Effects of Automation on American Workers Nice article on GQ Magazine Feb 2020 Excerpt: When McDonald’s began experimenting with automated kiosks for customers to place their orders, the company’s former CEO Ed Rensi blamed it on movements to raise the minimum wage. In a 2016 post for Forbes, he crowed, “I told you so. In 2013, when the Fight for… Read More »
Tesco invests in frictionless checkout startup Trigo Tesco Retail Technology — Tesco invests in frictionless checkout startup Trigo October 17, 2019 Lauren Stine UK supermarket behemoth Tesco has partnered with Israel-based checkout technology developer Trigo and made an equity investment in the startup one month after it closed a $22 million Series A round. “We’ve benchmarked the market in this space, and… Read More »
News story excerpt from CBS News Walmart said it’s adding almost 4,000 robots to its stores and facilities. The investment will allow human workers to shift to other tasks that are harder to automate. The push into robotics comes as the company has boosted worker wages. The robots are coming for Walmart workers’ jobs, with the retail giant… Read More »
