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Inside Andon Market, billed as the first retail boutique managed by an AI agent; Andon Labs experiment uses an agent based on Claude Sonnet 4.6 to manage the store (Heather Knight/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 26, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Snapchat CEO: Why distribution has become the biggest gap | Evan Spiegel Interviews with world-class product…

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Anthropic says it is testing an AI model that is a "gradual change" in performance after a blog draft in an unsecured data store reveals the Claude Mythos model (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 27, 2026

Beatrice Nolan / Fortune: Anthropic says it is testing an AI model that represents a “step change” in performance after…

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Speaking at a forum in Beijing, Tim Cook praised Apple’s partners and developers in China, a week after Chinese state media called the App Store “monopolistic” (Bloomberg).

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 22, 2026

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Claude reached second place on Apple’s US App Store, hours after the DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk; it bounced between No. 20 and No. 50 for much of February (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 28, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Anthropic vs. the Pentagon, Bloodbath at Block, The Citrini Selloff The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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Target Accelerates Investment in Store Staffing, Cuts About 500 More Positions

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 9, 2026

Target said Monday it was beefing up store staff but eliminating about 500 jobs at distribution centers and regional offices…

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Store openings and closings 2026: Dollar General, Aldi, GameStop

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 2, 2026

Dollar General and Aldi logos.ReutersU.S. store openings are expected to increase and store closings to decrease this year compared to…

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Several Apple services, including Apple TV, the App Store and iCloud, have been experiencing outages since 6:48 p.m. ET, according to Apple’s system status page (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 21, 2026

Julie Clover / MacRumors: Several Apple services, including Apple TV, the App Store and iCloud, have been experiencing outages since…

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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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A look at the rise of AI companion applications; a researcher counts 206 such apps on the App Store and 253 on Google Play, with more than 220 million downloads in total as of July 2025 (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 1, 2026

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Michał Kiciński, co-founder of CD Projekt and DRM-free digital games store GOG, has acquired 100% of GOG shares from CD Projekt (Vikki Blake/Eurogamer.net)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 29, 2025

Vikki Blake / Eurogamer.net: Michał Kiciánski, co-founder of CD Projekt and DRM-free digital games store GOG, acquired 100% of GOG…

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Inside Andon Market, billed as the first retail boutique managed by an AI agent; Andon Labs experiment uses an agent based on Claude Sonnet 4.6 to manage the store (Heather Knight/New York Times)

An interview with Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Executive Vice President Matt Booty on the “Return of Xbox” memo, making Xbox Series X and S a “first-class experience again,” and more (Stephen Totilo/Game File)

Google controls about 25% of global AI computing, with about 3.8 million TPUs and 1.3 million GPUs; Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian says demand and revenue justify spending (Stephen Morris/Financial Times)

About 60% said they retained access to social media accounts after the ban; two-thirds say platforms have taken no action to remove accounts (Sasha Rogelberg/Fortune)

Jensen Huang’s security cost dropped from $690,000 in 2023 to $3.5 million in 2025, Zuckerberg spent $22 million (Eli Rosenberg/The Information)

Browsing: Store

Inside Andon Market, billed as the first retail boutique managed by an AI agent; Andon Labs experiment uses an agent based on Claude Sonnet 4.6 to manage the store (Heather Knight/New York Times)

Anthropic says it is testing an AI model that is a "gradual change" in performance after a blog draft in an unsecured data store reveals the Claude Mythos model (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)

Speaking at a forum in Beijing, Tim Cook praised Apple’s partners and developers in China, a week after Chinese state media called the App Store “monopolistic” (Bloomberg).

Claude reached second place on Apple’s US App Store, hours after the DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk; it bounced between No. 20 and No. 50 for much of February (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Target Accelerates Investment in Store Staffing, Cuts About 500 More Positions

Store openings and closings 2026: Dollar General, Aldi, GameStop

Several Apple services, including Apple TV, the App Store and iCloud, have been experiencing outages since 6:48 p.m. ET, according to Apple’s system status page (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

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)

A look at the rise of AI companion applications; a researcher counts 206 such apps on the App Store and 253 on Google Play, with more than 220 million downloads in total as of July 2025 (Financial Times)

Michał Kiciński, co-founder of CD Projekt and DRM-free digital games store GOG, has acquired 100% of GOG shares from CD Projekt (Vikki Blake/Eurogamer.net)