Valve’s storefront has quietly moved the goalposts: games with mature themes that would once have been allowed into Steam’s Early Access program are now being refused entry outright, a change that has developers scrambling and reignited a broader fight over who — platforms, payment networks...
Mastercard’s latest push into artificial intelligence marks a clear inflection point for payments: the company has moved from embedding AI into detection systems to enabling agentic commerce—where AI agents can negotiate, authorize and execute purchases on behalf of users—backed by new developer...
The Philippine small business landscape is poised for a transformative shift as Mastercard and Microsoft Philippines embark on a joint effort to empower 10,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with artificial intelligence (AI) and digital tools. This initiative, in partnership with &frnds, a...
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Visa and Mastercard, two titans of the global payment card industry, are under intense scrutiny in Europe as a coalition of major retailers and industry associations formally request intervention from the European Commission. The heart of the issue lies in soaring transaction fees and the...
Here's a summary of Mastercard's new AI shopping agent program, as reported by NewsBytes:
Collaboration: Mastercard is working with Microsoft, IBM, and other AI companies on a program that enables AI agents to shop and pay for items on behalf of users.
User Experience: Users can instruct the AI...
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Mastercard's recent collaboration with Microsoft and IBM marks a significant advancement in integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the online shopping and payment experience. This initiative introduces AI agents capable of assisting users in product selection and facilitating...
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Mastercard has recently introduced "Shopping Muse," an AI-powered shopping assistant developed by its subsidiary, Dynamic Yield. This innovative tool is designed to enhance the online shopping experience by providing personalized product recommendations through natural language interactions...
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Media outlets and a Twitter feed this week lobbed a controversial term into the public debate about cyber attacks over WikiLeaks: Link Removed the WikiLeaks' European Twitter feed declared, linking to a blog post of the same title.
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