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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

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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JULY 2, 2020

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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OCTOBER 16, 2020

The states leading the probe include Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and Utah. Google is also facing a Chinese antitrust probe into whether Google took advantage of its hold over the Android mobile operating system in order to stifle competition. 15) blog. .

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AUGUST 15, 2019

The delivery company also said that it’s been testing self-driving trucks on a freight route in Arizona since May. But the technology has a ton of implications today.”. Right now, autonomous UPS trucks are operating an a stretch of highway between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. The size of the investment was not disclosed.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Scottdale, Arizona was chillier than normal this week, but that didn’t prevent bankers from having heated discussions about 2023 at this year’s Acquired or Be Acquired conference, hosted by Bank Director. Like the Phoenix Open and Super Bowl week coming soon to Arizona, it’s clear things are going to be hopping in banking this year.

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

Like their cousins in banking, credit unions (CUs) long enjoyed a relaxed pace of technological change. Arizona-based FI consulting firm Cornerstone Advisors noted that just three major banks have 47 percent of the accounting and payment services sector’s $11 billion.”. It was all on their timetable. Not anymore.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

In an effort to tackle grocery delivery, Kroger announced that it has begun to use autonomous vehicles in Arizona. The grocer along with Nuro had been using a fleet of Prius cars with operators. Our autonomous delivery pilot with Nuro over the past few months continues to prove the benefit of the flexible and reliable technology.”.

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

Those would include the self-driving cars, the drone business and the various “smart” technologies. These efforts are grouped inside the unit known as “Other Bets,” which had an operating loss of $3.4 billion operating income reported by Google. billion through the past year. That comes as a drag against the $36.5

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The restaurant business is: a) healthy for 2020 or b) apprehensive about technology. The 2020 outlook report from the National Restaurant Association was released today and it paints a picture of an industry dealing with the countercurrents of solid consumer spending and disruptive technology. All of the above.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 20, 2017

Smaller banks, either under $10 billion in total assets or the smaller group, under $1 billion, dedicate a greater proportion of their total operating expense to salary and benefits. The under $1 billion cohort spends nearly 9% more of their operating expense on employees. Although I'm sure there are exceptions.

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APRIL 23, 2019

Waymo’s CEO John Krafcik said the company was teaming up with American Axle & Manufacturing to redo a Detroit factory, with the aim of it being operational by the middle of 2019. Waymo already has a robotaxi fleet in Arizona consisting of retrofitted Chrysler Pacifica minivans, with plans to expand the program.

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JUNE 11, 2019

This bill created the nation’s third regulatory sandbox program for fintechs, after Arizona , which enacted sandbox legislation in March 2018, and Wyoming , which enacted sandbox legislation in February of this year. Arizona’s program, in contrast, is administered by the Arizona Attorney General.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

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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DECEMBER 5, 2019

The program is officially one year old, and it started in Chandler, Arizona. The company, in a blog post , also shed light on its fully autonomous taxis, which operate without a driver behind the wheel. Waymo said it was going to open up the service to iPhone users (it was previously only available to Android).

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JANUARY 18, 2019

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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MAY 2, 2019

Convenience store operator 7-Eleven is launching beer and cider delivery in select U.S. stores with the technology this year. Customers can place their beer orders via the 7Now app. ” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft. .”

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

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.”.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The company had to scale back its autonomous vehicle program following an incident in Arizona where a pedestrian was killed by one of the vehicles. An Uber spokesperson called San Francisco “a great city to gather key learnings for self-driving technology,” due to its complex and changing environment.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

12), Waymo is exploring ways to bring its self-driving technology to the trucking industry, per commentary from CEO John Krafcik. As is well known, Waymo operates as a subsidiary of Alphabet, which is also the owner of Google. As Reuters reported Thursday (Sept. Ride hailing is an important application of our Driver,” Krafcik said.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

It’s been a long two years since bankers and investment bankers nationwide made their annual pilgrimage to the Arizona desert for the Acquire or Be Acquired conference – and ohhh man, a completely different world has emerged since the January 2020 get-together! Let’s put COVID aside for a minute. price/book multiple.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

And, as consumers have many options, fast-casual and quick-service restaurants (QSRs) realize they must meet growing diner expectations and embrace technology to stay relevant. And food-ordering platforms are teaming up with restaurant technology companies to make it easier for eateries to accept delivery orders.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

