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Sundar Pichai Praises Google-Backed Apian Drones For Cutting Blood Sample Delivery Time From 30 To 2 Minutes: 'Quicker Care For Patients In Critical Need'
Friday, November 15, 2024 - 2:35am | 689Wing, a drone business backed by Google-parent Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), and Apian, a British technology start-up, have launched a drone service for NHS blood sample deliveries in London. What Happened: This new drone service, operating between Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals...
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Amazon Vs. Walmart: Who Will Be The First To Conquer The Skies With Drone Delivery?
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 3:40pm | 594Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) are the two largest American companies in online retail. The rivalry has now set its new sights on online drone delivery: Who will be the first to conquer the skies? Amazon Drone Delivery: When then-CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos appeared on 60...
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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai Applauds Wing Aviation's Larger Drone That Can Be Adapted To Deliver Essentials Like Food, Medicine
Thursday, January 18, 2024 - 1:16am | 583Alphabet Inc-owned (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) drone delivery company Wing on Wednesday said that the company will be introducing a new aircraft with more payload capacity in the coming twelve months to deliver larger orders. What Happened: The new aircraft can carry a payload of up to five...
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Amazon Is One Step Closer To Package Delivery By Drone
Monday, August 31, 2020 - 4:24pm | 390When Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced the future Prime Air service, he promised customers delivery by drone in less than 30 minutes. Amazon has discussed using drones for delivery since 2013, and 2018 was the original target date. What Happened: The Federal...
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What Do Alphabet's 'Wing' And 'Loon' Businesses Do?
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 - 2:00pm | 494Like Chronicle, Dandelion, Waymo and Verily before them, Wing and Loon have taken flight. Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) spun off the subsidiaries — the brainchildren of its X research division — into independent companies, according to a Wednesday CNBC report....
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Wingstop CEO: We're Seeing No Impact From Chipotle E. Coli Disaster
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 5:25pm | 291Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) have lost almost 24 percent over the past three months, mainly due to the E. Coli outbreak now affecting nine states. While evidence points towards Chipotle as the main culprit, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has not determined ...