Expedia Embraces Agentic Commerce to Fight Platform Disruption
Expedia Group is responding to the rise of artificial intelligence assistants and agentic commerce both by embracing them and by providing services that draw travelers directly to its own platforms, e...
Instacart Delivers Strong Q4 as AI Speeds Platform Expansion
Instacart’s Q4 may have looked like a straightforward beat-and-raise, but the more consequential storyline for retailers, brands and the payments stack is how the company is using partnerships and A...
Airbnb’s Q4 Reacceleration Marks Strongest Growth in Two Years
Airbnb used the quarter to reinforce a shift toward continuous product shipping rather than large feature launches. CEO Brian Chesky in the earnings call described a multiyear rebuild of the platform�...
FanDuel Ditches Credit Cards as Sen. Warren Targets Junk Fees
Sports betting firm FanDuel will stop accepting credit card deposits on March 2.
“Starting March 2, 2026, FanDuel will no longer offer U.S. credit card deposits on Sportsbook, Casino, and...
How SoftBank’s OpenAI Bet Could Benefit CEO Son
The “rough vibes” at OpenAI have gotten less choppy, allowing SoftBank boss Masayoshi Son to shed some personal financial risk in the company’s big OpenAI investment.A little-noticed disclosure ...
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Panic! At The Discord
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw.
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