The pilot program with Walmart will happen at stores in Surprise, Arizona. Level 4 is known as high automation, where the car can operate without human input but only under select conditions, defined by factors like road type or location. The Newton, which can fit up to 32 customers’ orders at a time, is a level 4 autonomous vehicle.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

The letter accuses Theranos, founder Elizabeth Holmes and a former executive of deception by claiming that “proprietary technologies that worked” had been developed and were close to regulatory approval. Holmes can no longer work in labs until the appeal is settled, and testing operations were shut down in Arizona.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Technology is progressing as consumer attitudes shift on what constitutes effective deliveries. While regulations have not yet caught up to some of the facts on the ground, the trend is clear — autonomous technology promises to play an increasingly important role in fulfillment in the decades to come. Alphabet Effort. Delivery Trends.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

To bring these innovations to fruition, technology companies and retailers decided to join forces. Ford and Postmates kicked off 2018 by announcing a new partnership that would allow the automaker to test its self-driving technology for deliveries. Autonomous Driving Startups.

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Bobsguide

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This project has served as an impetus for us to address customer and employee frustration points, simplify and de-risk how we do business, and make us more agile in adapting to future digital technology, customer and regulatory expectations.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

New technology often starts out at the U.S. A report earlier this week from The Intercept detailed how prison operators in New York, Texas, Arizona, Florida and Arkansas are using — or want to use — voice prints from inmates (and, apparently, not always with the full knowledge of those prisoners). Voice-Print Efforts.

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JULY 24, 2018

And that’s officially pleasing to Google ’s parent company as it continues to devote more money to its self-driving technology Waymo unit and other experimental projects organized under the umbrella of Other Bets. The Other Bets unit also reported an operating loss of $732 million, a 16 percent increase from the second quarter of 2017.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

In an effort to tackle grocery delivery, Kroger previously announced it has begun to use autonomous vehicles in Arizona. The grocer, along with Nuro, had been using a fleet of Prius cars with operators. The offering comes on the heels of an experimental program by the grocer and California startup Nuro , Reuters reported.

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AUGUST 16, 2018

The ride-sharing technology provider managed to trim its loss in the second quarter of 2018 , to $891 million from the $1.1 Uber so far has spent $2 billion on self-driving technology development, the report said. If it spent $200 million, that would equal 22 percent of the quarterly loss. Uber’s Q2 revenue was about $2.8

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AUGUST 16, 2018

The ride-sharing technology provider managed to trim its loss in the second quarter of 2018 , to $891 million from the $1.1 Uber does not report figures associated with its work on self-driving technology. Uber so far has spent $2 billion on self-driving technology development, the report said. Uber’s Q2 revenue was about $2.8

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APRIL 29, 2019

But the technology does not offer full autonomous driving – a camera inside the vehicle monitors the driver’s eye movement for signs of exhaustion or sleep. Waymo’s CEO John Krafcik said the company was teaming up with American Axle & Manufacturing to redo a Detroit factory, with the aim of it being operational by the middle of 2019.

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JUNE 12, 2017

“Both Steve and Brian are instrumental to our national expansion efforts, ensuring Gobble’s cost leadership and operational efficiency are best in class.”. Gobble currently serves seven western states: California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Idaho and Utah. McEvoy agreed.

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APRIL 27, 2017

Rather, Waymo is offering households in the Phoenix, Arizona, area a chance to incorporate the company’s self-driving tech into their daily routines — a live test with live folks. Waymo has not disclosed how many total vehicles will be operating in the region during the expanded public tests. Been there, done that.)

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JANUARY 27, 2017

For several automakers, the show offered an opportunity to showcase their latest vehicle designs that now include a helpful passenger connected to the vehicle’s operating system. Besides, Hyundai, Ford and Volkswagen also have plans to incorporate Alexa into their vehicles’ operating systems. Rethinking the car.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

states, with only Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Washington labeling DFS as illegal. The betting platform – which is managed via DraftKings, which won the competitive bid for the project – has been operating since late December, and saw a spike in activity over the weekend.

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APRIL 25, 2018

When people want coffee or tea, they want it now, and we want their orders to be ready when they are,” Aidan Hay, SVP of Operations at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, said in a press release announcing a mobile order-ahead feature for their app. The Coffee Bean & Tea Life is hardly alone.

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