Ecommerce within social media platforms has been a trend for some time and the pandemic makes it even more important. So it’s not surprising but still worth noting that Facebook has launched Shops, which lets small businesses set up an online store within their Facebook and Instagram profile pages. There’s no altruism here: Facebook will charge a small fee for sales and expects this will generate more advertising.

You also have little interest in security or access management, but those are important too. So I’ll mention that access management vendor CyberArk is spending $70 million to buy Idaptive, which uses AI to identify questionable access requests.

Meta has begun rolling out its AI assistant across more than 40 European countries. It blames delays in the rollout on Europe’s “complex regulatory system.” The assistant will be available in six languages, initially on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Messenger.