Published on: 2025-06-14 01:25:13
is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. The European Union has warned Shein that several of its practices violate EU consumer protection law, including by offering “fake discounts” and pressuring customers into completing purchases with phony deadlines. This week, the EU’s Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network said the fast-fashion retailer needs to bring its practices in line wit
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 09:18:52
Verizon petitioned the Trump administration to let it lock phones to its network for longer periods of time, making it harder for customers to switch to other carriers. There are two rules that require Verizon to unlock phones more quickly than other major carriers. Verizon agreed to both rules and gained significant benefits in return—first in 2008 when it purchased licenses to use 700 MHz spectrum that came with open access requirements and in 2021 when it agreed to merger conditions in order
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-10 09:06:22
Bloomberg/Getty Images Got your eye on a new laptop, smartphone, TV, or gaming console? Be prepared to shell out more money if and when you decide to buy it. A new report released this week by the Consumer Technology Association describes how the Trump tariffs could dramatically bump up the cost of your favorite electronic products. Based on analysis from the Trade Partnership Worldwide (TPW), an international trade and economic consulting firm, the latest report follows one released in Januar
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-10 09:19:24
is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Disney is getting ready to launch ESPN’s standalone streaming service – and apparently, it may just be called “ESPN,” according to a report from CNBC. Sources tell CNBC that ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro chose the name “to simplify what’s become a cluttered streaming world, filled with different media products that can be bundled with other services at
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-15 07:20:45
For years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program has helped consumers save a collective $40 billion in annual energy costs. Now, the Trump administration wants to wind it down, according to a report from CNN. The Energy Star program, which has a budget of $32 million, is a public-private partnership that works with appliance and electronics manufacturers to certify energy-efficient products while also helping consumers find rebates to lower the purchase cost. “El
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-15 17:20:45
For years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program has helped consumers save a collective $40 billion in annual energy costs. Now, the Trump administration wants to wind it down, according to a report from CNN. The Energy Star program, which has a budget of $32 million, is a public-private partnership that works with appliance and electronics manufacturers to certify energy-efficient products while also helping consumers find rebates to lower the purchase cost. “El
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-15 21:48:07
is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Disney Plus and Hulu saw another leap in profitability over the past few months. In its second fiscal quarter earnings results released on Wednesday, Disney revealed that the services’ combined operating income grew to $336 million, up from $47 million during the same time last year. The entertainment giant also reported gaining 1 million Disney Pl
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-16 17:18:59
The entrance to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters is seen during a protest on Feb. 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Affirm and other BNPL firms had voiced opposition to the billing statement requirement, arguing that it would confuse users and add unnecessary friction. The CFPB said in a notice on Tuesday that it will not prioritize enforcement of a rule, established during Joe Biden's presidency, that classified BNPL providers as credit card issuers subject to the Truth
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-16 17:02:13
is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Representative Kat Cammack (R-FL) introduced a bill Tuesday that would require “large app store operators” like Apple to let users install third-party app stores and set them as their default. The bill, called the App Store Freedom Act, aims to “promote competition and protect consumers and developers in the mobile app marketplace,” according to a p
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 13:01:17
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Visa has launched a new platform designed to let artificial intelligence agents purchase products on behalf of users, effectively giving AI access to people’s credit cards — with strict guardrails. The system, called Visa Intelligent Commerce, was unveiled last Wednesday at the company’s Global Product Drop event in San Francisco and enables AI assistants to not only re
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-21 21:45:52
Apple CEO Tim Cook, center, watches during the inauguration ceremonies for President Donald Trump, right, and Vice President JD Vance, left, in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. A tale of two different technology companies is playing out this earnings season as President Donald Trump's global trade upheaval makes planning nearly impossible. Businesses reliant on advertising appear to be holding on for the near-term as those dependent on consumer spending have starte
