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AUGUST 14, 2023
The store uses AiFi and Verizon Business technology to power a frictionless shopping experience where customers swipe a credit card at the entrance, grab their items and leave.
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APRIL 16, 2019
The city of San Francisco moved a little closer to banning facial recognition software after adding amendments to the Stop Secret Surveillance ordinance. If it passes, San Francisco would become the first city to ban the technology that is used to unlock mobile devices and make purchases.
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JUNE 26, 2019
In a ban that would be the first of its kind to go into effect in the United States, San Francisco has voted to prohibit the sale of eCigarettes. While the law is reportedly geared toward all eCigarette firms, the report noted that the legislation “has to feel personal” for San Francisco-based Juul Labs Inc.
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AUGUST 16, 2019
Postmates sidewalk delivery robots are coming to San Francisco, but the autonomous service will have a human escort, TechCrunch reported on Friday (Aug. Marble, a San Francisco robot-delivery company, has also applied to deliver within city limits. . and after 6:30 p.m. on weekdays, the report said.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Twenty, 10, even six years ago, most (if any) had neither the technological capability nor the foresight to imagine the future of the homeshare and vacation rental industry. Airbnb eventually sort of settled with San Francisco back in 2015 — though it turned out to not be enough — and said it would better police its platform.
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NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Afresh Technologies has raised $13 million in a Series A extension round to expand its fresh food management technology that helps grocers reduce food waste. The San Francisco-based startup also is welcoming food industry veteran James McCann to its board.
PYMNTS
JUNE 15, 2017
Momentum Machines introduced its fully autonomous burger bot in 2012, and now, with news of an $18 million venture capital funding round , it’s one step closer to opening its flagship San Francisco restaurant based around the prototype, which has been in the works since June of last year. What does that even mean?
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