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Tech News Flash: Thursday -- September 5, 2019

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Amazon Trying Out Hand-Scanning Payment System: Report
Sleep Monitoring Slated for Apple Watch
The Beauty of Progressive Web Apps
Calling BS on Clueless Predictions by Musk and Ma
Autonomous Vehicle Development Fuels Industry Angst

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Today's Story Highlights

Amazon Trying Out Hand-Scanning Payment System: Report
Amazon is testing scanners that can identify a human hand to use as a
payment method for in-store purchases. The company plans to introduce
"Orville" to some Whole Foods stores by the beginning of 2020, and later
expand it to all locations in the United States. Employees at Amazon's
New York offices are said to be using the technology to buy items from
specially equipped vending machines.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86225.html

Sleep Monitoring Slated for Apple Watch
Apple reportedly has been developing sleep tracking functionality for
the Apple Watch. The new "Time in Bed Tracking" feature will let users
who wear the Apple Watch to bed track their sleep patterns. Consumers
who have multiple Apple Watches can designate one for wearing in bed. he
"Burrito" feature will let Apple Watch track a user's quality of sleep,
including movement, heart rate and noises.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86223.html

The Beauty of Progressive Web Apps
As more Web traffic comes from mobile devices -- particularly traffic to
e-commerce sites -- it's becoming ever more important for businesses to
have content that loads onto small screens easily, quickly and
effortlessly. To some degree, native mobile apps until now have filled
that need, but they must be downloaded, and their functionality may have
significant limitations.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86222.html

Calling BS on Clueless Predictions by Musk and Ma
Elon Musk and Jack Ma floated some radical ideas last week. Two of the
most powerful men in the world, both have invested heavily in AI. Ma,
who is the Alibaba Group cofounder and a huge advocate for the 12-hour a
day six-day Chinese work week in tech, indicated that he believed AI
would reduce the work week from 72 hours, where it now is in China, to
12 hours -- that is, three 4-hour workdays.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86218.html

Autonomous Vehicle Development Fuels Industry Angst
In the Internet of Things -- or the "Intelligence of Things," which is a
more apt description -- the automotive segment has become a leading
center of innovation. Only healthcare offers the same ability to
leverage advances in sensors, processing, connectivity and artificial
intelligence technology to advance an industry while simultaneously
improving society.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86217.html

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