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AI · Feb 11, 2026 · 5 min read

The App Store for AI Content Is Coming. Amazon and Microsoft Are Racing to Build It.

The free-for-all era of AI companies scraping the web is ending. The question now is who becomes the intermediary, and what publishers actually get paid.

AI · Feb 7, 2026

The $650 Billion Squeeze: Big Tech's AI Bet Is Building One Industry and Breaking Another

Hyperscaler capex has hit levels that rival national economies. The software companies those dollars are meant to replace are paying the price.

AI · Feb 6, 2026

The AI Checkout Wars Have Begun

Last holiday season, something shifted. Traffic to US retail sites from generative AI tools increased by 693 percent year over year, according to Adobe Analytics. That alone would be a headline.