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Wolverine Barcode IP sued Amazon for patent infringement in the Western District of Texas, over technology related to offline commerce transactions using barcodes for personal identification. The ...

Amazon has launched a feature for newer Echo Show that lets you add items to Alexa's built-in shopping list by scanning their barcodes. Sure, it's pretty easy to add stuff to your grocery list with ...

Amazon is ending support for its Dash Wand, an Alexa-enabled device that let shoppers scan grocery barcodes and order household essentials from their homes. In an email to users, the company said the ...

The first iteration of Amazon’s Dash Wand wasn’t long for this world. The company trialed the barcode scanner with select Prime Fresh customers in California, but the hardware didn’t seem to really go ...

Amazon made a series of big announcements Wednesday at its annual Accelerate conference for sellers — including new AI tools that could significantly reduce their manual workload. Yet the biggest ...