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In an attempt to speed up bag checking and save the environment, Alaska Airlines is rolling out a new electronic bag tagging program, a first for the United States. The airline is working with Dutch company BAGTAG to create these durable e-paper displays that will hold flight information and replace those long paper tags that we struggle to feed through luggage handles without accidentally sticking them to our hands. You start by opening your ticket on the Alaska Airlines mobile app and place your phone over the electronic bag tag. According to TechCrunch , the data will transfer via NFC from your phone to the tag which will display a barcode for your flight information. You can upload the travel information 24 hours before a flight. From there, you strap on the tag via the on-device zip tie, drop off your luggage, and hop on your flight without having to print anything from a kiosk. And if you ever lose your bag, the devices come with a RFID (radio frequency identification) chip

If you’ve bought a five-star rated item on Amazon only to have it fall apart within days of getting it, then you’ve likely wondered if any of those reviewers actually used the product. Well, spoiler alert, it turns out that they might not have done, as Amazon is suing over 10,000 people for orchestrating plots to leave thousands of fake reviews on products in its digital stores . Filed on Monday, the legal action takes aim at Facebook group admins that have accepted cash or other favors in exchange for posting a load of made-up reviews for products sold on Amazon in the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan (via TechCrunch ). This isn’t the first time Amazon has taken such measures against fake reviews on its services – with the 10,000 number reportedly just the amount of groups that Amazon has reported to Facebook since 2020. It’s actually been suing people for bogus reviews since at least 2015. Beyond legal action, Amazon also tries to deploy a few other tactics to sto

If you’re in the US and subscribing to Amazon Prime then you just got a great new benefit that you might not be aware of. Ahead of its Prime Day sales on July 12 and July 13, Amazon is giving Prime members a year of Grubhub Plus for free. To get access to this great new benefit all Prime members have to do is head to amazon.com/grubhub . Follow the activation process and you’ll be able to get a full year of Grubhub Plus absolutely free. Those of you in the UK don't need to miss out on free food delivery either, as Amazon already has a similar offer for Deliveroo Plus. Just head to deliveroo.co.uk/amazon-prime , and Prime members can get a whole year of free delivery (on all orders over £25) as well as exclusive discounts and rewards at your favorite restaurants. These Grubhub Plus and Deliveroo Plus benefits join the impressive suite of perks that already come with your Prime membership, including free access to Amazon Prime video’s best shows , free delivery on Amazon delive

Amazon's attempts to show the world that it isn't guzzling all the resources around with thousands of vans on the world are moving up a gear - well, sort of. If you pick up some bargains during this year’s Prime Day sale your package could arrive on the back of a new e-cargo bike comprising a custom four-wheel chassis and an enclosed trailer, as part of a new trial that's beginning in the UK. And if you don't see that, as part of the fuel-saving effort your Amazon delivery might appear from someone on foot (via The Guardian ). These new options are being trialed by an Amazon delivery hub in the east-London borough of Hackney. They're joining Amazon’s steadily growing fleet of electric vans as Amazon works towards its goal of being carbon-neutral by 2040 . An ecological future? Amazon’s new delivery options should also help it reduce the cost of bringing parcels to London residents. The new vans and e-bikes will be exempt from London’s congestion charge – a fe

Depending on where you live, your next Amazon purchase might be delivered by a new four-wheel e-bike instead of the usual delivery van. If you pick up some bargains during this year’s Prime Day sale your package could arrive on the back of a new e-cargo bike comprising a custom four-wheel chassis and an enclosed trailer. Alternatively, it might even be delivered by someone on foot (via The Guardian ). These new options are being trialed by an Amazon delivery hub in the east-London borough of Hackney. They're joining Amazon’s steadily growing fleet of electric vans as Amazon works towards its goal of being carbon-neutral by 2040. Amazon’s new delivery options should also help it reduce the cost of bringing parcels to London residents. The new vans and e-bikes will be exempt from London’s congestion charge – a fee paid by drivers unless their vehicle meets certain low-emissions standards.  While the trial has only just begun, Amazon isn’t haning around. It already has plans to

Trying out haptic wearables at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK gave me the opportunity to immerse myself in VR games in a tactile and exciting way - my whole body could touch and feel digital objects as if they were real. That was wild and then, with some haptic wearables for my hands, things got weird.  While trying out the Teslasuit – a full-body haptic suit that was the most immersive VR device I’ve ever used – I also got to wear the Teslasuit Gloves. Much like the full-body Teslasuit, the Teslasuit Gloves are designed to work with the best VR headsets to make experiences more real using haptics. To do this, it borrows elements from the Teslasuit design. The glove has electrodes placed against each of your fingertips that can output a current from 1mA to 80mA in different patterns to stimulate your muscles and mimic real sensations. The glove kicks things up a level though with a new trick: force feedback, which works in tandem with its motion tracking capabilit