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Blast from the Past! 2009 when we did a radio commercial for Bucketworks, and old hackerspace in Milwaukee.
https://rasterweb.net/raster/2009/03/25/bucketworks-radio-commercial/

Bucketworks Radio Commercial
Occasionally at Z2 Marketing, I engineer radio commercials. If you still listen to commercial radio, you may have heard one of them!

A US government website shows the Commerce Department withdrew a planned rule tightening AI chip exports; a draft was sent to agencies for feedback in February (Karen Freifeld/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-commer

Mandar obedeciendo* in Wales?
Why Plaid Cymru’s plan to 'make a plan' might not be a bad plan, after all
https://nation.cymru/opinion/why-plaid-cymrus-plan-to-make-a-plan-might-not-be-a-bad-plan-after-all/
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Why Plaid Cymru’s plan to 'make a plan' might not be a bad plan, after all
James Downs, Mental health campaigner One of the more predictable criticisms of Plaid Cymru’s programme for the Senedd election has been that there is too much in it about planning, consultation, and asking people what they think. The plan for the first 100 days of a Plaid government focuses explicitly on preparation and listening, rather […]

Google is testing a new ad format in AI Mode that displays retailers selling the products a user is searching for in a Sponsored box (Vidhya Srinivasan/Google Ads & Commerce Blog)
https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/agentic-commerce…

New tech and tools for retailers to succeed in an agentic shopping era
An overview of Google’s new open standard for agentic commerce and AI tools to help retailers connect with shoppers and drive sales.

Iran extends airspace closure
Iran further extended an order closing its airspace to commercial aircraft without explanation early on Thursday.
A notice to pilots said the closure was estimated to last until 7.30am local time, the AP is reporting.
A previous order had closed the airspace for just over two hours.
The Iranian government offered no explanation of the decision to shut its airspace amid the tensions with Washington over Tehran’s protest crackdown.

The Supreme Court could legalize moonshine, and ruin everything else (Ian Millhiser/Vox)
https://www.vox.com/politics/485664/supreme-court-moonshine-commerce-clause-mcnutt-doj
http://www.memeorandum.com/260414/p32#a260414p32

IEEE Spectrum: These earbuds have eyes https://spectrum.ieee.org/smart-earbuds-smart-glasses-privacy "VueBuds integrate low-res cameras and visual AI as a smart glasses alternative"

Smart Earbuds Bring Visual Intelligence to Your Ears
VueBuds integrate low-res cameras and visual AI as a smart glasses alternative

The Department of Commerce says the US and Taiwan have reached a trade agreement as part of which Taiwan will invest $250B in chip production capacity in the US (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/us-taiwan-chips-deal-china.html

Taiwan will invest $250 billion in U.S. chipmaking under new trade deal
The U.S. and Taiwan have reached a trade agreement to build chips and chip factories on American soil, the Department of Commerce announced Thursday.

Flipkart and Amazon's quick commerce push in India is intensifying competition in an already crowded space where profitability remains under pressure (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/11/walmart-owned-f…

Walmart-owned Flipkart, Amazon are squeezing India's quick commerce startups | TechCrunch
Flipkart's ongoing expansion beyond major cities and heavy discounting is raising risks for India's quick commerce startups, analysts say.

Payment infrastructure provider Rezolve Ai agrees to acquire UK-based cashback rewards company Reward for $230M (PYMNTS.com)
https://www.pymnts.com/acquisitions/2026/rezolve-ai-acquires-reward-to-bolster-ai-commerce-strategy/

Rezolve Ai Acquires Reward to Bolster AI Commerce Strategy | PYMNTS.com
Commerce and payments infrastructure provider Rezolve Ai has acquired U.K.-based cash-back rewards company Reward. The $230 million