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Amazon Music Goes Ultra-High-Definition
October 02, 2020

Thanks to a partnership with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, thousands of tunes on Amazon Music will be retooled to ultra-high-definition, Amazon announced on Friday (Oct. 2). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Amazon Introduces Smart Shopping Carts At LA Supermarket
July 14, 2020

Amazon has introduced the next generation shopping cart that lets customers skip checkout lines, CNBC reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

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Amazon Retracts Request For Employees To Remove TikTok From Phones
July 10, 2020

After asking employees to remove the TikTok app from their phones Friday morning (July 10), Amazon later said it sent the staff memo in error, The Wall Street Journal reported late Friday. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Amazon Pushes Its Cashierless Tech To Enterprise Retailers
March 15, 2020

Amazon has been extending an olive branch to other large retailers offering collaborating for cashierless, automated stores — but so far, rivals Walmart and Target haven’t been swayed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Amazon Sells ‘Just Walk Out’ Technology To Merchants
March 09, 2020

Amazon is introducing its “Go” concept to other merchants interested in its “Just Walk Out” technology, Reuters reported on Monday (March 9). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Hey Alexa, Do You Get Me?
November 29, 2019

Machines don’t have feelings, at least not yet. But machines – notably, the voice-assisted and voice-activated devices that are increasingly populating consumers’ homes – are becoming much better at reading emotions. And that will stand as one of the top trends in the new decade, at least...

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Amazon Sends Thousands Of Alexa Recordings To German User  
December 20, 2018

A man in Germany was curious what Amazon’s Alexa had recorded in his home, so he contacted Amazon and asked to listen back to his recordings. What he got back was something unexpected: thousands of recordings from someone else, according to a report by CNBC....

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Amazon Go ‘Mini’ Opens In Seattle
December 13, 2018

Amazon has opened a smaller version of its cashier-free Amazon Go food stores in one of its Seattle offices, according to a report by the New York Post. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Amazon Alexa ‘Asks The Audience’
December 07, 2018

Amazon has launched an invite-only program that asks customers to submit answers to Alexa’s more difficult questions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...