Costco says your next checkout could take under 10 seconds thanks to new automated pay stations

Your Costco run is about to get a lot faster.The warehouse giant is reportedly overhauling its checkout process, piloting new automated stations that promise to process orders in under 10 seconds. By blending employee productivity with high-speed tech, Costco is betting it can solve the retail industry’s biggest headache without losing the low-cost model that keeps its members loyal. “In digital, we continue to make strides with our roadmap to deliver a more seamless experience for members in warehouse and online. “In the warehouses, we are achieving meaningful improvements in the speed of checkout and employee productivity, both as a result…

Heroes, zeroes from St. John’s Sweet 16 loss to Duke

Heroes and zeros from St. John’s 80-75 loss to Duke in their Sweet 16 matchup on Friday night in Washington:   Hero The likely consensus National Player of the Year, Cameron Boozer, led Duke in crunch time. His three-point play with 3:06 left pushed the Blue Devils’ lead to three.…

Barack Obama greenlit Gavin Newsom’s Prop. 50 gerrymander

Former President Barack Obama gave his explicit blessing to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Prop. 50 redistricting measure, the governor revealed in an interview. Newsom was “very nervous” calling Obama for advice last summer over Prop. 50 — which passed overwhelmingly in November and shuffled California’s congressional maps to favor Democrats in…

Luka Doncic leads Lakers to blow out win over Nets

The first game after a lengthy road trip can be tricky.  Coach JJ Redick warned ahead of the Lakers’ home matchup against the Nets that games like Friday night can often feel like road games. And it showed for the Lakers, who struggled early on against the tanking Nets. But…

Lakers’ Luka Doncic picks up 16th technical foul against Nets

Less than a week after avoiding a suspension because of an accumulation of technical fouls, Lakers star guard Luka Doncic picked up his 16th technical foul of the season on Friday night, meaning he’ll have to serve a one-game suspension in the team’s next game.  Doncic picked up the technical…

Dodgers get 2025 World Series rings. Here’s how they look

The Dodgers had an idea about the grandiose nature of their 2025 World Series rings. “It is substantial,” manager Dave Roberts joked Friday afternoon. “I heard the ring is pretty over the top,” added now-retired pitcher Clayton Kershaw a little while later. Indeed, when the club unveiled the jewelry for…

Orioles, Shane Baz agree to five-year,  million contract extension

Shane Baz is staying in Baltimore. The talented right-hander, who was acquired by the Orioles this offseason after a lengthy stint with the Rays, has agreed to a five-year extension that will keep him in Baltimore through at least the 2030 season. The Post’s Joel Sherman confirmed the deal is…

Silicon Valley tech candidate was sued for downloading lots of porn

Ethan Agarwal, a Silicon Valley tech founder and congressional candidate challenging Rep. Ro Khanna, got sued in 2019 for illegally downloading a boatload of porn — including flicks fixated on threesomes. Malibu Media’s lawsuit alleged that Agarwal used the BitTorrent file-sharing network to obtain and distribute explicit films including “Cum…

Dodgers’ Andy Pages, with improved work ethic, on cusp of stardom

Get used to this. The cries of joy in the stands. The stadium shaking. Andy Pages rounding the bases at Uniqlo Field. The first Dodgers player to homer this season wasn’t Shohei Ohtani or Freddie Freeman. The distinction belonged to Pages, the third-year center fielder from Cuba. And it was…

Gold IRA storage explained: What you’re paying for and what to verify

New York Post may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Gold IRAs are an increasingly popular option for American savers. As prices sit well above $5,000 an ounce, investors new to the retirement accounts might be wondering — where…

Could a gene therapy treat the vast majority of Alzheimer’s?

Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, has beaten back potential treatments for decades. Past research suggested it was a complicated, multifactorial disease in which a patchwork of biological and lifestyle factors combined to increase or decrease risk.But a new study published in January in the journal Nature suggests…

DOJ sues Harvard for discriminating against Jewish, Israeli students

The Department of Justice sued Harvard University Friday, accusing the Ivy League school of running afoul of federal civil rights law in having “turned a blind eye to antisemitism and discrimination against Jews and Israelis” on campus. In a complaint filed in Boston federal court, Assistant Attorney General for Civil…

Palantir CTO says artificial intelligence is key to reshoring American manufacturing

Could artificial intelligence be the key to reshoring American manufacturing? That’s what Palantir’s chief technology officer, Shyam Sankar, believes. His new book, “Mobilize,” asserts that America can prevent World War III by rebuilding its industrial base with AI-powered workers who can outcompete China’s automated factories. “If you can make the…

Is the coming HIV pandemic inevitable? | Charles LeBaron

In a single year, the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.), has done such comprehensive damage to the extraordinarily successful HIV prevention program as to leave the country almost defenseless against a brewing HIV pandemic, right when elimination seemed possible.These unprecedented actions have…

What I’m seeing from St. John’s on eve of March Madness

Who knows what this means? If it’s a sign St. John’s is ready to go on a long run or not. One thing is certain: This looked like a loose team. Before the Johnnies took the floor for their open practice Thursday at San Diego’s Viejas Arena, they were smiling…

This is the latest sign of a quiet crypto revolution

We may be in the midst of a cryptocurrency winter, but BlackRock just quietly launched an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) for institutional clients that could make Ethereum look like a reliable investment rather than volatile speculation. The new ETF — iShares Staked Ethereum Trust — offers staking, which lets investors…

Live Science Today: Monte Verde controversy and heatwave lashes the West

Today’s top story A view of the Monte Verde archaeological site along the Chinchihuapi Creek in Chile, which was taken in 2012. (Image credit: Geología Valdivia (CC BY 2.0))A key archaeological site in Chile could be thousands of years younger than first thought, according to a controversial study that threatens…

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