Billionaire Jeff Bezos bragged that Amazon pays its employees a minimum wage of $15 per hour and challenged its competitors to follow suit. Ironically, though, the e-commerce giant just acquired a robotics startup whose machines could one day send many of those employees to the unemployment line. Robots Are Taking Over Amazon Warehouse Jobs Amazon’s purchase of Canvas Technology for an undisclosed sum will allow it to reduce the manpower required at its fulfillment centers. TechCrunch reports that Canvas builds self-driving carts for moving goods around a warehouse, so you might find yourself out of a job in a few
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