Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China has unveiled new rules to rein in aggressive pricing tactics by online platforms, prohibiting e-commerce operators from ...

A months-long joint investigation by Consumer Reports and Groundwork Collaborative has uncovered widespread price testing on Instacart's grocery delivery platform. The research shows that identical ...

Online grocery delivery service Instacart used AI to charge different prices for the same item, up to 20% more for different shoppers, a new report says. An investigation from Consumer Reports and ...

Popular food delivery service Instacart has been using a shady algorithm that charges different prices to different customers on the same grocery items in the same supermarkets without telling them, ...

(NEXSTAR) — For the first time since 2021, the national average for a gallon of regular gas in the U.S. has dropped below $3, but not every state gets to enjoy the record-low price. AAA reported ...

Spokane has joined the growing list of cities across the country to ban the use of algorithmic software that landlords have allegedly used to coordinate rent increases, which some Spokane City Council ...

Online shoppers in New York are now seeing a new warning on product pages thanks to consumer protection legislation that took effect in early November. Particularly noticeable during Black Friday ...

This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. Earlier this year, a slightly balding man in spectacles, a black T-shirt, and bright high-top ...

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other’s moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal ...

Salem man pleads guilty to murder after ex found in crashed car A 40-year-old man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Monday after deputies found the body of a woman in her wrecked car in ...

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a... Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing ...