Amazon testing cashier-free retail store

Amazon has unveiled a new kind of retail store, with no cashiers. Customers at the concept store in Amazon’s hometown of Seattle, Washington, can fill their shopping carts and walk out — with the costs automatically tallied up and billed to their accounts with the US online giant. Amazon Go, which is being tested with […]

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Amazon aim to recruit 120, 000 seasonal workers

US online giant Amazon on Thursday announced that it plans to hire 120,000 seasonal workers to help handle an expected crush of holiday shopping. The Seattle-based internet retail colossus takes such measures every year, but its recruitment goal for this Christmas season represent a 20 percent jump from 2015. Amazon turned 14,000 of those temporary […]

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Amazon wants to replace ‘awkward passwords’ with smiling selfies

AMAZON  is looking into allowing shoppers to pay with a selfie. The online retailer has filed a patent application for the technology, saying it is more secure and less “awkward” than traditional passwords. Customers would be able to take a picture or a short video of themselves to authenticate payments, instead of typing in a password. […]

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