It’s a cliché (but a true one) to say that the automotive world, and the culture attached to it, is undergoing a massive, historic change — thanks to digital and mobile technology, and a shift in consumer preferences. Cars and trucks are becoming rolling centers...
Toronto is giving Google’s parent company, Alphabet, the green light to create a smart city with its subsidiary Sidewalk Labs, Reuters reported Friday (Nov. 15). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Volvo has partnered with public transport company Keolis on a self-driving bus. 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 newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...
Consumers are individuals and want to be treated that way, but the brick-and-mortar experience was not always personalized. There was a time when consumers would visit retailers that offered one-size-fits-all options. Even with advances in technology, physical stores still lag behind in offering personalization, gamification...
Seeing is believing. Excuse the cliché, but it does hold a good wallop of truth in commerce, especially as such technologies as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and 3D product visualization gain traction with merchants and consumers. Indeed, evidence of the appeal of those...
Go big or go home — that seems to be at least part of the thinking behind the latest effort to promote more ridesharing and more use of subscription commerce. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Society still puts the “gut instinct” on the pedestal, often celebrating people who lead by intuition and emotion, and putting them at the center of movies, TV shows and pop culture. That’s fine, at least as far as it goes. Get the Full Story Complete...
On Oct. 23, the team at Google announced it had hit a technological milestone that scientists have been theorizing about for over 30 years: quantum supremacy. Some rejoiced at the great leap forward for the future of computing. Others, particularly the team at IBM, took...
Engineers at MIT have been working on a better way for last-mile delivery robots to find doors or garages, with the goal of improving the time and efficiency of these types of deliveries. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
