Enlarge / A drone from Alphabet’s Wing delivers a package to a customer. (credit: Wing) Earlier this month, Google’s sister company, Wing, began offering a drone delivery service in the Dallas suburbs of Frisco and Little Elm. Wing drones take off from “nests” in two Walgreens parking lots to deliver things like health products or […]
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Police Hunt For Mystery Man Seen Abducting Teen Girl From Walmart In Scary Footage
An 18-year-old girl disappeared from the parking lot of a Fernley, Nevada Walmart last week and police are desperate for help from the public! According to authorities, Naomi Irion was last seen on March 12 at around 5 a. m. in the parking lot of the local Walmart. She was supposedly waiting for a shuttle […]
Walmart wants to buy 5, 000 electric delivery vans from GM’s BrightDrop
Enlarge / A BrightDrop EV600 delivery van in Walmart’s livery. The retailer wants to buy 5, 000 BrightDrop EVs in total. (credit: BrightDrop) The electric delivery vehicle startup BrightDrop is on a roll. Set up by General Motors, BrightDrop leveraged the automaker’s investment in its new Ultium battery platform and Ultium Drive electric motors to […]
CEO expectations are changing—thanks, Delta
Fortune has a new CEO poll out this morning, in partnership with Deloitte. Read More
Stocks wobble, crypto is flat ahead of today’s big inflation report
U.S. futures trade sideways on Tuesday ahead of the 8:30 a.m. ET release of the Consumer Prince Index report. Read More
The best Prime Day 2021 tech deals from everywhere besides Amazon
Enlarge / Apple’s AirPods Pro are discounted across retailers this Prime Day. (credit: Jeff Dunn) Not looking to send any more business Amazon’s way on Prime Day? We can’t blame you. If you’re still hoping to snag a nice price on a good gadget, though, one side effect of Amazon’s manufactured holiday is that it […]
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen Talk ‘Discreet’ Lifestyle, Twin ‘Intuition’ In Rare Interview
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen used to be two of the most visible people in the world, but they pulled a complete 180 when they became fashion designers. The famous twins went from dozens of TV show and movie appearances to being reclusive high-fashion icons. But even though they’re no longer hyper-visible celebs, they’re still hugely […]
Amazon and Walmart try—again—to upend prescription drug prices
Enlarge (credit: Getty | George Frey) Amazon and Walmart are ramping up their efforts to grab market share in the $360 billion prescription drug market in the US. Today, Amazon announced that Prime members can receive a six-month supply of several widely prescribed drugs, starting at $6. Many drugs are pricier but are still discounted […]
Walmart invests in self-driving startup Cruise
Enlarge (credit: Walmart) Walmart is investing in self-driving startup Cruise as part of a massive $2.75 billion investment round in the company—an expansion of the $2 billion round announced in January. That original announcement featured three other big names: GM, Honda, and Microsoft. Cruise was originally an independent startup but was acquired by GM in […]
Sunday’s Best Deals: Pulsar Heavy-Duty Generator, Insignia Massage Chair, Star Wars Action Figures, Holy Stone Drone, Greenworks Outdoor Power Tools, and More
A Pulsar heavy-duty portable dual fuel generator and a sale on Greenworks outdoor power tools lead Sunday’s best deals. Read more…