A 71-year-old British woman said she tried five times to book a doctor’s appointment after suffering a stroke and could not get past her medical practice’s AI receptionist, according to an Inc.

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 ...

President Donald Trump said late Tuesday, August 18, 2026, that he is pausing 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods for three days, just hours before the duties were scheduled to take effect at ...

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 ...

A presidential memorandum signed on August 12, 2026, directs the federal government to create a program that could authorize vetted private U.S. cybersecurity companies to conduct offensive cyber ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.