#Walmart repurposing warehouses to ship online orders faster

#Walmart repurposing warehouses to ship online orders faster

“#Walmart repurposing warehouses to ship online orders faster” Walmart is repurposing some of its massive distribution warehouses to help it deliver online orders faster ahead of the holiday shopping season. The nation’s biggest retailer — which is gearing up for another battle against Amazon for holiday web sales — said it will set up “pop-up”…

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#Amazon’s Alexa Can Now Ask You Follow-Up Questions

#Amazon’s Alexa Can Now Ask You Follow-Up Questions

“#Amazon’s Alexa Can Now Ask You Follow-Up Questions ” Photo: GRANT HINDSLEY / Contributor (Getty Images) Responding to demands from consumers for “an Alexa, but make it talk even more,” Amazon announced on Wednesday that its latest digital assistant model will be able to infer a user’s “latent goals,” and will use those to pose…

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#Amazon’s Ring recalls video doorbells that can catch on fire

#Amazon’s Ring recalls video doorbells that can catch on fire

“#Amazon’s Ring recalls video doorbells that can catch on fire” Home-security startup Ring is recalling about 350,000 video doorbells that could catch on fire if they’re not installed properly. The camera-equipped doorbells’ batteries can overheat if the wrong screws are used to mount them, the Amazon-owned company said in a recall notice filed with the…

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#EU accuses Amazon of using merchants’ data to help itself

#EU accuses Amazon of using merchants’ data to help itself

“#EU accuses Amazon of using merchants’ data to help itself” European Union officials charged Amazon with antitrust violations Tuesday for allegedly harvesting data from outside merchants to boost its own retail business. The European Commission said it has also opened a second antitrust investigation into whether the e-commerce giant gives special treatment to its own…

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#Jeff Bezos sells another  billion in Amazon stock

#Jeff Bezos sells another $3 billion in Amazon stock

“#Jeff Bezos sells another $3 billion in Amazon stock” Jeff Bezos sold another $3 billion worth of Amazon stock this week as his e-commerce empire’s share price continued to soar. The tech tycoon dumped 1 million Amazon shares over seven trades on Monday and Tuesday in his third batch of stock sales so far this…

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