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eBay updated its User Agreement this week to explicitly ban third-party AI agents from making purchases without permission. The new terms, effective February 20, prohibit "buy-for-me agents, LLM-driven bots, or any end-to-end flow that attempts to place orders without human review." Continue Reading →

eBay is going to become an NFT marketplace, as the company plans to "bring blockchain-driven collectibles" to its platform. Awesome! But the devil is in the details. Continue Reading →

In a rare show of bipartisan unity this past Wednesday, Republicans and Democrats on the House Oversight Committee expressed concerns over the rapid spread of facial recognition software used by technology companies. This should make you stop and think very long and hard about what your elected leaders do not understand about the world we live in. Continue Reading →

The Federal Communications Commission announced that it will vote on December 14 to enact the exceptionally misleadingly titled "Restoring Internet Freedom" order. If passed, it will do the opposite of restoring anything resembling freedom -- it will repeal the current net neutrality rules which were enacted to ensure that Americans would have equal access to the Internet. Continue Reading →

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is in the hot seat; some investors are calling for her to step down, others want the company broken up and sold for parts, still others are concerned that the value of their investment is less than zero. So, does Yahoo have a right to exist in 2016? Continue Reading →

I just scheduled an appointment at my local Apple Store to purchase an iPhone 6s Plus on September 25th using Apple's new iPhone Upgrade Program. It's right for me, but is it right for you? And, is it good or bad for the carriers? Continue Reading →

In political terms, the Internet is the Wild Wild West and it needs to be tamed.  Wasn't it just going to be a matter of time before the Federal Government stepped in? Continue Reading →

Appealing to customers through mobile is a great way to get them into your store. Continue Reading →

  Hewlett-Packard plans to separate its personal-computer and printer businesses from its corporate hardware and services operations, the latest attempt by the technology company to improve its fortunes by breaking itself in two. The company intends to announce the move on Monday, people familiar with the plan said. It is expected to make the split Continue Reading →

eBay has announced that it’s to spin out PayPal as a separate publicly traded company in 2015. The e-commerce giant acquired online payment provider PayPal for $1.5 billion back in 2002, but many have argued that PayPal is too big and significant an entity in its own right to be ‘owned’ outright by eBay. Indeed, Continue Reading →