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The move puts the AI software company closer to enterprise buyers, investors and partners as it scales after adding more than 100 customers last year.
It has built a global eCommerce operation by expanding beyond used computers into bulky goods, while navigating supply chain shocks and tariffs.
Businesses struggling to embed AI in day-to-day operations will get help from a new OpenAI partner network backed by USD $150 million.
The combined group would process more than USD $500 billion a year, giving merchants broader cross-border payment tools across 190 markets.
The platform gives brands real-time, audited automation across marketplaces, with human approval required for some actions and millions already completed.
Brand partners can now automate pricing, content and inventory checks across major marketplaces as Pattern rolls out its Pi system.
Merchants will get broader parcel routes as new EU import rules and US de minimis changes prompt Asendia and SingPost to offer duty-paid shipping.
A £599.99 dock could spare laptop users from juggling dongles, with enough ports and power to turn portable devices into desktops.
Attackers are leaning on trusted web services and familiar brands to slip past filters, with phishing and spam still dominating inbox threats.
The appointment bolsters Upwind’s pitch to corporate buyers as cloud and AI security demand real-time visibility across fast-changing environments.
OpenAI has appointed Brent Thomas to lead policy in Australia and New Zealand as Canberra tightens AI governance and copyright rules.
AliExpress boosts its UK Brand+ price promise, lifting per-item refunds to GBP £40 and monthly claim caps to GBP £160 on select goods.
Worries over household budgets are driving UK shoppers towards discounts of up to 80% as summer spending comes under pressure.
Shoppers feeling the squeeze are driving demand for discounted home, garden and tech items as 86% worry about living costs, AliExpress said.
About 1,000 councils, police and armed forces services will move from Stripe as the government adds pay by bank options on GOV.UK Pay.
European merchants will gain a bank-based alternative to card lending as TrueLayer folds Dutch fintech In3 into its checkout network.
UK SMEs can now take contactless card payments on smartphones, with settlement into Starling accounts arriving the next day.
Trust in online retail is at risk, with 72% of UK shoppers worried AI-generated product recommendations could mislead them.
Britain's mid-sized agencies and eCommerce brands are being targeted as Billy Grace enters the market amid tougher ad measurement and privacy rules.
Small firms in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg can now tap revenue-based working capital inside Buckaroo's payments portal.
