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The fluorescent lights of the supercenter hummed, but inside the servers of , the world was much louder. walmart.com

"This is it," the chair thought, its digital metadata shimmering. The click came fast

One Tuesday at 3:00 AM, the algorithm shifted. A "Flash Deal" tag was slapped onto the chair's chest. Suddenly, the chair wasn't just sitting there; it was the star of the homepage. The click came fast. Within seconds