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Apple Bets on Agentic Coding
Apple does not partner easily. The company that builds its own chips, designs its own operating systems, and famously controls every layer of its stack announced on February 3 that it is integrating AI coding agents from Anthropic and OpenAI directly into…
When Your AI Takes Out Credit
Last week, Klarna joined Google's Universal Commerce Protocol. The largest buy now, pay later provider in the West is now plugging into the infrastructure that lets AI agents shop on your behalf.
The Front Door Problem: Agentic AI's Security Reckoning
In January 2026, developer Lucas Valbuena ran OpenClaw, a popular AI agent platform formerly known as Clawdbot, through a security analysis tool called ZeroLeaks. The results were catastrophic. Using Gemini 3 Pro, the platform scored 2 out of 100 points.
The Death of the Checkout Page
I have a secret: 95% percent of my holiday shopping was completed via Apple Pay. Find something, double-tap, glance at Face ID, done. No forms. No typing. No checkout page.
The Financialization of Everything
On 3rd January 2026, hours before U.S. Delta Force commandos seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his compound in Caracas, a freshly created account on Polymarket placed a $32,000 bet. The wager? That Maduro would be out of power by month's end.
Amazon Just Admitted Physical Retail Doesn't Work. The Data Says They're Right.
Amazon announced today that it is closing every Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh store it operates. All 72 of them. The cashierless convenience stores that were supposed to revolutionise shopping. The full-service grocery stores that were going to take on Walmart.
When Your AI Does the Shopping
We had set this up months ago and mostly forgotten about it. The bag was running low, and Alexa, connected to an Amazon account with voice purchasing enabled, placed the order without asking. The confirmation email arrived during a meeting.
The AI Demand Shock: Why This Isn't Another Chip Shortage
A 64GB kit of DDR5 memory now costs more than an entire PlayStation 5.
Who Owns the Customer When Your Phone Is Your Wallet?
A few weeks ago, I wrote about watching my son play shopkeeper with his cousin, grabbing my iPhone to tap against her toy card machine rather than reaching for the plastic coins scattered across the floor.
Cash Was Right There. He Reached for My Phone.
My son is seven. Last week, he was playing shopkeeper with his cousin on our living room floor. There were toy coins scattered about, crumpled paper notes, even a little wooden cash register.