An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Amazon has launched a new program that directly pays consumers for information about what they’re purchasing outside of Amazon.com and for responding to short surveys. The program, Amazon Shopper Panel, asks users to send in 10 receipts per month for any purchases made at non-Amazon retailers, including grocery stores, department stores, drug stores…
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Amazon Drivers Say Smartphones-In-Trees Scheme Has Been Thwarted
Amazon.com contract drivers have noticed a sudden change this week in how the company assigns delivery routes, a sign that it has found a way to prevent rogue operators from gaming the system to snatch orders first. From a report: Bloomberg on Tuesday revealed that drivers were putting smartphones in trees outside Whole Foods and Amazon delivery stations in the Chicago…
Amazon Drivers Are Hanging Smartphones in Trees To Get More Work
A strange phenomenon has emerged near Amazon.com delivery stations and Whole Foods stores in the Chicago suburbs: smartphones dangling from trees. Contract delivery drivers are putting them there to get a jump on rivals seeking orders, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. From a report: Someone places several devices in a tree located close to the station where deliveries originate. Drivers in on the…
Is Big Tech About to Take Over Higher Education?
“In 2017, Scott Galloway anticipated Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods a month before it was announced,” reports New York magazine (in an article shared by long-time Slashdot reader Faizdog). Galloway teaches marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, and he’s now predicting the pandemic “has greased the wheels for big tech’s entree into higher education.”
The post-pandemic future, he says,…
Amazon Built a Roving Robot Covered in UV Light Bulbs that Could Kill the Coronavirus in Warehouses and Whole Foods Stores
Amazon has built robot that is designed to kill the novel coronavirus with ultraviolet light. From a report: The robot looks a little like a hotel luggage cart, with a tall metal frame attached to a rectangular wheeled bottom. One side of the frame is outfitted with at least 10 ultraviolet tube lights. In a video shared with CBS News’ “60…
Not Everyone is Laying Off Workers Because of Coronavirus. These Are the Most in-demand Jobs Right Now.
A record 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, according to Thursday’s Labor Department report, compared with around 280,000 a week earlier. That said, it hasn’t all been bad news for those in search of work, as the pandemic places increased demand on industries like health care and delivery services. 10 most in-demand jobs in the US: Store associate
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How Blue Apron Became a Massive $2 Billion Disaster
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Observer: If you like to cook but not to shop or plan your own meals, and if you weren’t too hungry, and if you didn’t like cooking for too many friends, then Blue Apron — the startup delivering precisely measured, prepackaged amounts of just enough salmon, green beans, butter and lemon for one meal,…
Amazon Has 150 Million Prime Members
Amazon’s latest earnings release reveals the company now has 150 million Prime members around the world, a substantial increase from the 100 million it announced back in 2018. It’s also quite impressive considering the Prime membership fee increased from $99 to $119 a couple of years ago. Engadget reports: “We’ve made Prime delivery faster — the number of items delivered to…
US Consumers Might Get Their First Taste of Transgenic Salmon This Year
Wave723 shares a report from IEEE Spectrum: Only in the past five years has it become possible to raise thousands of healthy fish so far from the shoreline without contaminating millions of gallons of fresh water. A technology called recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) now allows indoor aquaculture farms to recycle up to 99 percent of the water they use. And the…
New Amazon Scanner Can Identify Shoppers By The Veins In Their Hand
An anonymous reader quotes USA Today: What if you could pay for your groceries using your veins? Amazon filed a patent for technology that could identify you by scanning the wrinkles in the palm of your hand and by using a light to see beneath your skin to your blood vessels. The resulting images could be used to identify you as…