A new survey from Stax, a small-business payment company that competes with banks for merchant accounts, found that 80% of small and midsize business technology decision-makers have used artificial ...

A Claude-powered AI manager running an experimental San Francisco retail store recommended dismissing a human employee after the worker arrived late for 17 of 23 scheduled shifts, according to Andon ...

Small business owners looking for non-dilutive capital in 2026 have a wider menu than in past years, and it now includes competitive showcases alongside the traditional grant application. GrantWatch, ...

Small business sentiment is not collapsing, but it remains uneven. The latest NFIB Small Business Optimism Index improved in July 2026, moving above its long-run average after several weaker readings, ...

Meta Platforms has released a public preview of Muse Code, a terminal-based AI coding agent designed to help developers plan code changes, execute programming tasks and validate results across ...

Google has expanded its Maps experience with Gemini-powered conversational features that change how consumers find and evaluate local businesses. The feature set, centered on Ask Maps, allows users to ...

Visa has agreed to buy fraud-intelligence provider BioCatch for $2.4 billion in cash, a deal reported by Reuters that puts behavioral biometrics deeper inside the global payments system. BioCatch ...

Meta is promoting Meta for Business as a bundled suite of tools for small business owners and entrepreneurs, bringing together management features across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened a formal investigation into Microsoft over whether customers were clearly told about their options when Copilot and Designer were added to ...

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer finalized a new round of duties under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 on July 23, 2026, imposing new 10% and 12.5% tariff rates on goods from 60 economies ...

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream won a sweeping federal trade dress ruling on July 16, 2026, after a judge found that Rebel Creamery intentionally copied the Brooklyn brand’s pastel, minimalist pint packaging.

Google has released a white paper titled “AI Governance in America”, setting out how the company believes artificial intelligence should be regulated in the United States. The proposal, analyzed by ...