New York Attorney General Letitia James joined a bipartisan coalition of 21 other states and the Federal Trade Commission in suing Amazon, alleging the company manipulated its advertising auction ...

OpenAI has introduced a feature called Computer History to the ChatGPT Mac app, according to ZDNET’s reporting on the rollout. The opt-in tool builds a timeline from activity across the apps and ...

Eighty-seven percent of small businesses surveyed by the city of Everett, Washington said the cost of doing business has become more challenging over the past two years, with 62% saying it has become ...

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 ...

Two recent small business datasets point in different directions because they measure different things. The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index rose 2.4 points to 99.8 in July 2026, its highest level ...

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, ...

The headline index number aggregates 10 separate components, and July’s data show the improvement was broad but not uniform. The reading follows a stretch of below-average readings this year, a ...

Autonomous AI tools can help businesses automate routine work, but the security questions around agents deserve close attention before they receive access to business systems. The evidence supports a ...

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 ...