Amazon to push cashierless shopping tech into more third-party stores, while backing off itself

By Greg Bensinger (Reuters) – Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to push its cashierless shopping technology into more third-party stores this year, even as it reduces its reliance on the technology in its own. The online retailer said about 140 stores use the system, known as “Just Walk Out,” which allows customers to scan…

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Lockheed wins US missile defense contract worth $17 billion

By Mike Stone (Reuters) -Lockheed Martin has won a $17 billion contract to develop the next generation of interceptors to defend the United States against an intercontinental ballistic missile attack, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said on Monday. The interceptor program is aimed at defeating current ballistic missile threats and future technological advances from countries…

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