Would You Let Robots Spend Your Money? Google Is Betting on It
Google unveiled its AI‑driven Universal Cart at I/O, letting shoppers add items from multiple retailers while browsing Search, Gemini, YouTube or Gmail and checkout through Google. The cart tracks prices, sends stock alerts, flags incompatibilities and integrates loyalty programs and Google Pay. Built on Gemini and the Universal Commerce Protocol, the service aims to become a seamless, AI‑powered personal shopper without taking a sales commission. Retail partners such as Walmart, Target and Shopify are backing the open standard, positioning Google as a matchmaker between consumers and merchants.
Nintendo Is Raising Switch 2 Prices
Nintendo announced a global price increase for its Switch 2 console, raising the U.S. price to $499.99 effective September 1, up $50 from the current $449.99. The hike also adds roughly $497 to the Canadian price, €40 to the European price (about...
The Clippening
Clipping services are turning long‑form podcasts, livestreams and TV shows into thousands of short, algorithm‑optimized videos. Brands like Dan Bongino’s podcast pay clippers $150 per 100,000 views, while platforms such as Clipping.net host 62,000 micro‑editors earning an average $3,000 a month....