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Alipay Payment Device

SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - An Alipay payment device is installed in the checkout area of a supermarket in Shanghai, China, August 11, 2024.

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Alipay Payment Device

SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - An Alipay payment device is installed in the checkout area of a supermarket in Shanghai, China, August 11, 2024.

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Alipay Payment Device

SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - An Alipay payment device is installed in the checkout area of a supermarket in Shanghai, China, August 11, 2024.

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Parts Of New Caledonia ‘Out Of State Control’ - Pierre

Queue at the pumps and at the checkout at this Mobil station of Faubourg Blanchot, allowing citizens to refuel by rationing at 3,000 XPF per person. People take advantage of this opportunity to stock up on food and essential products. Tensions remained high in Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia, on Friday after days of riots as the French government’s representative said areas of the Pacific territory have “escaped” state control. Louis Le Franc, high commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia, announced new security deployments. The number of police and gendarmes on the island will rise to 2,700 from 1,700 by Friday evening. After rioting that began on Monday, leaving five dead and resulting in hundreds of arrests, Thursday night was relatively calm, he said. However, there were still points of confrontation and concern in Noumea. Noumea, New Caledonia, May 17, 2024. Photo by Gill Chabaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parts Of New Caledonia ‘Out Of State Control’ - Pierre

Queue at the pumps and at the checkout at this Mobil station of Faubourg Blanchot, allowing citizens to refuel by rationing at 3,000 XPF per person. People take advantage of this opportunity to stock up on food and essential products. Tensions remained high in Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia, on Friday after days of riots as the French government’s representative said areas of the Pacific territory have “escaped” state control. Louis Le Franc, high commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia, announced new security deployments. The number of police and gendarmes on the island will rise to 2,700 from 1,700 by Friday evening. After rioting that began on Monday, leaving five dead and resulting in hundreds of arrests, Thursday night was relatively calm, he said. However, there were still points of confrontation and concern in Noumea. Noumea, New Caledonia, May 17, 2024. Photo by Gill Chabaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parts Of New Caledonia ‘Out Of State Control’ - Pierre

Queue at the pumps and at the checkout at this Mobil station of Faubourg Blanchot, allowing citizens to refuel by rationing at 3,000 XPF per person. People take advantage of this opportunity to stock up on food and essential products. Tensions remained high in Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia, on Friday after days of riots as the French government’s representative said areas of the Pacific territory have “escaped” state control. Louis Le Franc, high commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia, announced new security deployments. The number of police and gendarmes on the island will rise to 2,700 from 1,700 by Friday evening. After rioting that began on Monday, leaving five dead and resulting in hundreds of arrests, Thursday night was relatively calm, he said. However, there were still points of confrontation and concern in Noumea. Noumea, New Caledonia, May 17, 2024. Photo by Gill Chabaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parts Of New Caledonia ‘Out Of State Control’ - Pierre

Queue at the pumps and at the checkout at this Mobil station of Faubourg Blanchot, allowing citizens to refuel by rationing at 3,000 XPF per person. People take advantage of this opportunity to stock up on food and essential products. Tensions remained high in Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia, on Friday after days of riots as the French government’s representative said areas of the Pacific territory have “escaped” state control. Louis Le Franc, high commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia, announced new security deployments. The number of police and gendarmes on the island will rise to 2,700 from 1,700 by Friday evening. After rioting that began on Monday, leaving five dead and resulting in hundreds of arrests, Thursday night was relatively calm, he said. However, there were still points of confrontation and concern in Noumea. Noumea, New Caledonia, May 17, 2024. Photo by Gill Chabaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parts Of New Caledonia ‘Out Of State Control’ - Pierre

Queue at the pumps and at the checkout at this Mobil station of Faubourg Blanchot, allowing citizens to refuel by rationing at 3,000 XPF per person. People take advantage of this opportunity to stock up on food and essential products. Tensions remained high in Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia, on Friday after days of riots as the French government’s representative said areas of the Pacific territory have “escaped” state control. Louis Le Franc, high commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia, announced new security deployments. The number of police and gendarmes on the island will rise to 2,700 from 1,700 by Friday evening. After rioting that began on Monday, leaving five dead and resulting in hundreds of arrests, Thursday night was relatively calm, he said. However, there were still points of confrontation and concern in Noumea. Noumea, New Caledonia, May 17, 2024. Photo by Gill Chabaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - BioCoop - Briancon

A woman goes through the store checkout to pay for her purchases, France, Briancon, April 15, 2024. Illustration of a BioCoop store. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - BioCoop - Briancon

