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Manila-based Salmon, a consumer credit app targeting underbanked Filipinos, raised $60 million in equity and $40 million in debt; it has raised $310 million to date, including $160 million in equity (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 23, 2026

Kate Park / TechCrunch: Manila-based Salmon, a consumer credit app targeting underbanked Filipinos, raised $60 million in equity and $40…

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FCC bans imports of new consumer routers made overseas for security reasons; China is estimated to control more than 60% of the U.S. home router market (David Shepardson/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 23, 2026

David Shepardson / Reuters: FCC bans imports of new consumer routers made overseas for security reasons; China is estimated to…

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You.com names Saahil Jain as new CTO after co-founder Bryan McCann leaves Anthropic; You.com, which started in consumer search, is targeting businesses more (Kevin McLaughlin/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: Creating Prediction Markets (and Suing the CFTC) with Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara Stripe co-founder…

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Satya Nadella said former Snap executive Jacob Andreou will lead Copilot for business and consumer customers; Mustafa Suleyman will focus on new AI models (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: Creating Prediction Markets (and Suing the CFTC) with Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara Stripe co-founder…

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Apple says the iPhone and iPad running iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 became the first consumer devices approved by NATO for use until "limit" classified data level (Elyse Betters Picaro/ZDNET)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 26, 2026

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET: Apple says the iPhone and iPad running iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 have become the…

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Lightricks, maker of photo-editing app Facetune, is separating its consumer applications unit from its GenAI LTX unit to better capture the growth of AI (Echo Wang/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 23, 2026

Featured Podcasts Squeak: How Malwarebytes is protecting millions in the age of AI scams | Marcin Kleczynski Grit explores what…

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Anthropic says it will modernize power grid infrastructure, generate new energy and cover consumer price increases to minimize effects on its data centers (Jared Perlo/NBC News)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 11, 2026

Jared Perlo / NBC News: Anthropic says it will modernize power grid infrastructure, generate new energy and cover consumer price…

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White House launches consumer drug site

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 6, 2026

President Donald Trump makes an announcement from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 6, 2025.Jonathan Ernst…

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Dutch consumer protection regulator launches investigation into Roblox under DSA over potential risks to underage users in EU (Charlotte Van Campenhout/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 30, 2026

Charlotte Van Campenhout / Reuters: Dutch consumer protection regulator launches investigation into Roblox under DSA over potential risks to underage…

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Appfigures: Global consumer spending on mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play increased 21.6% year-over-year to $155.8 billion in 2025, but app downloads fell 2.7% to $106.9 billion (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 15, 2026

Sarah Pérez / TechCrunch: AppNumbers: Global consumer spending on mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play increased 21.6%…

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Meta announces deal to use “tens of millions” of Amazon’s Graviton chips to help deliver its next generation of AI models, amid Nvidia chip shortage (Ina Fried/Axios)

Norway plans to ban children from using social media until age 16; government says it will present bill to parliament by end of 2026 (Terje Solsvik/Reuters)

EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: Around 49% of consumers have used AI in the past six months to support their savings and investment decisions (Emma Dunkley/Financial Times)

Trump threatens to “impose significant tariffs on the UK” if he does not scrap his digital services tax, which he sees as unfairly targeting US tech companies (Connor Stringer/Telegraph)

Sources: AI coding company Cognition in early talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation of $25 billion, up from $10.2 billion announced in September 2025 (Bloomberg)

Browsing: consumer

Manila-based Salmon, a consumer credit app targeting underbanked Filipinos, raised $60 million in equity and $40 million in debt; it has raised $310 million to date, including $160 million in equity (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

FCC bans imports of new consumer routers made overseas for security reasons; China is estimated to control more than 60% of the U.S. home router market (David Shepardson/Reuters)

You.com names Saahil Jain as new CTO after co-founder Bryan McCann leaves Anthropic; You.com, which started in consumer search, is targeting businesses more (Kevin McLaughlin/The Information)

Satya Nadella said former Snap executive Jacob Andreou will lead Copilot for business and consumer customers; Mustafa Suleyman will focus on new AI models (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Apple says the iPhone and iPad running iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 became the first consumer devices approved by NATO for use until "limit" classified data level (Elyse Betters Picaro/ZDNET)

Lightricks, maker of photo-editing app Facetune, is separating its consumer applications unit from its GenAI LTX unit to better capture the growth of AI (Echo Wang/Reuters)

Anthropic says it will modernize power grid infrastructure, generate new energy and cover consumer price increases to minimize effects on its data centers (Jared Perlo/NBC News)

White House launches consumer drug site

Dutch consumer protection regulator launches investigation into Roblox under DSA over potential risks to underage users in EU (Charlotte Van Campenhout/Reuters)

Appfigures: Global consumer spending on mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play increased 21.6% year-over-year to $155.8 billion in 2025, but app downloads fell 2.7% to $106.9 billion (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)