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Amazon wants to keep track of where its packaging goes after leaving the customers. The company has teamed up with Glacier, which uses AI to detect different types of recyclable materials.

After companies like Microsoft, Google, and Baidu announced their take on the popular ChatGPT conversational chatbot, e-commerce giant Alibaba has announced its plans to develop their own AI tech.

Meta unveiled an update to WhatsApp that lets users search for businesses by browsing through categories or typing in the name of the business. The update is for the U.K., and Brazil, among others.

Amazon UK could be forced to pay out £900 million to customers who have purchased items since October 2016. A case is being brought against the company that claims it has acted uncompetitively.

Amazon is testing its Amazon Seller Wallet among a growing number of selling partners on its platform. It will help sellers exchange and withdraw currencies from sale proceeds more easily.

With the boom in digital economy, Snapchat has introduced a way users can share their eBay listings in Snapchat Stories in an attempt to cash in on the increasing trend of online shopping.

Facebook unveiled new updates today including the upcoming launch of its Shops platform on WhatsApp in select countries and on Marketplace in the U.S. Instagram is also getting visual search and more.

The public preview of the Dynamics 365 B2B e-commerce functionality has now been released, alongside the launch of Cloud for Retail. Firms that utilize Dynamics 365 have also been highlighted.

Amazon has unveiled a new program that offers monetary rewards to consumers who are willing to share their purchasing activity data beyond Amazon's online storefront. It's limited in the U.S. for now.

Google is testing making YouTube a shopping destination, allowing visitors to directly buy products that appear on its videos without leaving the platform. The test is live for a few creators for now.

Facebook is ramping up its digital payments efforts with the formation of a new group within the company, called F2. David Marcus, co-creator of the Libra cryptocurrency project, will lead the group.

Walmart announced today that it is partnering up with e-commerce platform Shopify in order to expand its online marketplace. The goal is to add Shopify sellers to the Walmart Marketplace.

Last month, the firm opened up 100,000 jobs amidst increased demand. Now the firm has stated that all those positions have been filled up and a further 75,000 people will be hired.

Ride-sharing giant Uber is going to bring new features to its users in France. In the weeks to come, Uber will bring electric scooters to its French consumer base in collaboration with Cityscoot.

Google has launched online debit card payments through Google Pay in Brazil. Due to fraud, some online retailers don't allow debit cards, with this announcement, Google enables debit cards to be used.

Amazon PayCode will be rolled out in the coming weeks to over 15,000 Western Union agent locations in the United States, offering customers a new way to pay for their items with cash.

FedEx trims yet another tie with Amazon, within two months after the last non-renewal, signaling the competition the tech giant is posing through the continual expansion of its own delivery services.

A new report has found that in the UK, online shopping could go from 19% of retail sales today to 53% by 2028. Such a change could completely change the appearance of high streets around the country.

IKEA will soon allow users to make purchases through its augmented reality application, IKEA Place. Although the app allows users to try out products in their homes, users can't buy items through it.

Following last week's Black Friday strike by Amazon workers, the company is now facing an antitrust probe in Germany over how it deals with third-party merchants that use its website as a marketplace.

Flipkart, an Indian-based e-commerce business owned by Walmart, has lost its Group CEO Binny Bansal after he resigned from the firm following an investigation into serious personal misconduct.

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