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Anthropic announces Claude for Healthcare will offer HIPAA-compliant tools for providers, insurers and consumers, and expands its life sciences offerings (Eugene Kim/Business Insider)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 11, 2026

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Tanger CEO Yalof says consumers continue to spend despite low confidence

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 23, 2025

U.S. shoppers are ready to get through this holiday season — despite declining consumer confidence and anxiety over prices —…

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on a weekly basis, 43% of consumers used Spotify and 16% turned to Apple (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 8, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI bailout?, Elon’s $1 trillion payment deal, Amazon continues perplexity The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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How Lapsing SNAP Benefits Could Affect Consumers and Retailers

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 29, 2025

A man holds a sign reading “SNAP Feeds Families,” as food assistance benefits will be suspended starting November 1 amid…

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Consumers feel ‘discount exhaustion’ as Black Friday approaches

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 22, 2025

Visitors are caught in the reflection of a store offering 50% off all items on the Third Street Promenade in…

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How luxury brands’ toughest competition comes from second-hand online retailers like The RealReal and Fashionphile, led by Gen Z and millennial consumers (Carol Ryan/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 20, 2025

Carole Ryan / Wall Street Journal: How luxury brands’ toughest competition comes from second-hand online retailers like The RealReal and…

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U.S. consumers expect high prices and weak economy, Deloitte survey finds

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 15, 2025

As the peak holiday shopping season approaches, most U.S. consumers have a pessimistic economic outlook, according to an annual Deloitte…

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NPCI, which runs India’s UPI, is partnering with OpenAI and digital payments company Razorpay in a pilot to allow consumers to buy and pay directly through ChatGPT (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 11, 2025

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New car sales see the boost because consumers fear prices, higher prices

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 25, 2025

GMC SUV parked in front of a Buick GMC dealer in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, March 22, 2025. Artur Widak |…

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JD.com reports that the turnover of the second quarter increased from 22% in annual shift to $ 49.7 billion, greater than $ 46.8 billion, and a net profit down 50% in annual shift to ~ 846 million dollars, benefiting from grants to consumers led by the government (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 14, 2025

Featured podcasts Tech Brew is home: Perplexity wants to acquire Chrome Tech News titles every day. 15 minutes and you…

Balikatan 2026 exercises will highlight Manila’s ‘more active defense posture’ – Radio Free Asia

North Korean agents use fake identities to apply for tech jobs – Radio Free Asia

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Soft power ‘wins’ Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 people in PNG for free – Radio Free Asia

United Airlines (UAL) First Quarter 2026 Results

Amazon launches GLP-1 weight loss program

Michael and Susan Dell donate $750 million for UT Austin medical campus

UPS and FedEx have started requesting certain fare refunds

Trump says ‘maybe’ government should help struggling Spirit Airlines

Trump just cost Republicans the House as Virginia voters pass new map that boosts Democrats

Trump’s permanent ceasefire is actually a total capitulation to Iran

James Comer works inside for Trump to kill Epstein investigation

Trump and Mike Johnson desperately try to save the House before Virginia votes on a new map

Democrats turn up pressure, force another vote to end Trump’s Iran war

Documents and sources: Insurers including QBE and Beazley are considering capping cyber insurance policy payouts for losses and regulatory fines linked to the use of AI and "LLMjacking" (Lee Harris/Financial Times)

How GrapheneOS lead developer Daniel Micay’s legal struggles with former partner James Donaldson over CopperheadOS led to the creation of the privacy-focused tool (Tiffany Ng/Wired)

A look at Apple’s leadership changes and the future of several key executives; sources say Mike Rockwell has considered leaving or taking an advisory role next year (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Reliable Robotics, which develops autonomous aircraft systems for cargo flights, raised $160 million led by Nimble Partners, bringing its valuation to ~$1 billion (Cailley LaPara/Bloomberg)

How opposition to data centers, over concerns such as electricity demand, pollution and water needs, became a voting issue for many in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections (NPR)

Browsing: Consumers

Anthropic announces Claude for Healthcare will offer HIPAA-compliant tools for providers, insurers and consumers, and expands its life sciences offerings (Eugene Kim/Business Insider)

Tanger CEO Yalof says consumers continue to spend despite low confidence

on a weekly basis, 43% of consumers used Spotify and 16% turned to Apple (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

How Lapsing SNAP Benefits Could Affect Consumers and Retailers

Consumers feel ‘discount exhaustion’ as Black Friday approaches

How luxury brands’ toughest competition comes from second-hand online retailers like The RealReal and Fashionphile, led by Gen Z and millennial consumers (Carol Ryan/Wall Street Journal)

U.S. consumers expect high prices and weak economy, Deloitte survey finds

NPCI, which runs India’s UPI, is partnering with OpenAI and digital payments company Razorpay in a pilot to allow consumers to buy and pay directly through ChatGPT (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

New car sales see the boost because consumers fear prices, higher prices

JD.com reports that the turnover of the second quarter increased from 22% in annual shift to $ 49.7 billion, greater than $ 46.8 billion, and a net profit down 50% in annual shift to ~ 846 million dollars, benefiting from grants to consumers led by the government (Bloomberg)