Gorillas, Buyk, and Gopuff are opening dozens of rapid delivery warehouses across Manhattan.Getir is the latest arrival in NYC but one of the most experienced of the rapid delivery players.The launch comes as one ultrafast player, 1520 , shut down last week.More than 100 rapid-grocery-delivery services are operating worldwide, with […]
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Facebook’s $237.6 billion drop in value sets all-time record
Facebook parent Meta lost more than $237 billion in value Thursday.That’s the biggest one-day drop in value in the history of the U.S.stock market.Meta’s plunge, based on a weaker-than-expected revenue forecast , topped the prior record set by Apple , when it lost $182 billion in market value in September […]
A 1-mile stretch of road is being built in Detroit that can charge electric cars as they drive — if owners install a special receiver
Electreon Wireless is building a mile-long stretch in Detroit that will charge electric cars as the drive on it.The company said the roadway will be fully functional by 2023 for EVs that install a special receiver.Charging infrastructure poses a major hurdle for electric-vehicle adoption.Get the latest tech news & scoops […]
Facebook’s drop of $ 237.6 billion in value sets an all-time record
Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified at a hearing in the House Financial Services Committee in Washington on October 23, 2019. Erin Scott | Reuters Facebook parent Meta lost more than $ 237 billion in value Thursday.It is the biggest drop in one day in the history of the […]
January jobs report 2022: U.S. adds 467,000 jobs, 4 percent unemployment – The Washington Post
The U.S.economy added 467,000 jobs in January even as the omicron variant spiked to record heights, showing that the resilient labor market had enough momentum to power through one of the pandemic’s biggest surges. The unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 4 percent, from 3.9 percent the month before, because […]
U.S. tests “robot dogs” to patrol southern border – CBS News
A robot modeled after man’s best friend may one day help patrol the U.S.southern border. “Don’t be surprised if in the future we see robot ‘Fido’ out in the field, walking side by side with [Custom Border Patrol] personnel,” the U.S.Department of Homeland Security said in a blog post this […]
Facebook’s $232 billion fall sets record for largest one-day value drop in stock market history
[post] ] Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, October 23, 2019. Erin Scott | Reuters Facebook parent Meta lost more than $232 billion in value Thursday.That’s the biggest one-day drop in value in the history of the U.S.stock market. Meta’s […]
Amazon’s ‘The Wheel of Time’ was the biggest new series in the US last year
Fares Fares as “Ishamael.”Jan Thijs / Wheel of Time “The Wheel of Time” was the most in-demand new series in the US that debuted last year.In its first 30 days of release, it was bigger than other new shows like “The Book of Boba Fett.” The show’s success is a […]
Democrats, teachers unions fight to keep parents from learning what their kids are taught
Democrats and teachers unions are working to block bills proposed in at least a dozen states that would require curriculum transparency in schools across the country, arguing that parents’ access to their children’s learning materials online could lead to undue censorship and backlash against educators.Parents are entitled under federal law […]
Shackleton’s Endurance: The impossible search for the greatest shipwreck – BBC News
Shackleton’s Endurance: The impossible search for the greatest shipwreck By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent Published 1 day Image caption, Endurance set sail from Grytviken, South Georgia, on 5 December 1914 (Oil painting by George Cummings) It is one of the most unreachable shipwrecks in the world. We know with […]