Ben Fox Rubin was a senior reporter for CNET News in Manhattan, reporting on Amazon, e-commerce and mobile payments. He previously worked as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and got his start at ...

Amazon has developed a “smart” shopping cart that keeps track of shoppers’ purchases and allows them to complete their transaction while exiting the store. Called the Amazon Dash Cart, the cart uses ...

Amazon wants to give the good ol’ shopping cart a 21st-century upgrade. On Tuesday, July 14, the e-commerce giant introduced Dash Cart, a smarter pushcart that lets you skip the traditional cashier ...

GeekWire’s Todd Bishop waits for his ID to be checked due to the canned cocktails included in his Amazon Dash Cart at the Amazon Fresh store on Aurora Avenue in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper ...

Amazon Go made waves in 2018 when it opened a grocery store that used cameras and and QR codes to let people quite literally grab and go. Then in 2020, the company unveiled Dash Carts, a shopping cart ...

Amazon's automated shopping cart in Amazon Fresh supermarkets. Introduced in 2020, Dash Carts are only an option as regular cash register lanes are the primary checkout. Customers sign in at the cart ...

NYC-based startup Caper developed its own smart-cart technology that rivals Amazon's Dash Cart. Retailers like Kroger are implementing it to give their shoppers a quick, checkout-free experience.

Ever since Amazon opened the first AmazonGo store in Seattle, WA, that allows customers to walk in, pick items off the shelf, and then walkout without having to go through a checkout process with a ...