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Tortoise, Vroom Delivery To Launch Robotic Grocery Delivery In Dalla
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s The eCommerce provider Vroom Delivery and last-mile logistics automation company Tortoise announced on Monday (Aug 9) that the two companies are debuting robotic grocery delivery in Dallas, Texas, in partnership with the Urban Value Corner Store. Each of the fully electric sidewalk robots utilized in this partnership drives at roughly 3 mph and can carry over 100 pounds of groceries. This pilot deployment will launch “in the coming months,” per Tortoise Co-founder Dmitry Shevelenko’s prepared comment. The Background Tortoise has previously partnered with the major U.S. grocery chain Albertsons to pilot the beta launch of a robotic fleet of...
Early Addition: Does Bruce Springsteen Think He’s Too Good To Have A NJ Rest Stop Named After Him?
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Apple’s major privacy change is here
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What you need to know By Samantha Murphy Kelly | CNN Business Apple rolled out a major privacy feature on Monday that will allow iOS users to decide how they want their personal data handled — a move that has worried some companies, including Facebook. iOS users must now give explicit permission for apps to track their behavior and sell their personal data, such as age, location, spending habits and health information, to advertisers. While many apps have allowed people to manage or opt-out of this for years, it’s typically buried deep in user settings and wordy privacy policies. The...
CDC says many Americans can now go outside without a mask
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. And those who are unvaccinated can go outside without masks in some cases, too. The new guidance represents another carefully calibrated step on the road back to normal from the coronavirus outbreak that has killed over 570,000 people in U.S. For most of the past year, the CDC had been advising Americans to wear masks outdoors if they are within 6 feet of...
‘Not the time’: Feds decline to give new guidance to fully, partially vaccinated Canadian
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s Federal health officials on Tuesday (April 27) decline to provide guidance to partially or fully vaccinated Canadians, even as they touted the benefits of even one dose of COVID-19 vaccines. Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said that real-world evidence has shown that one dose has reduced hospitalizations and deaths among populations where most are vaccinated. “You have seen how even one dose of vaccine has reduced long-term care home impacts and also… on Indigenous communities that have received at least one dose of the vaccine,” Tam said. “It is an extremely important measure.” However, she noted, “it...