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Waymo Trials Rides For Shoppers In Arizona

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To offer shoppers rides in self-driving vehicles, Alphabet ’s Waymo is starting a trial run for Walmart customers in Arizona. Beyond Walmart, Waymo is working with DDR Corp to provide diners and shoppers with rides to a shopping center in Chandler, Arizona. The technology has undergone five billion hours of simulations, he said.

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Arizona Autonomous Vehicle Tests Build On World’s Fair Legacy

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And not everyone in Arizona can hitch a ride with the vehicle: Waymo said in a Medium post that it was opening up to “early riders from our research program” before it slowly rolls it out to other riders, with safety as a factor in the speed of the launch. For starters, the state’s rules for driverless cars aren’t as strict as California’s.

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Uber Targets Senior Riders With Phone Booking Service

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The service is starting in Arizona, where users can call 1-833-USE-UBER to speak with a live representative. The telephone operator service has previously been tested in India , Egypt, Ukraine and Mexico. Uber is launching a new telephone booking service aimed at older consumers in the U.S.

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Food Delivery Shows No Sign Of Abating In Summer

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Uber Technology is reportedly offering $2.6 The interest among established buyers in growing food delivery operations is far more than a U.S. regulators recently approved Amazon’s $575 million purchase of a 16 percent stake in Deliveroo, a London-based food delivery business that operates in both England and Australia.

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Walmart Expands eCommerce Grocery Delivery Partners

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As they are busy managing jobs, soccer practice, dance lessons and social schedules we are on a mission to do more than keep a little extra money in their pockets,” Tom Ward, senior vice president of Digital Operations, Walmart U.S., said in a press release.

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Why Voice Authentication’s Doing Prison Time

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What eventually becomes cutting-edge in retail and payments often originates in places that are dedicated to security, not commerce. New technology often starts out at the U.S. Authorities and prison technology companies say this mass biometric surveillance supports prison security and fraud prevention efforts.”.

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Nuro Raises $940M From SoftBank For Robotic Delivery

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Nuro, the robotics company operating in the commerce market, announced on Monday (Feb. This partnership gives us the opportunity to take the next step in realizing our vision for local commerce and the broad application of our technology.”. 11) that it has raised $940 million in financing from the SoftBank Vision Fund.

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