Meta revolutionizes Facebook Marketplace by introducing AI-powered shopping assistance, collaborative buying features that let friends join seller chats together, and social elements like reactions and comments on listings while integrating inventory from eBay and Poshmark.
Google Photos introduces revolutionary AI-powered editing features using Nano Banana technology, allowing users to transform photos with simple voice commands like making people smile or creating artistic styles while preserving realistic facial features.
Amazon's 'House of David' season 2 dramatically increases AI-generated shots to 400 from season 1's 70, using artificial intelligence for battle scenes and landscapes to cut costs, while topping Prime charts with 500,000+ subscriptions despite industry backlash and criticism of its cheap appearance.
Amazon launches Bazaar, a new standalone app targeting price-conscious shoppers with products under $10 across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, directly challenging Chinese competitors Temu and Shein with social features and extended delivery times.
Amazon unveils Kindle Translate, a groundbreaking AI tool that automatically converts self-published books between English-Spanish and German-English, marking a major shift in global publishing accessibility despite ongoing concerns about artificial intelligence's ability to capture literary nuance and translation accuracy.
Meta expands its controversial AI video platform Vibes to Europe despite widespread user backlash labeling the short-form AI-generated content as 'AI slop' and declaring 'nobody wants this' feature that mimics TikTok and Instagram Reels.
Snap's revenue growth plummets to just 9% at $1.35 billion after a technical glitch causes ads to run at heavily discounted rates, while the company struggles with flat monetization despite gaining 469 million daily users.
Apple strikes massive $1 billion annual deal with Google to power upgraded Siri using custom Gemini AI model with 1.2 trillion parameters, launching next spring as the tech giant races to catch up in artificial intelligence competition.
Sandbar launches the $249 Stream Ring, an AI-powered smart ring that records whispered thoughts and converts them to text without storing audio, featuring tap-and-hold controls and AI conversations that mimic the user's voice, with preorders available now for summer 2026 delivery.
Apple strikes a deal with Google to power Siri's next-generation upgrade using a custom Gemini AI model launching spring 2026, choosing Google over Anthropic's $1.5 billion annual price tag while maintaining privacy through Apple's private cloud servers for complex tasks.