Tag Archives: Online

Adobe predicts AI-assisted online shopping to grow 520% during the 2025 U.S. holiday season

Adobe predicts AI-assisted online shopping to grow 520% during the 2025 U.S. holiday season

The U.S. holiday shopping season is expected to bring in $253.4 billion in online sales this year, up 5.3% year-over-year, according to a new report from Adobe’s e-commerce connected division, Adobe Analytics. Adobe Analytics develops its predictions by analyzing over 1 trillion visits to U.S. retail sites, encompassing 100 million SKUs across 18 product categories. Its analytics software is used …

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Teen In Fatal Hit-And-Run May Be Recharged As Adult After Online Outcry

Teen In Fatal Hit-And-Run May Be Recharged As Adult After Online Outcry

A former prosecutor, Alissa Hascup, claims that the New Jersey teen who rammed his jeep into an e-bike carrying two girls, resulting in their demise, could be charged as an adult. Vinnie Battiloro, 17, has unwittingly been building a case against himself since May 13 at least, with a string of live streams after a fallout with one of his …

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Cranford murder case involves disturbing online revelations

Cranford murder case involves disturbing online revelations

🚨Cranford teen accused of ramming Jeep into e-bike, killing two 17-year-old girls 🎥Disturbing YouTube live stream shows suspect mocking and taunting victim’s family ⚖️Teen linked victims to Charlie Kirk comments and prank pizza harassment CRANFORD — Days before mowing down two 17-year-olds on the street, the accused teen killer revealed on a YouTube livestream that he had been tormenting one of his …

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Chili’s menu changes spark online outrage as diners ‘confused’ by decision

Chili’s menu changes spark online outrage as diners ‘confused’ by decision

Chili’s is axing some popular items from its kids and dessert menus while also rolling out a new offering aimed at keeping customers satisfied. In late September, customers in the Reddit community r/Chilis expressed concern after a user leaked a photo that appeared to reveal the casual dining chain’s new menu. Notable removals include the Kids Pepperoni Pizza and Kids Cheese Quesadillas, …

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Have agencies violated the Hatch Act by using Democrat-blaming language online?

Have agencies violated the Hatch Act by using Democrat-blaming language online?

Here’s a question about the shutdown submitted by an Associated Press reader, Deanna: Have agencies violated the Hatch Act by using Democrat-blaming language online in discussing the shutdown? Experts disagree on whether the Democrat-blaming language on the website of HUD and various other government agencies reaches the threshold of violating the 1939 Hatch Act, which restricts certain political activities by …

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Nuclear fusion was always 30 years away—now it’s a matter of when, not if, fusion comes online to power AI

Nuclear fusion was always 30 years away—now it’s a matter of when, not if, fusion comes online to power AI

The breakthrough scientific moment for fusion power—and the potential for nearly limitless electricity from a so-called star in a jar—came at the end of 2022 when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory successfully achieved “first ignition,” fusing atoms through extreme heat to generate more energy than the setup consumes for the first time ever. The project’s principal designer, nuclear physicist …

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How OpenAI and Stripe’s latest move could blow up online shopping as we know it

How OpenAI and Stripe’s latest move could blow up online shopping as we know it

For decades, the rhythm of online shopping was predictable, if often frustrating: search, scroll, cart, checkout. Then social platforms like Facebook and Instagram shook things up by dropping products directly into your feed for the ultimate impulse buy. Now OpenAI and Stripe are upping the ante, folding shopping into the flow of an AI chat—a kind of holy grail for …

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Hertz Global launches fully online car-buying marketplace

Hertz Global launches fully online car-buying marketplace

(Reuters) -Car rental firm Hertz Global said on Tuesday it had launched a fully online car-buying marketplace, as it leans on the demand for used vehicles. The company’s shares rose as much as 2.5% after the news. The announcement follows Hertz’s collaboration with Amazon.com’s automotive retail platform, Amazon Autos, to sell preowned vehicles. The company said it would also provide …

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