Image: Amazon Amazon’s palm scanning technology is expanding to 65 Whole Foods locations across California. The checkout devices were introduced in 2020 as part of the Amazon One payment service, allowing customers to pay with a scan of their palm. This is the biggest rollout by the company yet, with the first new Whole Foods…
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June Cohan, Senior Legal Advisor in the Office of Patent Legal Administration at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today explained to attendees of an event about the Office’s patent eligibility guidance that there are no plans to revise the guidance in light of the denial of certiorari in American Axle. She also acknowledged…
When you need more cloud storage, start by cleaning up the source. Firmbee.com / Unsplash This story has been updated. It was originally published on May 15, 2018. Cloud storage services have given us an easy, hardware-free way to back up and transfer files. Some of them even give you a little space for free….
Ford is raising the price of the F-150 Lightning, with increases ranging from $6,000 to $8,500, depending on the model and trim level. The entry-level “Pro” badged F-150 Lightning will now retail for $46,974, while the top-tier “Platinum Extended Range” version comes in at nearly $100,000. Ford cites rising costs for materials, as well as…
After pulling open roles across its Office and Windows divisions and letting go a portion of its 180,000-person workforce in July, Microsoft made additional cuts this week concentrated in its Modern Life Experiences (MLX) group, one of the groups responsible for customer-focused project R&D at the company. According to posts on LinkedIn, the recent layoffs…
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but when it comes to getting ahold of an appointment for your hair or another treatment…that’s a different story: The bespoke nature of a lot of the work has meant that a large swathe of the professionals providing these services have stayed offline when it comes…
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Your Spotify home page is getting a makeover. This week, Spotify is launching separate feeds for music and podcasts that will be accessible through the Home page on the app. This makes it easier to find what you’re really looking for. Your existing Home feed won’t change, but you will notice two new tabs on…
Delta Embraer. Markus Mainka/Shutterstock Delta Air Lines is cutting five regional routes as demand continues to lag in small markets. Dropped cities include places like Moline, Illinois, and Fort Wayne, Indiana. The carrier has also added one new Northeast route and added its newest plane, the Airbus A321neo, to six routes. Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines…
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