Aaron Pressman

6 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Aaron Pressman

Boston fitness tech startup Whoop introduced its latest wristband devices on Thursday with new features that could appeal to a broader audience beyond the hardcore athletes who have favored the bands in the past. One of the two new bands, dubbed the Whoop MG, included the company’s first-ever health tracking feature that has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration which regulates medical devices.

6 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Aaron Pressman

Former Wayfair software engineer Richard DiBona lost his bid to win damages from the online furniture company, which he said discriminated against him because of his age. DiBona was hired in September 2019 to help write software for Wayfair’s vast online sales catalog of furniture and other home goods. But the company fired him in July, 2020, at age 53.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Aaron Pressman

Amazon unveiled its latest warehouse robot on Wednesday, dubbed Vulcan, the company’s first with a sense of touch to help it manipulate all the shapes and sizes of different items. Designed and manufactured at Amazon’s robotics operations outside Boston, Vulcan can place an item in a storage bin while carefully nudging other items out of the way. Amazon engineers used generative artificial intelligence software to help Vulcan pick up items and navigate the tight confines of warehouse storage bins.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Aaron Pressman

Five years after he was fired by Wayfair, software engineer Richard DiBona took on his former employer in court last week, telling a jury that he was a victim of age discrimination who was targeted during the pandemic. The case is the first to go to trial of three ongoing lawsuits against the online furniture retailer filed by former workers in their 50s alleging they were fired due to age bias.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Aaron Pressman

Warehouse automation company Symbotic is cutting 400 jobs from the Andover-based robotics unit of Walmart that it acquired in January. Wilmington-based Symbotic disclosed the layoffs, scheduled to occur on June 27, in a filing with the state under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act that was disclosed on Friday. The layoffs come as Symbotic, headed by New Hampshire billionaire Rick Cohen, is combining the former Walmart unit with its own operations.