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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The restaurant business is: a) healthy for 2020 or b) apprehensive about technology. The 2020 outlook report from the National Restaurant Association was released today and it paints a picture of an industry dealing with the countercurrents of solid consumer spending and disruptive technology. All of the above.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

The new eCommerce fulfillment center will be located in Plainfield, Indiana, and Kohl’s expects to begin shipping Kohls.com online retail orders from the new location by the end of this month. In addition, all Kohl’s retail locations will continue to fulfill and ship select orders from the company’s online retail storefront.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

12), the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee will hold a hearing on issues top of mind in the digital realm — touching on how data and privacy affect competition online, and specifically, for online marketplaces. David Cicilline of Rhode Island, who serves as subcommittee chairman. This Thursday (Sept.

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JANUARY 20, 2020

To that end, at a House Judiciary Committee “field” hearing in Colorado, titled “Online Platforms and Market Power: Competitors in the Digital Economy” a number of smaller tech firms called out Big Tech giants such as Amazon and Google for what they said were unfair business practices. Too big, too dominant — and anticompetitive, to boot.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Café X Technologies. Cafe X is a robotic cafe in San Francisco that serves premium coffee using mobile ordering and automation technology. It’s the first cafe of its kind from Cafe X Technologies, which is focused on increasing productivity in the service industry through automation. Total Disclosed Funding: $5.1M.

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MARCH 10, 2020

Zumper uses technology to connect landlords with renters throughout the process of renting an apartment, according to the release. The site has a 100 percent year-over-year revenue growth and has expanded its employee base to 200 people in offices in San Francisco, Scottsdale, New York, Chicago and Rhode Island.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Company: AOptix Technologies. Select VC Investors: Bill Gates, CapX Partners, Constellation Technology Ventures. Company: Powa Technologies. The Nectar system had its roots at MIT’s Microsystems Technology Lab — and may have simply left the lab a few years too early. via TechCrunch. Total disclosed funding: $107.9M.

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JULY 16, 2019

David Cicilline of Rhode Island, a Democrat who chairs the subcommittee, stated that the desire to boost the new economy had in effect fostered a mindset that let big tech self-regulate with “little oversight,” and that concentration has resulted. In commentary, Rep. percent of the U.S.

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JULY 22, 2020

The outcome of that investigation is expected to produce legislation that would reform and regulate the online world. As justification, he said, that as Congress “considers large technology companies and the competitive landscape, a thorough examination cannot exclude Twitter, a market leader in social media.

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

We recognize that stablecoins are an emerging technology, and that policymakers must carefully consider how this fits into their financial system policies. However, we believe that it is important to regulate activities and not technologies, allowing for responsible innovation to flourish.”. Apple Gets a Look Too.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Three other states are ready to do so, according to one analysis : Pennsylvania, New York and Rhode Island — all of which have some form of pre-fabricated legislation paving the way for sports betting. Iowa, for instance, is considering letting casinos and racetracks offer on-site and online wagering.

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