Michael Veale on Nostr: Incredible story about early Theranos investor Walgreens blowing $200m by replacing ...

Incredible story about early Theranos investor Walgreens blowing $200m by replacing thousands of their fridge doors with ‘smart’ screens which would all turn off at once or occasionally combust while they were being DDoSed and sued by their vendor who was trying to use the fridge door cameras to spot which were broken when they were opened and had a view of their neighbours, all while managing to earn only 59 cents per door per day in advertising revenue https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-01-16/walgreens-fridge-fight-bodes-poorly-for-future-of-retail?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTczNzA0MDg4NiwiZXhwIjoxNzM3NjQ1Njg2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTUTZFR01EV1gyUFMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI3MDQyN0U3REVGMkM0MDEzODNCNDUzRjAyNUE2NDc3NyJ9.F0rZgKGLV34CGZposJffoAvuNUw2Qiq7Hxe9CG2jluc