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Jan 28, 2026
News about major retail shakeups and Amazon’s pivot away from cashierless stores. A high-end Samsung foldable lands in the US with pricing and hands-on reactions. France moves to a homegrown Visio platform to cut reliance on US communication tools and boost digital sovereignty.
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Amazon Shifts From Go Stores To Whole Foods
- Amazon will close its remaining Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores and convert some into Whole Foods locations.
- It will focus on 30-minute fresh deliveries and open over 100 new Whole Foods stores in coming years.
Just-Walk Tech Lives On Outside Stores
- Amazon's just-walk checkout tech continues in third-party venues and some Amazon facilities despite store closures.
- The tech remains deployed in cafeterias, arenas, and dozens of warehouses for faster meal access.
Galaxy Z Trifold Debuts At A Premium
- Samsung's Galaxy Z Trifold lands in the U.S. on January 30th with a $2,900 price and 512GB in black only.
- Engadget's Sam Rutherford liked the device despite trade-offs, calling it "I kind of hate how much I like the Galaxy Z Trifold."