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Microsoft and Walmart’s joint bid to buy TikTok could help take on mutual rival Amazon 

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Microsoft and Walmart’s joint bid to buy TikTok’s US operations would give them ‘riches of data’ to take on their biggest mutual rival: Amazon Walmart confirmed on Thursday it is joining Microsoft in bid to buy TikTok Two companies already have a five-year partnership deal to oppose Amazon Walmart competes with Amazon in e-commerce and … Read more

Walmart’s anti-shoplifting tech slammed by staff as ‘fake AI’

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A group of anonymous Walmart workers have raised concerns about the anti-shoplifting technology used to monitor the company’s self-checkout kiosks. A group that calls themselves ‘Concerned Home Office Associates’ has circulated a video documenting the system’s flaws, including frequent failures to identify unscanned items, and incorrectly identifying personal items potentially shoplifted. In an email sent … Read more