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Amazon opens a revolutionary cashless grocery store

Amazon has opened the world's first cashless grocery store that allows customers to just walk out with their items after scanning their phones. There are no cash counters and thus no lines or waiting, customers just grab what they need and leave. The store is currently just a pilot test to figure out how to make this technology work on a massive scale.

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