A truce between Amazon and Shopify

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Although Amazon Prime members who buy an item on a Shopify site will be able to use a payment method from their Amazon wallets, Shopify will process the payments through its checkout system. - The news comes a year after Shopify warned merchants that integrating the Amazon program would violate its terms of service and create a security risk. [Read more](. Microsoft unbundling Teams in Europe: The communication and collaboration software will no longer be included in Microsoft 365 and Office 365 for Microsoft’s primary business customers in the European Economic Area and Switzerland as the tech giant looks to appease antitrust regulators. [Read more.]( Ada Developers Academy “significantly” reduced its headcount with a new round of layoffs following the recent resignation of the nonprofit’s CEO. Admissions are paused at the boot camp for underrepresented individuals in tech, and an interim CEO has been appointed. 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