A startup drone company will begin delivering prescription drugs and other medical supplies in May to hospitals in Japan’s hard-to-reach Goto Islands. Zipline, a drone maker based in South San Francisco, and Toyota Tsusho Corp, a logistics subsidiary of the car manufacturer, said the service will cut delivery times to 30 minutes from several hours. …
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Wing, a drone delivery business run by tech giant and Google parent Alphabet, will begin flying packages from a host of businesses to residents of the Dallas area this week, a dramatic expansion of a service conceived a decade ago. Starting Thursday, Wing will deliver packages from the pharmacy chain Walgreens to residents of Little Elm and Frisco, Texas, which …
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YouTube is stepping back from original programming. The Google-owned video site will cut back much of its investment in original programming, according to a report Tuesday by Bloomberg. In a statement shared on Twitter, Robert Kyncl, YouTube’s chief business officer, said the company will shift its focus to its “Creator Shorts Fund, Black Voices Fund and Live Shopping programming” in …
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Wing, the drone delivery division of Google parent company Alphabet, said Wednesday that it’s expanded operations to parts of the Dallas-Forth Worth area. This is a significant expansion into a more complex urban area, though operations so far are limited to carrying packages from a Walgreens parking lot to residents of Frisco and Little Elm on the northern edge of …
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Google on Tuesday unveiled its Pixel 5A, a $449 5G device the search giant hopes will lift sales of its struggling branded phone line. That goal, however, will be a challenge because the midtier phone will be available through limited channels and in just two countries, the US and Japan. The new phone is part of Google’s A series, a …
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YouTube on Wednesday suspended Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky for breaking the company’s rules against spreading misinformation about COVID-19. As part of the suspension, Paul won’t be able to publish videos to his channel for one week. In the offending video, the Republican senator denounces the effectiveness of wearing masks to ward off the coronavirus. The claims contradict guidance from …
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Google unveiled on Monday the newest generation of its flagship phone line, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, to compete in a crowded field dominated by Apple and Samsung. The 5G phones, which will launch in the fall, are powered by a new system-on-chip that Google designed in-house. Like most Android phone makers, Google has long relied on Qualcomm’s …
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Google made location settings harder to find in its Android phone software so people wouldn’t turn them off, a move aimed at preserving the data collection efforts that power the tech giant’s lucrative ad business, according to court documents that were unsealed earlier this week The decision came after Google conducted research that found a “substantial increase” in devices disabled …
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The European Parliament has invited Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple chief Tim Cook, Facebook helmsman Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet head Sundar Pichai to Brussels in February or March for a hearing focused on the dominance of their companies, Reuters reported. “The purpose of the planned hearing is to have an exchange with the chief executive officers of the four globally leading platform companies …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. YouTube on Tuesday said it suspended One America News, a far-right news organization, for spreading misinformation related to COVID-19. The Google-owned platform said it took action against OAN, one of President Donald Trump’s favorite outlets, after it posted a video that violated a …
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