Customers go through the checkout to pay for her purchases, France, Briancon, April 15, 2024. Illustration of a BioCoop store. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Astronaut Scrubbed From Apollo 13 Dies At 87

Handout file photo dated May 29, 1982 shows astronauts Thomas K. (Ken) Mattingly II, center foreground, and Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., both wearing pressure garments, leave the operations and checkout building at KSC to board a special van that will take them to Launch Pad 39A for a rehearsal for their liftoff. Ken Mattingly, astronaut scrubbed from apollo 13, is dead at 87. He later orbited the moon, but in 1970 he was bumped from the Apollo flight after being exposed to measles. Then, from mission control, he helped it avert disaster. Photo by Nasa via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Unmanned bookstore in Tokyo

Photo taken on Sept. 25, 2023, shows a self-checkout machine at an unmanned bookstore at Tokyo Metro's Tameikesanno Station in the capital's Chiyoda Ward.

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SpaceX Crew-7 Launch - Cape Canaveral

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-7 mission launch, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa, and Borisov are scheduled to launch at 3:27 a.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SpaceX Crew-7 Launch - Cape Canaveral

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Vanessa Wyche, Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, wave as NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-7 mission launch, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa, and Borisov are scheduled to launch at 3:27 a.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SpaceX Crew-7 Launch - Cape Canaveral

Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, left, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, second from left, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, right, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-7 mission launch, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa, and Borisov are scheduled to launch at 3:50 a.m. EDT on Friday, August 25, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SpaceX Crew-7 Launch - Cape Canaveral

Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, left, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, second from left, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, right, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-7 mission launch, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa, and Borisov are scheduled to launch at 3:50 a.m. EDT on Friday, August 25, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-HEBEI-ZHUOZHOU-SUPPLIES (CN)

(230810) -- ZHUOZHOU, Aug. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A customer pays at the checkout counter of a supermarket in Zhuozhou, north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 10, 2023. Some markets, supermarkets and shopping malls have been returned to normal operation after the floodwater receded in Zhuozhou. At present, the supply of daily necessities in the city has been adequate with stable price. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Artemis II mission pilot Victor Glover smiles inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 8, 2023. The Artemis II Orion crew module is undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Artemis II mission specialist Jeremy Hansen poses inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 8, 2023. The Artemis II Orion crew module is undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Artemis II mission specialist Christina Hammock Koch poses inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 8, 2023. The Artemis II Orion crew module is undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Artemis II pilot Victor Glover poses inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 8, 2023. The Artemis II Orion crew module is undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Artemis II mission specialist Jeremy Hansen poses inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 8, 2023. The Artemis II Orion crew module is undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Artemis II mission specialist Christina Hammock Koch poses inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 8, 2023. The Artemis II Orion crew module is undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - The European Service Module for NASA’s Artemis II mission is shown inside Kennedy Space Center’s Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on August 8, 2023. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Crew members are: Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Hammock Koch, mission specialist; and Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Artemis II pilot Victor Glover poses inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 8, 2023. The Artemis II Orion crew module is undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Artemis II mission commander Reid Wiseman smiles inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 8, 2023. The Artemis II Orion crew module is undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Shown inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 8, 2023, is the Orion crew module for NASA’s Artemis II mission. The crew features Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Hammock Koch, mission specialist; and Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Shown inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 8, 2023, is the Orion crew module for NASA’s Artemis III mission. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Artemis II mission commander Reid Wiseman poses inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 8, 2023. The Artemis II Orion crew module is undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Artemis II crew members, shown inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, walk toward their Orion crew module on August 8, 2023. From left are: Victor Glover, pilot; Reid Wiseman, commander; Christina Hammock Koch, mission specialist; and Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist. The crew module is undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Artemis II crew members, shown inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, check out their Orion crew module on August 8, 2023. From left are: Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; Christina Hammock Koch, mission specialist; Reid Wiseman, commander; and Victor Glover, pilot. The crew module is undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Artemis II mission commander Reid Wiseman poses inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 8, 2023. The Artemis II Orion crew module is undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Shown inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 8, 2023, is the Orion crew module for NASA’s Artemis II mission. The crew features Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Hammock Koch, mission specialist; and Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Artemis II crew members, shown inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, stand in front of their Orion crew module on August 8, 2023. From left are: Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; Victor Glover, pilot; Reid Wiseman, commander; and Christina Hammock Koch, mission specialist. The crew module is undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Artemis II crew members, shown inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, check out their Orion crew module on August 8, 2023. From left are: Victor Glover, pilot; Reid Wiseman, commander; Christina Hammock Koch, mission specialist; and Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist. The crew module is undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artemis II Crew Visits the Kennedy Space Center

