Grocery delivery giant Instacart is paying a $60 million fine to settle FTC allegations of deceptive practices. The agency says the company tricked customers with false “free delivery” promises and sneaky subscription enrollments. Instacart settled but denies any wrongdoing.
The scramble for DRAM memory has gotten so intense it’s allegedly leading to corruption. Samsung is now investigating employees in Taiwan for reportedly taking kickbacks from distributors to secure supply.
In a major strategic play, Anthropic is open-sourcing the “Agent Skills” framework it first introduced in October. The move is creating a de facto standard for making AI assistants better at specialized tasks, with big names like Microsoft, Atlassian, and Stripe already on board.
PayPal is leaning into stablecoins like its own PYUSD to navigate the “classic innovator’s dilemma.” The company is integrating the crypto across its business, but analysts see no immediate impact on the bottom line.
Wall Street analysts made a flurry of calls to position for 2026, with major upgrades for Micron, Disney, and Rivian. The big themes? AI spending durability, a pivot away from pure EVs, and finding value in overlooked sectors.
North Korea has shattered its own record for crypto theft, with state-linked hackers responsible for roughly 59% of the over $3.4 billion stolen in 2025. The massive haul, estimated at $2 billion, was highlighted in Chainalysis’s 2026 Crypto Crime Report released this week. The tactics are getting m
New data center startup Fermi is denying a report that Amazon was the “investment grade-rated tenant” that backed out of a massive deal earlier this month. The agreement’s collapse wiped nearly half the value from Fermi’s stock, which had been valued at $15 billion in an October IPO.
Sony and Tencent have reached a confidential settlement over the game Light of Motiram, which Sony called a “slavish clone” of Horizon. The game has now been removed from major PC storefronts, ending a legal battle that began in July.
The FTC has sent Instacart a civil investigative demand over its AI pricing tool, Eversight. This follows a study revealing price differences of up to 23% for the same items. Instacart claims the tests were random, not targeted.
Fortune reports on the intense pressure at OpenAI as Google’s Gemini looms. Meanwhile, Databricks’ valuation soars to $134B, and Mozilla’s new CEO wants to rebuild trust with AI-focused Firefox.
