intelligence […]

Salesforce CEO vies to overcome investors’ AI skepticism, touts quarterly numbers

December 13, 2025 Michael Liedtke

SAN FRANCISCO — After riding the artificial intelligence craze to new heights, business software maker Salesforce has been pummeled by a wave of investor skepticism that’s intensified the pressure on its persuasive CEO Marc Benioff […]

IBM buys data streaming platform Confluent in $11B deal

December 12, 2025 The Associated Press

IBM said Monday it is buying data streaming platform Confluent in a deal worth $11 billion that will help bolster the technology company’s artificial intelligence strategy. The two companies said they signed a “definitive agreement” […]

SHAPIRO: What is going on with the economy?

December 8, 2025 Ben Shapiro

The fate of the Trump administration — and perhaps Republicans in Congress — is tethered to how Americans feel about the economy. And right now, it’s hard to find anyone who can say with confidence […]

Here’s why everyone’s talking about a ‘K-shaped’ economy

December 6, 2025 Christopher Rugaber

WASHINGTON, D.C. — From corporate executives to Wall Street analysts to Federal Reserve officials, references to the “K-shaped economy” are rapidly proliferating. So what does it mean? Simply put, the upper part of the K […]

Sony, Warner, Universal sign AI music licensing deals with startup Klay

November 30, 2025 Kelvin Chan

LONDON — The world’s biggest music labels have struck AI licensing deals with a little-known startup named Klay Vision, the companies said last Thursday, the latest in a series of deals that underlines how the […]

Leadership council launched following Stein’s AI executive order

November 21, 2025 Dan Reeves

RALEIGH — North Carolina has officially kicked off its drive to become the most AI-literate state in the U.S. with the inaugural meeting of the state’s AI Leadership Council. Established under Gov. Josh Stein’s executive […]

Amazon cuts 14K corporate jobs as AI spending accelerates

November 1, 2025 Michelle Chapman

Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence while cutting costs elsewhere. In June, CEO Andy Jassy, who has aggressively sought to cut costs since […]

Citi Foundation to put $25M toward young adults’ unemployment, AI labor disruptions

October 25, 2025 James Pollard

NEW YORK — Young jobseekers, challenged by a rapidly changing labor market, are having a tough time. The U.S. unemployment rate for 22- to 27-year-old degree holders is the highest in a dozen years outside […]

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