Gap’s turnaround efforts drive quarterly beat in surprise early announcement.

Thousands of Next store workers win equal pay claim.

Apple Cuts Jobs in Online Services Group as Priorities Shift.

Social media platform X back up after brief outage, Downdetector shows.

Ikea is launching second-hand marketplace.

JD.com unveils US$5 billion share buyback as China concerns grow.

UK retail sales fall for 3rd month.

(FR): DeepMind employees take a stand against Google’s military contracts.

YouTube expands its collaboration with Shopify.

Temu-owner PDD Holdings misses quarterly revenue estimates.

German web merchant Zalando grows Q2 B2B GMV 10%.

Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France.

H&M will close Afound this fall.

How Amazon’s generative AI tool for developers is saving 4,500 years of work, $260 million annually.

FTC bans fake and AI-generated online reviews.

US ecommerce sales hit new highs in Q2 2024.

Yodel has launched two brand new SME collections services for customers selling via online marketplaces.

OpenAI claims GPT-4o users risk getting emotionally attached to its ‘voice’.

Google’s Waymo now has 100,000 driverless robotaxi rides a week.

(ES): Google faces new legal trouble: accused of failing to respect user privacy.