Amazon to let Whole Foods shoppers pay with a swipe of their palm

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Amazon to let Whole Foods shoppers pay with a swipe of their palm
Amazon said it is rolling out biometric technology at its Whole Foods stores around Seattle starting on Wednesday, letting shoppers pay for items with a scan of their palm. The move shows how Amazon is bringing some of the technology already in use at its namesake brick-and-mortar Go and Books ...

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