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JD.com’s CEO Says Robots Will Replace Retail Workers
JD.com’s CEO Says Robots Will Replace Retail Workers
April 18, 2018  |  Retail

JD.com Chief Executive Richard Liu is predicting that robots will eventually supplant human workers in the retail industry. While Liu believes the change is inevitable,...

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Best Buy And Amazon’s Surprise Smart TV Team-Up
Best Buy And Amazon’s Surprise Smart TV Team-Up
April 18, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Retail makes for strange bedfellows at times — and in this week’s odd annals is the pair-up of putative rivals Best Buy and Amazon. The...

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Home Depot’s High-Tech Hiring Spree
Home Depot’s High-Tech Hiring Spree
April 18, 2018  |  Retail

Home Depot, unique among the big-box store retailers, has not only survived in the age of the Amazon-effect, but thrived. Stock prices have grown 135...

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New York AG Wants More Info From Crypto Traders
New York AG Wants More Info From Crypto Traders
April 18, 2018  |  Regulation

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has announced the launch of the Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative, a fact-finding inquiry into the policies and practices of...

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Social Media Usage Increases In Q1 Despite Facebook’s Data Scandal
Social Media Usage Increases In Q1 Despite Facebook’s Data Scandal
April 18, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Despite Facebook’s data scandal with Cambridge Analytica, the number of people that are using social media platforms increased by more than 100 million during the...

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Google And Apple Absent From Cybersecurity Tech Accord That Facebook And Microsoft Signed
Google And Apple Absent From Cybersecurity Tech Accord That Facebook And Microsoft Signed
April 18, 2018  |  Safety and Security

Technology companies are making the pledge to protect customers from cyberattacks, as well as making sure they don’t help governments advance their cyber warfare efforts....

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Amazon Prime To Take Over Whole Foods Rewards Program
Amazon Prime To Take Over Whole Foods Rewards Program
April 18, 2018  |  Amazon

Whole Foods Market has informed customers that it is shutting down its rewards program, which will most likely be folded into the Amazon Prime program....

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Google And Amazon Casualties Of Russia’s Telegram Ban
Google And Amazon Casualties Of Russia’s Telegram Ban
April 18, 2018  |  Amazon

Russia is making good on its threat to ban Telegram by blocking IP addresses owned by Google and Amazon, saying they were being used by...

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Discover Joins The Chamber Of Digital Commerce Executive Committee
Discover Joins The Chamber Of Digital Commerce Executive Committee
April 18, 2018  |  Blockchain

The Chamber of Digital Commerce announced news on Tuesday (April 17) that Discover Financial Services, the payments company, has been added to its executive committee....

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