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New Starbucks Pickup store in NYC uses Amazon Go cashierless technology
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New Starbucks Pickup store in NYC uses Amazon Go cashierless technology

Starbucks has opened a new “pickup cafe” in New York City that uses Amazon’s “just walk out” cashierless tech, the companies said Thursday. The store in midtown Manhattan is designed for customers who want to buy coffee or a snack quickly and can’t possibly wait the extra minutes they’d normally spend interacting with a barista […]

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Should NYC Landlords Be Required to Pay for Your Internet?
Internet

Should NYC Landlords Be Required to Pay for Your Internet?

Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: Getty In Ben Kallos’s view, internet access is as much a basic necessity as heat and hot water. And he has a point, after a year in which a lot of us began our remote-work lives. More than 500,000 households in New York City lack internet access — and that’s why Kallos, […]

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