Amazon wants to shake up the apparel business by having customers 3D scan their body so they can get a more exact fit when selecting clothes from the Amazon Store. Will this force traditional retailers to follow suit and how will customers react to the new service? Plus some in Congress have plans to reverse the FCCs rollback of Open Internet guidelines using arcane legislative procedure.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
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- Quick Hits
- Google Assistant hits 5,000 smart home partners, adds Dish, Logitech | cnet
- Amazon Is Finally Helping Developers Turn Alexa Skills Into Money | fast company
- Goldman Sachs to Open a Bitcoin Trading Operation | new york times
- Pocket Casts acquired by NPR, other public radio stations, and This American Life | the verge
- Twitter tells 330 million users to change their passwords | bbc
- More Top Stories
- Xiaomi applies to raise funds in Hong Kong, giving city the pole position in 2018 global IPO race | south china morning post
- Xiaomi’s availability is expanding in Europe | the verge
- Everything you need to know about the net neutrality resolution coming to Congress next week | the verge
- Google Pay rolling out on the web through desktop browsers and iOS | 9to5 google
- HTC will reveal its next flagship on May 23rd | engadget
- Matthew Prince | Twitter
- Xiaomi applies to raise funds in Hong Kong, giving city the pole position in 2018 global IPO race | south china morning post
- Discussion Story
- Amazon is reportedly scanning people’s bodies so it can sell you clothes | business insider
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