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Microsoft Turns Copilot Chats Into a Checkout Lane

Par : BeauHD
8 janvier 2026 à 22:50
Microsoft is embedding full e-commerce checkout directly into Copilot chats, letting users buy products without ever visiting a retailer's website. "If checkout happens inside AI conversations, retailers risk losing direct customer relationships -- while platforms like Microsoft gain leverage," reports Axios. From the report: Microsoft unveiled new agentic AI tools for retailers at the NRF 2026 retail conference, including Copilot Checkout, which lets shoppers complete purchases inside Copilot without being redirected to a retailer's website. The checkout feature is live in the U.S. with Shopify, PayPal, Stripe and Etsy integrations. Copilot apps have more than 100 million monthly active users, spanning consumer and commercial audiences, according to the company. More than 800 million monthly active users interact with AI features across Microsoft products more broadly. Shopping journeys involving Copilot are 33% shorter than traditional search paths and see a 53% increase in purchases within 30 minutes of interaction, Microsoft says. When shopping intent is present, journeys involving Copilot are 194% more likely to result in a purchase than those without it.

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Wi-Fi Advocates Get Win From FCC With Vote To Allow Higher-Power Devices

Par : BeauHD
8 janvier 2026 à 22:10
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission plans to authorize a new category of wireless devices in the 6 GHz Wi-Fi band that will be permitted to operate at higher power levels than currently allowed. The FCC will also consider authorizing higher power levels for certain wireless devices that are only allowed to operate indoors. The FCC said it scheduled a vote for its January 29 meeting on an order "to create a new category of unlicensed devices... that can operate outdoors and at higher power than previously authorized devices." These so-called Geofenced variable power (GVP) devices operating on the 6 GHz band will "support high data rates suitable for AR/VR, short-range hotspots, automation, and indoor navigation," and "overcome limitations of previous device classes by allowing higher power and outdoor mobility," the FCC said. They will be required to work with geofencing systems to avoid interference with fixed microwave links and radio astronomy observatories. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr attributed the FCC's planned action to President Trump in a press release titled, "President Trump Unleashes American Innovation With 6 GHz Win." That's consistent with Carr's relatively new stance that the FCC takes orders from the president, despite his insisting during the Biden era that the FCC must operate independently from the White House. While many of Carr's regulatory decisions have been criticized by consumer advocates, the 6 GHz action is an exception. Michael Calabrese, of New America's Open Technology Institute, told Ars that "increasing the power levels for Wi-Fi connections to peripheral devices such as AR/VR is a big win for consumers" and a change that has been "long advocated by the Wi-Fi community." Carr said that the FCC "will vote on an order that expands unlicensed operations in the 6 GHz band so that consumers can benefit from better, faster Wi-Fi and an entirely new generation of wireless devices -- from AR/VR and IoT to a range of innovative smart devices. [It] will do so through a set of forward-looking regulations that allow devices to operate at higher power while protecting incumbent users, including through geofencing systems." [...] A draft of the order said the planned "additional power will enable composite standard-power/LPI access points to increase indoor coverage and provide more versatility to American consumers." The FCC will also seek comment on a proposal to authorize LPI access points on cruise ships.

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EN DIRECT, Venezuela : un « nombre important » de prisonniers politiques vont être libérés, annonce le président du Parlement

Cela concerne des «  personnes vénézuéliennes et étrangères », selon Jorge Rodriguez, qui n’est pas entré dans le détail au sujet de l’identité des prisonniers. La célèbre avocate et militante vénézuélienne Rocio San Miguel, arrêtée en février 2024, a été relâchée, tout comme cinq prisonniers espagnols.

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L’Hélicoïde, qui abrite les services de renseignement du gouvernement ainsi qu’un centre de détention où sont internés des prisonniers politiques, à Caracas, au Venezuela, le jeudi 8 janvier 2026.

EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Volodymyr Zelensky avertit qu’une attaque russe « de grande envergure » est possible dès ce soir

Selon le président ukrainien, les Russes « tentent de tirer profit des conditions météorologiques » alors que le pays est en plein hiver et que les habitants des oblasts de Dnipropetrovsk et Zaporijia étaient sans électricité.

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Dans un tramway, à Kiev, le 8 janvier 2026.

«Je n’ai pas besoin du droit international» : Trump assure que sa «moralité» est son unique limite pour agir dans le monde

Au cours d’un entretien accordé au New York Times, le président américain a indiqué qu’il «ne cherche pas à faire de mal à qui que ce soit».

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Le président américain Donald Trump.

Qui était Renee Nicole Good, la mère de famille de 37 ans tuée par la police de l'immigration à Minneapolis ?

La jeune femme a été abattue par un agent de la police de l’immigration (ICE) lors d’une «opération ciblée» à Minneapolis, grande ville du Minnesota, alors qu’elle était au volant de sa voiture. Sa mort est due selon l’administration Trump à un acte de «légitime défense».

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Un portrait de Renee Nicole Good collé sur un lampadaire près du lieu où elle a été abattue le 8 janvier 2026 à Minneapolis, dans le Minnesota. 
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