Digital assistants are changing how we shop

GUEST:Cast your mind back to around the year 2005 and you’ll remember a revolution in technology. Think about the introduction of a machine so smart that it promised to serve you in a supermarket while cutting wait times and reducing the amount of time staff spent on rote tasks. This technology is best known as the self-service register.Consumers were suspicious at first, but people like me were soon impressed by this technology. Now, my introverted heart sinks when I hear the fa