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Amazon Go

Ex-Amazon, Google managers reveal new grocery tech startup powered by smart shopping cart

Shariq Siddiqui and Umer Sadiq thought Amazon Go was amazing. While the longtime Amazon employees didn’t work specifically on the… Read More

Amazon reportedly testing hand-scanning payment system for Whole Foods stores

With just the wave of a hand, Amazon is reportedly aiming to speed up checkout at Whole Foods stores. Amazon… Read More

3 more Amazon Go stores on the way in Seattle and Chicago, bringing total footprint to 17 locations

Amazon today announced three new Amazon Go stores that will open soon in Seattle and Chicago, bringing the total footprint… Read More

Shrouded in secrecy, big new Amazon retail store in Seattle appears ready to open soon

Amazon has been involved with a prime retail location in Seattle’s popular Capitol Hill neighborhood since 2015, more than a… Read More

For the 1st time, a new Amazon Go store accepts cash as lawmakers push cashless retail bans

Amazon today opened its 12th Amazon Go store, and its first in New York City. But there’s something about this… Read More

Amazon Go stores to accept cash as legislators go after cashless retail

Amazon is responding to growing criticism of retailers that don’t accept cash, which advocates for the poor say is a… Read More

What’s in store for Amazon? Language tweaks in filings shed light on tech giant’s evolution

Sometimes the smallest changes can say a lot. In just the last three years, Amazon has become a force in… Read More

As Amazon mulls grocery expansion, work resumes at big Seattle retail space long linked to tech giant

Construction has restarted inside a prime Seattle retail space that has for years been connected to Amazon, according to city… Read More

Report: Amazon to open new grocery stores with dozens of locations, separate from Whole Foods

Amazon’s brick-and-mortar grocery ambitions don’t stop with Whole Foods and Amazon Go. The company plans to launch dozens of grocery… Read More

Tech Moves: Airbnb gets into transportation; OfferUp brings on Buddy co-founder to lead engineering; Amazon Go’s AI director departs

Airbnb hired Fred Reid to be global head of transportation, a role that will focus on building partnerships and services… Read More

Year in pictures: Amazon’s amazing growth, SpaceX blasts off, the passing of Paul Allen and more

2018 was a year of acronyms. We witnessed an overhyped search for HQ2, a flurry of IPOs and the passing… Read More

Amazon’s year on the Go: Ninth store opens as customers and company embrace walk-out tech

Amazon has been making a Go of its cashier-less convenience stores for nearly a year, since opening its first location… Read More

Geek of the Week: Gerard Medioni is a man on the Go, turning Amazon’s retail concept into a reality

Amazon had a vision. Gerard Medioni had a computer vision. Together, there’s apparently no stopping the tech giant and the… Read More

New compact Amazon Go store opens the door for locations in office lobbies, hospitals and more

Amazon showed off the newest location of its cashier-less Amazon Go concept for the first time Wednesday, but this store… Read More

Amazon reportedly testing much larger, Amazon Go-like cashierless grocery store in Seattle

The Amazon Go concept may be getting ready to go bigger. Amazon is said to be testing even larger-format cashierless… Read More

Amazon opening second 4-star store for top-rated items in Denver suburb

Amazon unveiled the second location for its new brick-and-mortar retail concept that primarily stocks the most well-reviewed items from the… Read More

Walmart unveils Sam’s Club Now, its answer to Amazon Go, opening soon in Dallas

Walmart-owned Sam’s Club will soon open a cashier-free store concept that rivals Amazon Go. Walmart unveiled a new concept called… Read More

Amazon Go expands to San Francisco, with one store open and another coming soon

Amazon Go is live in San Francisco. The first San Francisco location of the cashier-less convenience store concept opened today… Read More

Second Amazon Go store opens in Chicago, with a third on the way

The second Amazon Go location opened in Chicago today, and a third is coming soon, showing that the tech giant… Read More

Amazon reportedly eyes opening up to 3,000 cashier-free Amazon Go stores by 2021

The fourth Amazon Go store just opened, but a new report claims a lot more could be on the horizon.… Read More

Amazon Go store opening in Chicago, 1st location outside Seattle for checkout-less grocery concept

The first Amazon Go store outside of Seattle is getting set to open its doors. The tech giant said it… Read More

Amazon Go is coming to New York City, 3rd market outside Seattle for checkout-less grocery concept

Amazon Go is headed to the Big Apple. An Amazon spokesperson said the company plans to open a store in… Read More

TLDR: Will Scener reinvent TV?

Today’s featured stories Born inside RealNetworks, Scener is a new Twitch-like commentary platform for streaming media Fresh patents served up… Read More

Fresh patents served up for the smart shelf technologies seen in Amazon Go stores

Amazon has just opened a third Seattle location that makes use of its cashierless Amazon Go grocery shopping concept —… Read More

Third Amazon Go location opens a week after second store, accelerating Amazon’s quest to end grocery checkout lines

Amazon today debuted the third location of its checkout-less grocery concept Amazon Go, the second store opening in a week.… Read More

TLDR: New Amazon Go store in Seattle, mass shooting at Florida esports tournament, new Xbox subscription service

Today’s featured stories Amazon makes another Go of checkout-free retail: Here’s what’s different inside latest Seattle location Mass shooting at… Read More

Amazon makes another Go of checkout-free retail: Here’s what’s different inside latest Seattle location

The second location of the Amazon Go checkout-free concept is here, and while the store didn’t feature too many significant… Read More

Second Amazon Go store opens in Seattle with further expansion on the horizon

Amazon has opened the second location of its checkout-less grocery concept Amazon Go in Seattle. The store, first discovered by… Read More

TLDR: Microsoft vs. Slack, high-tech Nike store, Elon Musk wants to help Flint

Today’s featured stories Microsoft unveils free version of Teams productivity tool, upping the ante against rival Slack ‘Not like Amazon… Read More

How Amazon’s expanding U.S. brick-and-mortar footprint stacks up against other big retailers

Amazon’s rapidly growing brick-and-mortar footprint — including a second Amazon Go store opening in Seattle this fall — has already… Read More

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