U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner nominee Matsumoto said officials should study ways to integrate alternative data, saying survey-based data systems will eventually be phased out.

The Financial Times reports an increasing number of oil tankers are switching off vessel-tracking transponders (AIS) when transiting the Strait of Hormuz, effectively going dark.

JD.com launched the Agent Autonomous Payment Protocol (A2P2), China’s first payment standard designed specifically for AI agents. A2P2 enables agents to execute payments autonomously within rule constraints while ensuring transaction traceability and auditability. JD positions the protocol for supply-chain settlement and consumer spending scenarios, saying it fills a key trust gap in payments for the emerging intelligent economy and provides secure, compliant, and regulatorily accessible payment infrastructure for large-scale agent applications.