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-22 22:10:29
The popular Chinese ecommerce site Temu appears to have abruptly removed all products in the US version of its online store that ship directly to consumers from China, causing widespread confusion among both the company’s suppliers and customers. The change seemingly happened earlier this week, just days before a trade loophole that allows American consumers to buy products from China without paying tariffs is set to disappear as part of sweeping new import duties imposed by US president Donald
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-06 01:41:42
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Sweeping tariffs have brought widespread confusion to international markets, and businesses everywhere are bracing for price hikes. US carrier execs have recently spoken out about the potential impact tariffs could have on smartphone sales. Both Verizon and AT&T have expressed plans to pass tariff-associated costs along to end consumers. The current US administration’s chaotic love affair with tariffs is still wreaking havoc upon global markets, and
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-07 21:01:00
SpiffyJ/Getty Images AI agents are changing how we work, but Salesforce's latest research reveals that consumers are also looking to agentic AI to simplify their daily lives. The survey of 2,552 US consumers identified four personality types interested in AI agents: the Life-Hacker, the Tastemaker, the Minimalist, and the Smarty Pants. Also: Why neglecting AI ethics is such risky business - and how to do AI right The findings reveal that consumer personas are as varied as the AI agents servi
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The Federal Trade Commission is suing the rideshare company Uber for what it's calling deceptive business practices with its Uber One subscription service. In its complaint filed in a San Francisco district court, the FTC cites instances where customers say they were charged for the service when they believed their subscriptions were canceled or were not allowed to cancel their accounts easily. Uber One costs $10 a month and allows users to get discounts, free delivery on Uber Eats and cash bac
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-10 12:11:00
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been instructed to pull back on protecting consumers from predatory practices from student loan lenders, medical debt collectors and digital payment apps. Bloomberg/Getty Images The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will no longer prioritize protecting consumers with medical debt, student loans or digital payment and peer-to-peer lending platforms, according to an internal memo reported by The Wall Street Journal. Instead, the bureau has been ins
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-10 18:22:55
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit today against Uber, alleging the rideshare and delivery company charged consumers for its Uber One subscription service without their consent, failed to deliver promised savings, and made it difficult for users to cancel the service despite its “cancel anytime” promises. “Americans are tired of getting signed up for unwanted subscriptions that seem impossible to cancel,” said FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson. “The Trump-Vance FTC is fighting back on b
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-11 09:22:55
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit today against Uber, alleging the rideshare and delivery company charged consumers for its Uber One subscription service without their consent, failed to deliver promised savings, and made it difficult for users to cancel the service despite its “cancel anytime” promises. “Americans are tired of getting signed up for unwanted subscriptions that seem impossible to cancel,” said FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson. “The Trump-Vance FTC is fighting back on b
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-14 21:52:39
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been reduced to a skeleton crew. The department, which was created to oversee banks and financial institutions, has cut about 1,500 jobs , leaving about 200 employees and reducing the agency by about 90 percent. In addition to cutting most of the staff, Chief Legal Officer Mark Paoletta sent a memo detailing the changed priorities for the CFPB. The bureau has been ordered to deprioritize subjects including consumer data, digital payments, medical deb
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-15 01:27:51
More than 1,400 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) workers were terminated from their positions on Thursday amid a broader Trump administration shakeup at the independent government agency, sources tell WIRED. There were around 1,700 employees in total at the CFPB. The mass reduction in force, or RIF, comes nearly a month after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order barring the Trump administration from removing probationary employees at the CFPB and other agencies. On Fr
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-15 09:54:47
