Apple Cracks Down on Cal AI Over Payment Rule Violations
Apple briefly removed the MyFitnessPal-owned food-logging app Cal AI from the US App Store last week after the developer bypassed...
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Instacart Buys Instaleap to Fuel Global Expansion
On Tuesday, grocery delivery giant Instacart announced the acquisition of Colombia-based software firm Instaleap to accelerate its international enterprise expansion...
Apple Takes App Store Fee Fight Back to Supreme Court
Apple Inc. announced in a new filing that it will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling holding...
Allbirds Sold for Just $39M After Once Hitting $4B
Silicon Valley's favorite wool sneaker brand, Allbirds, has agreed to sell all of its assets and intellectual property to American...
Meta Brings AI Product Summaries to Instagram, Facebook
Meta announced at the Shoptalk 2026 conference this week that it is testing new generative AI-driven shopping tools on Instagram...
Swish Raises $38M to Beat India’s Quick-Delivery Odds
Bengaluru-based food delivery startup Swish has secured $38 million in a Series B funding round to scale its ultra-fast, 10-minute...
Grab Challenges Uber With $600M Foodpanda Taiwan Deal
On Monday, Southeast Asian delivery giant Grab announced a $600 million cash acquisition of Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda business in Taiwan,...
Patreon CEO: AI ‘Fair Use’ is Bogus, Pay Creators
During the SXSW conference in Austin this week, Patreon CEO Jack Conte declared that AI companies must compensate independent artists,...
Shopify Goes All In on AI Agents to Disrupt Online Shopping
Shopify President Harley Finkelstein announced at the Upfront Summit in Los Angeles that the e-commerce giant is going all-in on...
Apple Quietly Slashes App Store Fees in China
Apple is dropping its App Store commission rate in China from 30% to 25% starting March 15, 2026, following quiet...
