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Google Privacy Update Lets Connected Apps Shape AI Mode Ads via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson

Google is testing AI Mode ads informed by connected Gmail and Photos data, as its privacy policy adds an exception for ad personalization. The post Google Privacy Update Lets Connected Apps Shape AI Mode Ads appeared first on Search Engine

Announcing SOCI-indexed images for faster SageMaker AI jobs

Seekable OCI (SOCI) indexing for Amazon SageMaker AI training and processing jobs takes full container image download off the critical path. SageMaker AI lazy-loads your image to start containers in seconds instead of minutes, with no chang

Turn every order line item into a Zapier Tables record

Originally released July 28, 2026. A new customer just placed their first order, 12 products due out Friday. Your warehouse packs from a table with one row per product, and nothing ships until every row has a check mark. If your Zap drops t

Security update: Offline token dates, new security features

On October 20, we asked all app devs to secure their app, and told you we'd share more before any security change takes effect. Here's what's new, and what you need to do. Offline access tokens The migration timeline for offline access toke

Fix evaluation bias to unlock better models on Amazon Bedrock

Property Finder found that 96.8% of their vision-AI evaluation labels were inherited from the incumbent model, hiding its true accuracy. See how they built unbiased ground truth, applied evolutionary prompt optimization, and selected a more

Exowatt beats frontier models on accuracy with SageMaker serverless model customization

In this post, we show how Exowatt used Amazon SageMaker AI serverless model customization to build a repeatable AI pipeline that produces task-specific fine-tuned models for two deployment targets, edge and cloud, achieving higher accuracy

Migrate to expiring offline access tokens before January 1, 2027

Public apps still using non-expiring offline access tokens must migrate to use expiring offline access tokens before January 1, 2027 to remain listed in the Shopify App Store and continue accepting new installs. New client credentials acces

Amazon Business Debuts New Procurement Tools

Amazon Business has rolled out a pair of tools designed for procurement professionals. First up is Amazon Business Value Intelligence, which “quantifies cost savings, operational efficiency, and purchase compliance in a single, complete vie

Auto Baggers Move Downstream: A New Approach to Packing Station Productivity

For years, automated bagging systems have been viewed primarily as inventory preparation tools. Retailers, e-commerce companies, and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) commonly use systems from suppliers such as Pregis, PAC Machinery, A

Miami International adopts cargo community system

Miami International Airport (MIA) has launched a new airport cargo community system (ACCS) through its partnership with Kalé Logistics. The ACCS platform is available to freight forwarders, cargo handlers, truckers, carriers, and ground han

AI Infrastructure Spending Extends Core Capital Goods Growth in September

Demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure, business equipment and transportation equipment drove an increase in durable goods orders in September, according to data released Tuesday (Oct. 27) by the Census Bureau. New orders for non

The Case For Renting The Box And Buying The Truck

For a small carrier, the choice of whether to own a trailer, finance one, run power only, or rent by the day looks like a simple equipment question, but it is really a business decision with a cost structure attached to every option, and ge

Why Logistics AI Still Needs “Experts in the Loop”

As AI tools multiply across freight and logistics, the important question is how much control to hand over, and to what. On the latest Lean Quarterly Dive, host Malcolm Harris sat down with Lean Solutions Group CTO Alfonso Quijano to unpack

Can we trust LLMs to judge whether a research idea is novel?

UPS gears up for peak season with less Amazon volume in tow

The carrier expects U.S. volume to dip year over year in Q4, but packages from other customer segments are projected to boost revenue.

JohnLewis.com turns 25

Marking 25 years since johnlewis.com first launched, the department store has invested in both its online platforms and physical shops to inspire and serve customers however they choose to shop. Over the past two decades, John Lewis has wor

Meta and Nvidia Team to Enhance the Muse AI Family

Meta has turned to Nvidia for help in expanding its Muse family of AI models. The collaboration will focus on improving inference and training performance amid rising demand for “useful” AI agents, Nvidia said in a Monday (Oct. 26) news rel

Restrict Admin API access with an IP allowlist

You can now limit Admin API access tokens by IP address. When you add your servers' IP addresses to an IP allowlist in the Dev Dashboard, Shopify rejects GraphQL Admin API and REST Admin API requests that use your app's tokens from anywhere

Secure your app with network access rules in `shopify.app.toml`

You can now declare your app's external hosts and servers in a new [network_access] section of shopify.app.toml. Normally Shopify warns customers when they navigate to a URL ouside Shopify; declaring your external hosts skips this warning,

Translate & Adapt US/CAN Update: Auto-sync translations for up to 8 languages

For merchants in the United States and Canada, we've added automatic translation updates to Translate & Adapt. Until now, editing a product description or any other store content meant going back into the app to re-translate it yourself. As

VAT Registration

Guidance about how to determine whether someone must, or may voluntarily, register for VAT; the entity to be registered; and changes to the details held on the VAT Register.

Knight-Swift CEO says CDL crackdown could fuel lasting trucking recovery

Knight-Swift CEO Adam Miller said more restrictive broker-carrier relationships could reshape competition in trucking by favoring established fleets with stronger safety and compliance records The post Knight-Swift CEO says CDL crackdown co

SoFi Grows Deposits and Fees as Members Add Products

SoFi’s financial services business is gaining momentum even as interest rates move in a direction the company didn’t anticipate, according to the company’s third-quarter earnings call Tuesday (Oct. 27). The digital finance company added a r