Hearst and Condé Nast ink multi-year deals allowing Amazon's AI shopping assistant Rufus to use their magazines' and newspapers' content, including articles from Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, and other publications, to provide product recommendations and answer shopping queries.
OpenAI's ChatGPT Search now integrates ecommerce platforms like Shopify and Turbify, displaying product images, prices, and summarized reviews from merchant data, enhancing its shopping capabilities.
Hugging Face launches programmable Reachy Mini desktop robots, available in wireless ($449) and lite ($299) versions, fully programmable in Python and integrated with Hugging Face Hub.
Meta, Facebook's parent company, acquires a minority stake worth around $3.51 billion in EssilorLuxottica, the maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses, signaling its ambitions to expand into wearable technology and AI-powered devices, with shares of EssilorLuxottica surging 6%.
Apple revolutionizes wearable tech, unveiling augmented reality smart glasses with AI capabilities for translation, navigation, and more, slated for a 2026 launch after rigorous prototype testing and production ramp-up.
WhatsApp Pay struggles to make inroads in India's $3 trillion fintech market despite boasting 500 million users, as regulators cap its user base for years, allowing rivals like Google Pay and PhonePe to dominate while WhatsApp treats payments as a side feature with minimal upgrades or marketing.
Meta unleashes AI chatbots that send unsolicited messages to users on Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram, aiming to increase engagement but raising safety concerns as the company explores monetizing AI companions.
Unmasking the future of YouTube: 15 thriving faceless channel ideas for 2025, spanning motivational videos, gaming, cooking tutorials, language learning, and more, with tips on creating engaging content without showing your face.
Apple launches an affordable A18-powered MacBook with vibrant color options like silver, pink, and yellow, aiming for 5-7 million unit sales in 2026 through an aggressive pricing strategy.
Google's Doppl, an experimental app, revolutionizes virtual fashion fitting, allowing users to upload photos of outfits and see AI-generated videos of how they look on a digital avatar, enabling interactive style exploration on smartphones.