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Big deals are back with a $53 billion bang

Wed, 02/21/2024 - 06:17

Tech Insider

traders celebrate — Fading recession fears are helping to fuel a new deals boom.
Charles Platiau/Reuters

finance, finance, Markets, ma, Deals, walmart, capital-one

Walmart and Amazon face legal trouble for using a points system to track and fire employees over absences: lawyers

Wed, 02/21/2024 - 05:00

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A row of timecards gradually turning into a pink slip — Both Amazon and Walmart use a points-based attendance system.
Tyler Le/BI

Law, amazon, walmart, Lawsuits, tyler-le, bi-illustration

Walmart reduced its store fleet by 102 locations last year — a smart move for what's next

Tue, 02/20/2024 - 13:47

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The Walmart supercenter in Germantown, Wisconsin — Walmart is refocusing its physical retail strategy on bigger stores.
Dominick Reuter/Business Insider

Retail, walmart, store-openings, store-closings

Sam's Club CEO wants to use AI-powered cart scanners to ring you up automatically

Tue, 02/20/2024 - 13:44

Tech Insider

A person passes through new shopping cart scanning tech at Sam's Club. — Sam's Club members must ring up their totals using the company's phone app before heading to the exits, but that's going to change.
Walmart

Retail, Tech, walmart, sams-club, AI, computer-vision, amazon

Hackers are targeting Walmart Spark drivers' accounts and using them to shop for the delivery service, drivers say

Mon, 02/19/2024 - 06:23

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A customer wearing a warm hat, a scarf, and other winter clothing pushes a cart through the aisles of a Walmart store in Chicago. In the middle of the aisle sit pallets of laundry detergent and cleaning supplies, and a sign that reads — Some Walmart Spark drivers say their other people appear to be using their accounts.
Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters

Retail, walmart, spark, gig-work, gig-workers, Delivery, eCommerce

Major companies are reportedly using this AI tool to track Slack and Teams messages from more than 3 million employees. Privacy experts are alarmed.

Mon, 02/12/2024 - 14:42

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a worker being surveilled — An AI tool is reportedly being used by major companies to track messages on Slack and Teams.
Thomas Jackson/Getty Images

Tech, surveillance, workplace-surveillance, Monitoring, AI, artificial-intelligence, Starbucks

Hydro Flask, Which No Longer Uses Lead, Is Mocking Stanley for Using Lead

Sat, 02/10/2024 - 15:51

Gizmodo

Last week, Stanley landed itself in hot water after a safety advocate went viral for pointing out that the company uses toxic lead in cups, tumblers, and other products. The internet, which spent recent months celebrating Stanleys as the must-have hot girl product, went ballistic.