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The power players of retail transformation: IoT, 5G, and AI/ML on Microsoft Cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Thanks to cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G technologies, every link in the retail supply chain is becoming more tightly integrated. In keeping with the farm-to-fork movement, for example, consumers can scan a barcode to find out where a product originated and what cycles it went through before landing on the grocery store shelf.

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Your House Now Buys Itself What It Needs

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You can scan the barcode on your empty milk carton, or tap a button and say “milk” into the device, and Amazon will automatically ship you a new carton of milk with free two-day delivery. It’s a simple cloud service that enables anything with an Internet connection to automatically re-order something for you.

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How to survive Christmas parties: A practical guide to festive conversations - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Theres always a reason to celebrate Some people say that Well, in Hamlet he says, see yonder cloud in the shape of a camel Do you come from an aristocratic bloodline? Your barcode is showing Everything takes time to learn Whats the relationship between that and what I said? Ill second that Have you had the operation? Is that rational?

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