List" feature uses the barcode scanner to quickly (and precisely) add items to a shareable shopping list in the company’s ...

GE Appliances has just debuted its new smart refrigerator at CES 2026, and it might have changed my mind about the future of ...

Ahead of CES 2026, GE announced the Smart Refrigerator with Kitchen Assistant, which boasts a barcode scanner that can add an ...

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Beep. You hear it every time you buy a product in a retail store. The checkout person slides your purchase over a scanner embedded in their checkout stand, or shoots it with a handheld scanner. The ...

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Beep! The barcode, that rectangle of thick and thin parallel lines seen on seemingly every grocery product, package, prescription bottle and piece of luggage is turning 50 years old. Almost as old is ...

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List" feature uses the barcode scanner to quickly (and precisely) add items to a shareable shopping list in GE's SmartHQ app.