After nearly a year’s delay, Amazon Go is finally opening to the public on Monday morning. Amazon‘s first automated grocery store promises “no lines, no checkouts, no registers” — and it could be a game-changer for the grocery and retail industry. It’ll test whether the technology can deliver after reports that the automated check-out technology […]
Read moreImmigration has been the biggest flash point between President Trump and the tech community during the president’s first year in office. The issue is somewhat personal: More than half of the privately held tech companies with $1 billion valuations have at least one immigrant founder, according to the National Foundation for American Policy. Tech leaders […]
Read moreFor technology users who have marveled at the ability of Siri or Alexa to recognize their voice, consider this: The National Security Agency has apparently been way ahead of Apple or Amazon. The agency has at its disposal voice recognition technology that it employs to identify terrorists, government spies, or anyone they choose — with […]
Read moreGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai has no regrets about firing James Damore, the engineer responsible for a controversial diversity-related memo last fall, though he said the way it played out in public was unfortunate. “I regret that people misunderstand that we made this decision because of a political belief one way or another,” Pichai said on […]
Read moreAfter a mixed earnings report from Goldman Sachs sparked a debate among Wall Street’s bulls and bears, CNBC’s Jim Cramer offered a piece of advice to the bank’s well-known CEO. “Whenever Goldman’s results hit an air pocket, it always finds a new way to make money. My suggestion to CEO Lloyd Blankfein? Let’s accept that […]
Read moreWhen a company like Amazon raises the prices for its service and nobody cares, CNBC’s Jim Cramer sees a clear next move. “When you see something like that, it’s about as clear a buy signal as you are ever, ever, ever going to get,” the “Mad Money” host said on Friday after Amazon upped the […]
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Even with a government shutdown looming, CNBC’s Jim Cramer expected good things for the next leg of earnings season. “Earnings season is upon us and it is always a guessing game, but this time around the rules have changed,” the “Mad Money” host said. “Rather than worrying about whether companies will beat or miss their […]
Read moreAmazon has hired a top Seattle doctor in its latest push into health care, according to two people familiar with the matter. Martin Levine of Iora Health, which focuses on Medicare patients in six U.S. markets, is one of Amazon’s most high-profile hires to date in health. It’s not yet certain what Levine’s role at […]
Read moreTo solve its “fake news” problem, Facebook is asking its users to complete surveys on what they determine is “high quality” news content. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on a post on his Facebook page Friday that the company will ask users if they are familiar with a specific news source — and whether they trusted […]
Read moreA serious payment glitch on retail website Overstock.com, which sells everything from furniture to diamond rings, allowed customers to pay with either bitcoin or bitcoin cash interchangeably. It’s a problem because the two cryptocurrencies, which split off from one another last August, have wildly different valuations. According to CoinMarketCap, one bitcoin is currently worth $13,880, […]
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