The Chinese e-commerce marketplace app DHgate, which is now the No. 2 free iPhone app in the U.S., isn’t the only one that’s oddly benefiting from President Trump’s tariffs on U.S. imports from China. Another Chinese shopping app, Taobao, has now also entered the Top 5 as of Thursday. U.S. consumers began flocking to these apps over the past several days in the wake of numerous TikTok videos from Chinese manufacturers explaining how much of the luxury goods market operates out of China. The vid
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-27 05:30:00
In Brief Glossier is reportedly fundraising again, aiming to raise $100 million with a valuation “south of a billion dollars,” according to Puck. Glossier, still one of the more popular beauty brands, was last valued at $1.8 billion nearly four years ago but has struggled with profitability and scale these past few years. Glossier did not immediately respond to our request for comment. Sources who spoke to Puck stressed that Glossier doesn’t necessarily need the money, but had a desire for ne
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-29 01:25:13
The fintech sector is rallying Wednesday following the Trump administration's announcement of a 90-day pause on planned tariffs. Affirm was up 20%, Toast and Block rose 13% and PayPal increased 10%. The 90-day pause doesn't eliminate the threat of tariffs — it just delays it. Investors are still pricing in risk, including inflation, discretionary pullbacks, hardware import costs and credit exposure. Legacy payment networks such as Visa and Mastercard , both up 6%, continue to benefit from inf
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Consumer electronics brand Framework announced today on X that it will temporarily suspend US sales of select laptop models as a result of the global tariffs enacted for the country last week. The company said it will remove the Ultra 5 125H and Ryzen 5 7640U versions of its Laptop 13 systems from its website. At the time of publish, that Ultra 5 Intel model is not listed, but the Ryzen 5 one with the AMD chip appears to still be available for purchase. In a follow-up post , the company said th
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-04 16:22:00
Cars and agricultural products aren't the only goods the Trump administration is targeting with tariffs. As part of the package of tariffs announced on March 5, the US slapped a 10% tariff on Canadian energy in addition to 25% tariffs on nearly all goods imported from Canada and Mexico. At first, some businesses, like carmakers, were temporarily exempted, but that's no longer the case as of April 2. The Trump administration unveiled a list of tariffs for every country in the world, ranging from
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-11 12:52:59
Sometimes, surprises are lurking in everyday data. Take a category of consumers that Doug Rubin’s startup, Northwind Climate, calls “climate doers.” They’re concerned about climate change and tend to prioritize climate-friendly purchases, the sort of identifiers who might be stereotypically associated with things like buying organic foods or prioritizing local businesses. “Turns out that the climate doers category actually are the consumers who most frequent fast-food restaurants,” Rubin told
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-11 17:52:59
Sometimes, surprises are lurking in everyday data. Take a category of consumers that Doug Rubin’s startup, Northwind Climate, calls “climate doers.” They’re concerned about climate change and tend to prioritize climate friendly purchases, the sort of identifiers that might be stereotypically associated with things like buying organic foods or prioritizing local businesses. “Turns out that the climate doers category actually are the consumers who most frequent fast food restaurants,” Rubin told
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-12 22:24:00
If the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau doesn't prioritize protecting consumers, does it matter if the watchdog agency still exists? It might seem like a philosophical question, but this could be the CFPB's final chapter. On Friday, a federal court blocked the Trump administration from dismantling the agency with a temporary injunction, ordering employees be reinstated. But some of the damage has already been done. The CFPB has suspended most operations and started unwinding regulations, a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-23 16:05:35
The UK’s Consumer Markets Authority (CMA) has provided an update into its investigation of Ticketmaster after the sale of Oasis reunion tour tickets resulted in grossly inflated ticket prices and numerous consumer complaints. The CMA said that the results of the investigation warranted, “consulting with the ticketing platform on changes to ensure fans receive the right information, at the right time.” Of concern to the CMA was Ticketmaster’s labeling and information practices. In its update, th
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-27 17:44:19
In July 2024, AT&T became the first carrier to apply for a technology transition discontinuance "under the Adequate Replacement Test relying on the applicant's own replacement service," the order said. "AT&T indicated in this application that it was relying on a totality of the circumstances showing to establish the adequacy of its replacement service, but also committed to the performance testing methodology and parameters established in the 2016 Technology Transitions Order Technical Appendix.
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