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Amazon deploys 1 millionth robot, launches AI model for robotic fleet
July 2, 2025
Amazon has hit a robotic milestone with the deployment of its one millionth robot in operation.
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Amazon developing humanoid robots for delivery use
June 16, 2025
Amazon is reportedly building software to create humanoid robots that may one day serve as a delivery worker as well as humanoid park for testing purposes.
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Amazon’s Vulcan robot boasts sense of touch
May 7, 2025
Amazon has debuted Vulcan, the company's first robot featuring a sense of touch.
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Amazon worker strike affects 7 delivery hubs
December 20, 2024
Amazon is facing a continued strike by Teamster union affiliates at seven of its distribution hubs, with the AP reporting that workers initiated the strike on…
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Best Buy, Target among retailers leveraging AI for shoppers
December 19, 2024
Best Buy and Target are among the retailers leaning into AI to help holiday shoppers, as reported by the Star Tribune, using generative AI to help shoppers…
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VEON's Kyivstar debuts generative AI lab with AWS, supports Ukraine economic recovery
December 2, 2024
Kyivstar, a Ukraine-based telecommunications provider and subsidiary of VEON, has launched a generative AI lab in partnership with Amazon Web Services.
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Amazon leverages generative AI for delivery
September 18, 2024
Amazon is leveraging generative AI to boost efficiency in deliveries, with applications including delivery route optimization and warehouse robot technology.
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Starlink Mini expands availability in US; Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites delayed
July 12, 2024
Satellite internet provider Starlink has expanded availability for Starlink Mini for select customers in the U.S., allowing customers to receive the dish model…
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Balancing the human touch with AI — a Q and A with Marbue Brown
by Daniel Brown — Editor, Networld Media Group
Marbue Brown, author, consultant, and CX executive, shares strategies for balancing AI with the human touch in customer experience development, the topic of…
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Xumo TV, Amazon, Fable double down on AI tools for TV, streaming
May 30, 2024
AI is at the core of three announcements from major media firms today, including generative AI and voice-based AI.
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Delivery robot market to surpass $29.8B by 2031
May 20, 2024
The delivery robot market is set to surpass $29.8 billion by 2031, according to a report from SkyQuest, an IP-focused research and investment bank and…
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Amazon switching Just Walk Out tech for cart tech
April 3, 2024
Amazon is pulling out its Just Walk Out cashierless technology in Amazon Fresh stores being revamped and will not be deploying the technology in new stores.
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Coffee machine camera irks Amazon warehouse employees
February 22, 2024
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Maple Grove, Minnesota, have complained about a camera in a coffee machine operated by Canteen. The employees felt the camera…
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My first Consumer Electronics Show: EV's, ePaper, terrible wayfinding make for a memorable outing
by Daniel Brown — Editor, Networld Media Group
My first ever Consumer Electronics Show was memorable, both for positive and negative experiences. Along with the power of emerging technologies related to…
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Mashgin partners with Keyo for biometric ID for self checkout
January 17, 2024
Mashgin, a provider of a touchless self-checkout system, has partnered with Keyo and its global biometric identity network for retail self checkout, according…
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‘Brainstorming of the brainstorming’ roundtable session on tap in Miami
December 1, 2023
Next week, the Self-Service Innovation Summit will host attendees hailing from diverse backgrounds when the event, now in its fourth year, convenes in Miami.
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Metz Culinary Management teams with Mashgin on contactless checkout
November 29, 2023
Metz Culinary Management Inc., a Dallas, Pennsylvania-based culinary services provider, has teamed with Mashgin to deliver contactless checkout technology to…
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Amazon taps Shift4 for checkout-free shopping at stadiums
September 29, 2023
Shift4, a provider of payments and commerce technology, has implemented its VenueNext solution with Amazon's Just Walk Out technology for a seamless shopping…
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Crunch Fitness intros Amazon One palm recognition for entry
September 6, 2023
Crunch Fitness, a New York City-based global fitness chain, has become the first fitness brand to introduce the Amazon One palm recognition service as an entry…
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Grubhub bringing Amazon's Just Walk Out Technology to college campuses
August 30, 2023
Amazon's Just Walk Out technology is now available at Loyola University Maryland, the first Grubhub-partnered campus to deploy the technology. It offers a…
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