New York is getting its very own checkout-free Amazon Go store

Brace yourselves New Yorkers: You're getting an Amazon Go store.

Amazon confirmed to CNN that it plans to open one of its checkout-free grocery stores of the future in New York after several job listings for positions such as a store manager were posted online.

Amazon opened the first Go store in Seattle in January of this year. Hailed as the store of the future, customers use their phones to scan their Amazon Go app at the turnstiles located at the entrance.

Then, the rest is like magic.

You simply take what you want to purchase from off the shelves and put it in your bag. Amazon uses its "Walk Out" technology which consists of a whole bunch of cameras and sensors located within the shelves and installed in the ceilings to track each item you've picked up. Read more...