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From farm to phone: A paradigm shift in grocery

Source: eCommerce – TechCrunch
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The most widely known approach comes from Instacart, which relies on hundreds of thousands of human shoppers fulfilling customers’ online grocery orders by shopping side-by-side with regular brick-and-mortar customers. The model clearly works for Instacart, which is valued at ne

Why We Need Mass Automation to Pandemic-Proof the

Source: Singularity Hub
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Today, e-commerce is roughly 12% of retail sales in the US and is expected to rise well beyond 25% within the decade, fueled by changes in buying habits. However, analysts have begun to consider whether the current crisis might cause permanent jumps in those numbers, as it has in

TuSimple’s Robot Big Rigs Will Automate Trucking C

Source: Singularity Hub
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This week, the company and several big name partners, including UPS and Penske, announced plans for an autonomous freight network of self-driving trucks