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Merchants could face fresh refund fraud and account-takeover risks as consumer AI assistants start handling shopping and support requests.
Security teams face a new attribution problem as Meta's Muse AI agent can slip into customer traffic while posing as an ordinary browser.
New subscription limits could leave Kiwi owner-operators paying up to NZD $883 a month to keep posting links to customers.
Users will get official expansion options for Meta VR Glasses when Sandisk's microSD Express cards and USB-C drives arrive in spring 2027.
The blueprint could give hyperscalers and enterprises a cheaper way to run agentic AI, with flexible CPU and GPU racks and open software.
That points to a shift in how much large groups reinvest in promotion, with the 25 US-listed advertisers studied seeing their ad-to-sales ratio fall from 6.1% to 5.5%.
Rising AI-linked investment and major global events are set to keep ad budgets climbing, even as consumer caution and geopolitical risks persist.
Merchants could gain more visibility in AI search and recommendation results as Commerce's new enrichment tools restructure catalogue data for machines.
Software teams are spending more on review and debugging as AI now writes at least half the code for 42% of developers, a survey found.
Many retailers are missing live customer queries because AI assistants now fetch product pages far more often than Google does.
The 4,000-kilometre link is set to ease congestion on existing corridors and bolster data flows for AI and cloud users by 2030.
Agencies could cut manual work as the new platform links planning, buying and reporting across multiple channels in one workflow.
The funding gives the San Francisco start-up room to expand its behaviour simulation tool, which claims to cut user research time and improve product decisions.
Fortune 500 firms could lose the only AI setup that keeps sensitive data in-house, as enterprise adoption of open-weight models surges.
Average payouts have climbed to USD $6.7 million as lawsuits over web and app tracking spread far beyond ad tech, a report says.
Advertisers paid more for Black Friday inventory, but stronger conversion performance still lifted returns as order costs fell 18%.
Even at Google, only 28% of measured logins used passkeys, underscoring the gap between offering passwordless sign-in and getting users to adopt it.
Customer service teams may face higher volumes as the standard lets personal AI agents sign in, verify users and act for them.
The sports-focused device adds AI eyewear to New Zealand shelves, with a built-in camera, voice controls and up to nine hours' battery life.
Public pressure for AI guardrails is surging faster than it did for social media, as Australia joins a growing coalition urging action.
