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Amazon loses US court ban on Perplexity's AI shopping tools

August 05, 2026 3:03 pm

Amazon sued Perplexity in November, accusing the AI startup of covertly accessing private Amazon customer ⁠accounts through its Comet browser.

IIT Roorkee and TeamLease EdTech launches new programme

IIT Roorkee and TeamLease launch programme on AI for e-commerce and quick commerce

June 16, 2026 6:50 pm

The programme will be held in live sessions. This will help working professionals or aspirants who wants to enter-commerce and quick commerce complete the course without leaving the work.

Verma also stated that, based on self-audit reports, the e-commerce platforms should give self-declarations with the assertion that their platform is not indulging in any dark patterns.

Indians lose up to Rs 28,000 crore per year to dark patterns; Nykaa, BigBasket among worst offenders

June 11, 2026 7:51 am

Most Indians can spot a dark pattern when they see one. Yet, 85% still fall for them, resulting in online marketplaces extracting up to Rs 28,000 crore a year, a new study finds.

Who will blink first: Me or the 10-minute delivery apps?

May 20, 2026 3:00 pm

We live in a time when the algorithm knows what we want, and how soon we want it, before we do

From Gemini native checkout to UCP: Everything Google announced on AI shopping

January 13, 2026 9:51 am

Google’s announcement underscores how major tech companies are racing to turn AI chatbots into one-stop shopping destinations.

The woman claimed that it was only after she submitted video evidence of the encounter that Blinkit took firmer action (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)

Medicines can reach you in the blink of an eye. For India’s health, this is bad news

December 16, 2025 2:53 pm

The Drugs and Cosmetics Act restricts the sale of medicines without a licence and prohibits the distribution of misbranded, adulterated, or spurious drugs. Yet these safeguards are routinely bypassed in the digital space

Flipkart, Zomato, Blinkit among 26 leading e-commerce platforms to declare confirming compliance with dark patterns norms

November 20, 2025 2:01 pm

The guidelines identify and prohibit 13 dark patterns, which are false urgency, basket sneaking, confirm shaming, forced action, subscription trap, interface interference, bait and switch, drip pricing, disguised advertisements, nagging, trick wording, SaaS billing, and rogue malware.

Perplexity Comet is now available for free without a waitlist.

Why Amazon is trying to block Perplexity’s AI agent from accessing its online store

November 06, 2025 4:48 pm

The dispute between Amazon and Perplexity highlights the challenges of deploying AI agents amid growing turf wars in the AI race.

The man credited India’s speed to an intricate web of dark stores, dense rider networks, and efficient traffic navigation, which together enable a delivery system that’s almost unmatched globally (Image source: Express Collage)

‘Built on cheap labour by exploitation’: Indian-origin man shares how Germany is stunned by 10-minute delivery system, sparks debate

October 30, 2025 4:12 pm

In a lengthy LinkedIn post, the man described how Germans are often stunned by India’s 10-minute delivery services, popularised by companies like Blinkit and Zepto.

Amazon lays off 14,000 corporate employees as ‘AI’ continues to take whitecollar jobs

October 29, 2025 10:04 am

The layoffs are said to be the largest corporate job cuts in Amazon’s history, with earlier reports stating that the total number of layoffs could reach as high as 30,000.

E-COMMERCE VIDEOS

How Alex Jones of Infowars built his Tangy Tangerine-fueled empire

June 22, 2020 6:15 pm

Fans of Infowars don’t just buy in to the conspiracy theories peddled by Alex Jones, they actually buy stuff. Jones has amassed a fortune by pitching health products and weapons components as antidotes to the frightening worldview he broadcasts.