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

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The program was implemented in Houston and used both the R2 and autonomous Toyota Priuses, which were powered via Nuro's proprietary software and hardware. Last year, Nuro announced it was working with Walmart on a pilot for autonomous grocery delivery.

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Why Brick-And-Mortar Merchants Are Tapping Into Unattended Retail

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From Rent the Runway to McDonald’s , retailers are tapping into a world of technology that lets customers make transactions without visiting a cashier. These are just some of the ways that merchants are using digital innovations to better serve their customers with the help of kiosk and unattended retail technology: . In the U.S.,

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Verizon 5G Network Launch Foreshadows Mobile Commerce Changes

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Verizon launched the world’s first commercial 5G Ultra Wideband network in October 2018 with the rollout of 5G Home broadband internet service in Houston, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Indianapolis,” the company said. Everything is software and virtualized and put in the cloud.”. 5G Potential. 5G Potential. Verizon’s 5G Play.

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Juul Starts Tracking Program For Devices To Combat Use By Minors

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As part of our efforts to prevent youth use through technological solutions, we are developing a unique product tracking system to better understand how these products are getting into the hands of minors,” the company said. The company could also send a secret shopper to a store where it sees a spike in sales.

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Walmart Focuses On Supercenters As Strategy To Take On Amazon

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The system could be rented out with new demand from self-driving vehicles as well as other systems that may tap into technology to quickly sift through significant amounts of information. (That is a quicker system than sending information to the cloud.) Tom Ward, senior vice president of Digital Operations for Walmart U.S.,

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Kroger Rolls Out New Grocery Delivery Offering

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The offering will debut in Houston, Louisville, Nashville and Kroger’s hometown of Cincinnati, Chain Store Age reported. Partnering with Nuro, a leading technology company, will create customer value by providing Americans access to fast and convenient delivery at a fair price.”.

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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. Our autonomous delivery pilot with Nuro over the past few months continues to prove the benefit of the flexible and reliable technology.”. Automotive Interest.