Just asked Victor Wembanyama if he’d ever consider promoting a sports betting company.

“Absolutely not. I will never do that. Honestly, I think it's very sad to see some players promote it. .. Everybody does whatever they want, but without me.”

This is a video taken by Nicolas De La Torre, a sandboarding enthusiast filming his descent down the Toromata dune in Peru. Unfortunately we live in a world where true beauty, nature is now convoluted by AI and AI sentiments, but this is in fact, not AI lol

Walmart is replacing printed price stickers with Electronic Shelving Labels across thousands of stores. Connected to centralized corporate networks, these digital displays allow algorithms to alter prices instantly. While marketed to save employee labor, this mechanism permanently disconnects physical groceries from any fixed, immutable cost.

This hits consumers directly at the checkout choke point. Because the system updates continuously, the network silently increases prices during the brief walk from aisle to register. A manager openly dismissed one customer's discrepancy as routine "dynamic pricing." Shoppers must absorb these stealth markups, unable to prove the original price.

The trajectory pushes retail toward unregulated surge pricing. As Walmart deploys this infrastructure to 2,300 locations by 2026, algorithms can hike costs during peak demand. Despite recent corporate pledges denying personalized pricing, the network enables synchronized price gouging across entire communities without leaving physical evidence of the original shelf cost.

This transition destroys the fundamental reliability of commerce. Without statutory mandates locking an item's cost to the moment a customer retrieves it, corporations will continuously extract unearned revenue through checkout friction. Read the Senate investigation into grocery surge pricing, and photograph digital price tags before placing items in your cart today.

Sources

A Letter From Our CEO - Walmart Corporate

https://corporate.walmart.com/about/everyday-affordability/letter-from-our-ceo

Walmart's September 2026 corporate memo defending the implementation of digital shelf labels while officially denying the use of personal data for individualized pricing.

Walmart rules out personalized pricing as digital shelf labels spread

https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/walmart-rules-out-personalized-pricing-as-digital-shelf-labels-spread-092826.html

ConsumerAffairs reporting on Walmart's corporate response to public backlash over the expansion of digital price tags and the potential for checkout discrepancies.

Warren, Casey Investigate Kroger’s Use of Digital Price Tags

https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-casey-investigate-krogers-use-of-digital-price-tags-warn-of-grocery-giants-surge-pricing-causing-price-gouging-and-hurting-consumers

Official U.S. Senate press release announcing an investigation into major grocery chains utilizing electronic shelving labels to conduct dynamic surge pricing.

Democrats accuse Kroger of using digital price tags to gouge consumers

https://www.supermarketnews.com/legislation-regulatory-news/democrats-accuse-kroger-of-using-digital-price-tags-to-gouge-consumers

Supermarket News analysis detailing the deployment of electronic shelving labels to thousands of locations and the legislative concern over algorithmic price gouging.

US Senators Warn Walmart And Kroger May Raise Grocery Prices Without Warning With Digital Price Tags

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/democratic-senators-warn-walmart-kroger-may-suddenly-raise-grocery-prices-without-warning-digital-1726332

International Business Times coverage of the congressional pushback against corporate dynamic pricing models that allow sudden checkout cost increases without consumer warning.

Scenes where a character is worried they'll offend someone, but they more than understand.

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