Attention AI agent shoppers: Not every platform welcomes you with open arms. Meta recently introduced Muse, its new AI agent built to handle tasks like online shopping. But when users tried to get Muse to buy something on Amazon over the weekend, they hit an error message that read: “Continued access by an unauthorized AI agent violates Amazon’s Conditions of Use, to which our customers have agreed,” according to TechCrunch. Basically, Muse isn’t welcome as a shopper on Amazon, and anyone trying to check out through the agent will have to look elsewhere. Part of this is straightforward business rivalry.…
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Tesla-stans have had to wait nine long years for the new Tesla Roadster. The car is finally getting ready for its close-up, but you’ll need to plop down $50K to reserve one. Tesla just reopened Roadster reservations, asking buyers to put down $5,000 upfront by credit card, described as fully refundable, then wire an additional $45,000 within 10 days to lock in their spot, according to Fox Business News. If that sounds familiar, it’s because Tesla first opened $50,000 Roadster reservations back in November 2017, promising production by 2020. Nearly nine years later, that original batch of buyers still hasn’t…
The “explosive diarrhea” outbreak that scared people away from lettuce over the summer is finally over. But for Taco Bell, the traffic problem persists. The outbreak, tied to iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms, sickened nearly 20,000 people nationwide beginning in July. Taco Bell pulled lettuce, cilantro-onion mix and pico de gallo early on, but the damage was already done. Traffic fell 18.1% by July 15, then plunged to -30.9% just two days later compared to the chain’s own average from earlier in the year, according to data cited by Restaurant Business. Taco Bell fought back with deep discounts, $1…
Key Takeaways Apple is reportedly developing prototypes for a screenless health and fitness tracker. The project is part of a broader effort to compete with wearable brands like Whoop and Oura. Apple has reportedly been exploring the possibility of a screenless wearable for several months. The second-most-valuable company in the world has been considering adding new wearables to its lineup. Apple is the undisputed leader of the global smartwatch market; the Apple Watch holds a 20% to 23% share of worldwide shipments as of early 2026, according to Counterpoint Research. Apple is not content dominating that space. Bloomberg recently reported…
Heartbreak, hormones and irresistible cliffhangers: Microdramas, which combine short, snackable episodes optimized for vertical viewing with telenovela-style storytelling, have taken the internet by storm in recent years. Now, YouTube wants in on the trend. The Google-owned video service is starting to let creators organize their vertical clips into microdrama-like series, executives announced at the annual Made On YouTube event Wednesday morning. The feature is supposed to supercharge a trend creators and their audiences have already been embracing on their own, with microdramas surpassing 6.5 billion views on YouTube during the first half of this year. “We’re really excited to see…
When it comes to sustainable fashion, Amazon is not the first company that comes to mind. The e-commerce giant is one of the biggest purveyors of clothing in the United States, and much of what it sells, including its own private label lines like Amazon Essentials, are not known for their sustainable materials. But Amazon wants to position itself at the center of a major effort to clean up the fashion industry. Today, The Climate Pledge, the net-zero initiative Amazon co-founded in 2019, is spinning out a new program, the Climate Pledge Fashion Coalition, alongside brands like Stella McCartney, Another…
In recent years, Americans have borne the economic brunt of global supply chain instability. During the pandemic, the supply of essential goods was uncertain as prices skyrocketed; tariffs and associated ambiguity have more recently forced supply chains to adapt; and leverage over supply chains has frequently been wielded as a weapon of war, as in Russia’s energy war against Europe, Iran’s Hormuz pressure campaign, and Taiwan’s “silicon shield” against a potential invasion. Enhancing American supply chain independence, particularly for goods needed by critical industries, is therefore an economic imperative—and must be treated as such by leaders across sectors. Some supply…
The first time an AI system made a recommendation I disagreed with, I felt something I didn’t expect: ego. It was a resource allocation call on a complex project. The model had crunched variables no person could hold in their head at once, and its recommendation was better than mine. Something in me didn’t want to let a model make that call. So, I made it myself. I told this story to Michael Jabbour, AI innovation officer at Microsoft, expecting him to talk about the technology. Instead, he talked about authority. His point was that every new artificial intelligence tool…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Before chasing the market everyone else is already targeting, look for the one nobody’s bothered to study yet. Before signing off on a big expense, ask whether it builds something durable or just looks good in a press release. When weighing whether to bring in outside expertise, I look for someone who’s already made the mistakes I’m about to make, not someone repeating a generic framework. Ask, “Would this hold up against the most current information available, or am I working from an assumption that’s a year or two stale?”…
Not a single word has been fact-checked—not even by simply Googling the facts. This nonsense that Russia is trying to take all of Ukraine and that the Ukrainian people are fighting for their freedom is so outrageous that it amounts to plain propaganda, which only leads to war. There is no rational discussion here. There is no solution but war, because no matter what, Europe will simply NEVER accept peace with Russia, and people are too stupid to realize that this Finnish politician cannot possibly be this stupid and uninformed. Since the AfD won two elections and the CDU…