Handout photo - Artemis II crew members, shown inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, stand in front of their Orion crew module with NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy on August 8, 2023. From left are: Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; Reid Wiseman, commander; and Christina Hammock Koch, mission specialist; and Victor Glover, pilot. The crew module is undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Self checkout system in a store

02.08.2023, Tallinn. Self checkout system for shopping. Using the barcode scanner to add goods. Photo Tairo Lutter, Postimees

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Self checkout system in a store

02.08.2023, Tallinn. Self checkout system for shopping. Using the barcode scanner to add goods. Photo Tairo Lutter, Postimees

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Self checkout system in a store

02.08.2023, Tallinn. Self checkout system for shopping. Using the barcode scanner to add goods. Photo Tairo Lutter, Postimees

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Supermarkets start charging customers for bags

KYOTO, Japan - A customer puts her purchased items in a plastic checkout bag she paid for at supermarket Jusco Higashiyama Nijo in Kyoto.

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NTT DoCoMo to launch mobile phones equipped with IC cards in July

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. said June 16 it will release in early July four mobile phone models equipped with integrated circuit cards to enable the handsets to function as a train ticket, electronic money and ID card. A customer in this photo demonstrates its use for payment at a checkout counter.

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U.S.-OREGON-INFLATION-SURGE

(220714) -- OREGON, July 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Customers pay bills at the checkout counter at a supermarket in Oregon, the United States, July 13, 2022. U.S. consumer price index (CPI), a broad measure of everyday goods and services, soared 9.1 percent in June from a year ago, marking the largest 12-month increase since the period ending November 1981, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

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STORES OF TOMORROW

STORES OF TOMORROW==Date:March, 1974, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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Unmanned cash register at UNIQLO Harajuku store

UNIQLO UNIQLO Harajuku Fast Retailing Fast Fashion Clothing Self-checkout RFID tags

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SpaceX Launches Nasa Crew-2 Mission - Cape Canaveral

Handout photo - ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, back left, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur, front left, and Shane Kimbrough, front right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, back right, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-2 mission launch, Friday, April 23, 2021, at NASAâs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASAâs SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agencyâs Commercial Crew Program. Kimbrough, McArthur, Pesquet, and Hoshide are scheduled to launch at 5:49 a.m. EDT. Photo by Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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SpaceX Launches Nasa Crew-2 Mission - Cape Canaveral

Handout photo - From left to right, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-2 mission launch, Friday, April 23, 2021, at NASAâs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASAâs SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agencyâs Commercial Crew Program. Kimbrough, McArthur, Pesquet, and Hoshide are scheduled to launch at 5:49 a.m. EDT. Photo by Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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SpaceX Launches Nasa Crew-2 Mission - Cape Canaveral

Handout photo - Acting NASA Adminstrator Steve Jurczyk, back center, and SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk, right, speak with NASA astronaut Bob Benkhen before Crew-2 NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-2 mission launch, Friday, April 23, 2021, at NASAâs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASAâs SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agencyâs Commercial Crew Program. Kimbrough, McArthur, Pesquet, and Hoshide are scheduled to launch at 5:49 a.m. EDT on Friday, April 23

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SpaceX Launches Nasa Crew-2 Mission - Cape Canaveral

Handout photo - From left to right, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-2 mission launch, Friday, April 23, 2021, at NASAâs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASAâs SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agencyâs Commercial Crew Program. Kimbrough, McArthur, Pesquet, and Hoshide are scheduled to launch at 5:49 a.m. EDT. Photo by Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Orevo, a convenience store, has introduced an AI-based automatic checkout system for side dishes.

In the convenience store industry, where intensifying competition has been combined with a shortage of labor, the three major companies are workingto demonstrate unmanned cash registers and review 24-hour operations. In such a situation, Ishida (Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City), a long-established weighing scale manufacturer, has teamed up with Orebo, a regional convenience store in Fukui Prefecture, to develop a new system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to save labor at the cash register. The price of the system, excluding consumption tax, is about 3 million yen. Although it is more expensive than Ishida's regular scales, it is expected to save labor in processing and cooking areas of supermarkets in addition to stores that handle side dishes, and inquiries are strong. Photo taken on November 13, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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NTT DoCoMo to launch mobile phones equipped with IC cards in Jul

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. said June 16 it will release in early July four mobile phone models equipped with integrated circuit cards to enable the handsets to function as a train ticket, electronic money and ID card. A customer in this photo demonstrates its use for payment at a checkout counter. (Kyodo)