
TikTok Shop GMV to Reach $100 Billion in 2026, Driven by U.S. Growth
TikTok Shop's gross merchandise value is projected to hit $100 billion in 2026, doubling its 2025 performance, with the U.S. market leading the surge.

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TikTok Shop's gross merchandise value is projected to hit $100 billion in 2026, doubling its 2025 performance, with the U.S. market leading the surge.
Documents reveal xAI may be operating data centers without required environmental permits, raising pollution concerns.

The developer tooling startup Herdr will participate in Y Combinator's latest batch, emphasizing its commitment to open source.

The falling price of AI tools masks a significant, unquantified cost: the developer's time spent relearning each new system.

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Cloudflare releases its internal AI agent workspace, Vibe, as an open-source project to empower non-coders.
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Mattrx slashed KPI query times from 2.1 seconds to 48ms by rethinking how it handles 1.2 billion rows, avoiding direct aggregation.

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