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Amazon To Begin Drone Deliveries In Californian Town
Amazon to begin drone delivery of 'thousands' of items weighing under 5lb in Lockeford, California, nearly ten years after creating Prime Air division
Amazon Drivers Risk Increasing Number Of Injuries
Study shows that nearly one in five Amazon delivery drivers suffered injuries in 2021- again raising safty concerns about conditions for drivers
Isle Of Wight Drone Medical Delivery Trials Set To Continue
Delivery trials of medical goods to the Isle of Wight set to recommence next month as authorities look at expanding drone usage
California Authorises First Commercial Robo-Delivery Service
Start-up Nuro obtains first California permit for use of autonomous vehicles to operate commercial delivery service, as robo-vehicle industry drives ahead
Uber Delivery Business Doubles As Ride-Hailing Slump Continues
Uber Eats revenues up 103 percent year-on-year, while Uber ride-hailing trips remain down 75 percent with gradual recovery driven by East Asia
Uber Italia Hit By Labour Exploitation Probe
Milan court accuses Uber of using recruitment services that paid migrants as little as 3 euros per delivery to work as Uber Eats delivery riders
Swiss Post Suspends Drone Delivery Trials Following Crash
Tests of drone-based medical delivery system halted after delivery drone's parachute malfunctions, causing it to crash 50 yards from group of playing children
Delivery Robot Bursts Into Flames In California
The KiwiBot food delivery robot was dramatically consumed by fire after a defective battery was erroneously installed in it
Alphabet’s X Spins Off Wing, Loon Into Separate Companies
The research projects, dealing with delivery drones and balloon-based internet provision, are to join Alphabet's 'Other Bets' division
How Deliveroo Is Using Big Data And Machine Learning To Power Food Delivery
Food delivery firm relies heavily on data and machine learning to increase efficiency
McDonald’s Growth Plan Includes Mobile Apps And Big Mac Deliveries
The fast food giant has plans to introduce a mobile app and wants to expand its delivery capabilties
Amazon Begins Drone Delivery Testing In Cambridge
Amazon has started testing its Prime Air delivery drones just south of Cambridge, TechWeekEurope understands
Amazon Brings Full Supermarket Delivery To The UK
AmazonFresh now available to Prime customers across London, with nationwide expansion coming soon
PwC Predicts Drones Will Take Over The World
Market for drones could already be worth as much as £88bn, report claims
Amazon Takes Prime Now To Leeds And West Yorkshire
One-hour delivery for over 15,000 Items now available for Amazon Prime Members in Leeds
Amazon Prime Now Arrives In Berkshire, Hampshire And Surrey
Locations in the Home Countries will be able to enjoy one or two-hour delivery with Amazon Prime Now
Domino’s Trials Pizza Delivery Robot
End of the road for the pizza delivery boy? Your Pepperoni Passion could soon be delivered by robot
Britain’s First Delivery Robots Land In Greenwich
Launch from Starship Technologies will sees robots trialed across the UK this year
Amazon Is Launching A Clothing Line
Latest expansion sees Amazon expand its fashion presence
Here’s How Amazon’s Delivery Drones Will Work
Amazon vice president spills the beans on why Prime Air will be the future of delivery
Amazon Can Now Deliver By Sea
Retail giant sets up own shipping freight route between US and China for easier delivery
Volvo Launches In-Car Delivery Service In Time For Christmas
Last-minute present shopping made easy as Volvo drivers can have goods sent to their boots while they work
UK Start-Up Deliveroo Raises £66m For Overseas Expansion
Investment will see Deliveroo launch in five new cities across the globe
Amazon Takes On Supermarkets With UK Food Delivery Service
Same-day delivery of more than 4,000 items will now be available across the country
Argos Takes On Amazon With One-Day Delivery Service
High-street retailer offers super-speedy delivery of around 20,000 products across the UK for the first time
Amazon Announces Prime Now Expansion Across London
More of the capital will now be able to benefit from superfast Amazon Prime Now delivery
Amazon Begins UK Food Shopping Delivery
Trial of AmazonFresh in Birmingham sees around 50 chilled products available for delivery
Swiss Post To Kick-Start Drone Delivery
Drone tests to begin next month, with the hope of rolling out within next few years
Amazon Introduces One-Hour Prime Delivery
Prime Now service offers quick delivery for over ten thousand items