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Apple To Shutter Houston Stores Again

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As instances of the coronavirus increase in Texas, Apple will shutter seven of its Houston-vicinity retail locations once again. Stores that are reportedly shuttering again include locations at the Houston Galleria, Highland Village, Willowbrook Mall, Memorial City, Baybrook, the Woodlands and First Colony Mall.

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Autonomous Delivery Startup Nuro Nets $500M In Funding On $5B Valuation

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The company, according to Co-Founder Jiajun Zhu , is based around the idea of improving peoples' lives through various kinds of robotic inventions, including their first one, a self-driving vehicle operating electronically to deliver goods to people.

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Apple To Shutter 30 More US Stores Again Amid Pandemic

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Their reclosures reportedly are a negative barometer of the ease with which retail operations are able to resume throughout the country. The news comes as Apple was set to close seven of its retail locations in the area of Houston on Thursday (June 25).

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Grocery Retail Ups Its Autonomous Delivery Game

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That report goes on to say that Udelv “will provide H-E-B with one of its Newton second-generation autonomous delivery vehicles, which are already in service in trials in the Bay Area, Arizona and Houston, providing deliveries on behalf of some of Udelv’s other clients, which include Walmart, among others.”. Kroger Push.

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Einride Presses The Pedal On Autonomous Delivery

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That report goes on to say that Udelv “will provide H-E-B with one of its Newton second-generation autonomous delivery vehicles, which are already in service in trials in the Bay Area, Arizona and Houston, providing deliveries on behalf of some of Udelv’s other clients, which include Walmart, among others.”. For instance, Kroger Co.,

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Are Postmates Sidewalk Robots Just The Tip Of The Self-Delivery Frontier?

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The fleet from Nuro will serve certain Domino’s customers in Houston who place their orders online, the company said in an announcement. In an effort to tackle grocery delivery, Kroger previously announced it has begun to use autonomous vehicles in Arizona. The company said those cars have made almost 1,000 deliveries.

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Kroger, Nuro Bringing Self-Driving Delivery To Houston

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the grocery retailer, and Nuro, the SoftBank -backed robotics company, announced on Thursday (March 14) the launch of their autonomous grocery delivery service in Houston. In a press release , the companies said the service will be available through two Houston Kroger stores, reaching customers residing in four local zip codes.

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