Allbirds is closing its last brick-and-mortar store in San Francisco

Once symbolic of a mid-2010s San Francisco tech bro, Allbirds is cutting costs to “support the long-term health of the business.”

India’s Shadowfax slips on listing, as client concentration spooks investors

Shadowfax shares fell about 9% on theirdebut, valuing the logistics firm near its last private valuation.

Amazon agrees to pay consumers $309M in returns policy settlement

The lawsuit, filed in 2023, alleged that Amazon caused “substantial unjustified monetary losses” for consumers who returned an item but were still charged for it.

Amazon is closing its physical Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores

These retail closures will not impact customers who use Amazon for grocery delivery.

Google DeepMind CEO is ‘surprised’ OpenAI is rushing forward with ads in ChatGPT

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the tech giant isn’t pressuring him to insert ads into the AI chatbot experience.

Consumers spent more on mobile apps than games in 2025, driven by AI app adoption

Consumers spent more money in mobile apps than games in 2025, driven by AI app adoption.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says tariffs are starting to drive up product prices

Jassy said on Tuesday that while Amazon is trying to keep prices low, price hikes may be unavoidable in some cases.

A consumer watchdog issued a warning about Google’s AI agent shopping protocol — Google says she’s wrong

A consumer economics watchdog says Google’s new Universal Commerce Protocol is ripe for misuse where consumers could pay more for items. Google denies this.