Mia Sato

In the midst of Donald Trump’s tariff chaos, prices are rising at retailers like Walmart, Amazon, and Home Depot, according to data provided to The Verge by Bright Data, which tracks prices week over week. As of May 11th, for example, 21.5 percent of the 1.5 million tracked Amazon products had increased in price. Check out an interactive chart here.

The company is paying a group of creators to refer people to Instagram, Business Insider reports. Influencers can earn $100 for every new user or 1,000 visits to the Instagram app, with a $20,000 limit.

Qatar offering Donald Trump a private jet was framed as an extravagant gift — but it may have also been an efficient way to get rid of a clunky, expensive, fuel guzzling aircraft the royal family has been trying to sell since 2020. Forbes reports the aircraft flew just 1,069 hours in the five years before it was put up for sale. Upgrading it to be used as a presidential plane would take years.

The company says its new ad system will use AI to place ads in videos at “contextually relevant” moments where viewers are most likely to be engaged. YouTube announced the feature on Wednesday at its annual Brandcast event for advertisers.

The New York Times walked through one business owner’s tariff bill, breaking out all the taxes that stack on top of each other. On April 27th when the shipment arrived in the US, the total cost of tariffs was $34,389. Today, the tariff rate would be $12,954 now that Trump has slashed rates. His frequent tariff changes mean everyone is in a constant state of uncertainty.

In the lead up to Fortnite returning to the App Store, Epic is trying to entice players with a 20 percent rewards bonus when you use the company’s payment system to make purchases in certain games.