AI Agents Become the Next Payments Customer
The payments industry has devoted much effort to making sure a bot can’t pass for a customer. Agentic commerce brings a new complication, as some bots are supposed to buy…
Price Hikes Trigger Smartphone Sales Slump
Global smartphone sales dropped to their lowest second-quarter level in 13 years as manufacturers passed on to consumers the rising cost of memory components, Counterpoint Research said in a Monday…
The Weekender: The Star-Spangled Receipt
Every July, America gathers around the grill, gazes at the sky and asks the same timeless question. Can liberty be itemized? The answer, increasingly, is yes. It comes with hot…
