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Prescription drone delivery takes off at Amazon

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Amazon is the latest retailer to provide drone-based delivery of prescription medications. Amazon Pharmacy customers in College Station, Texas can now get their prescription medications dropped outside their door via Amazon’s drone delivery service within 60 minutes of placing their order, at no additional cost. Eligible Amazon Pharmacy customers can select “free drone delivery in less …

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From Amazon to Facebook, These Are 5 Companies That Changed …

Twitter is changing its named to X, Elon Musk announced Saturday. Here are five more companies that rebranded, some controversially and others with success. Including the original X.com, which became PayPal after Musk was ousted as CEO. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in …

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Amazon drone delivery layoffs – DRONELIFE

Amazon plans the largest headcount reduction in its history, slashing 18,000 jobs to improve financials. Continue reading below, or listen: Unfortunately, just as it is getting off the ground, Amazon drone delivery layoffs will hit the Prime Air team. The Prime Air drone delivery team has been in the headlines …

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Flying High: Amazon Delivery Drones Ready for Take-off

In 2013, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos went on “60 Minutes” to introduce plans for a futuristic-sounding product: drone delivery.  “These are effectively drones but there’s no reason that they can’t be used as delivery vehicles,” Bezos said in the segment. “We’re talking about delivery. There’s an item going into the …

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Amazon and Walmart want the FAA to let them use part of your…

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One of the largest government-assisted property grabs in U.S. history is quietly unfolding above America’s cities and towns. Walmart and other giant corporations eager to launch drone delivery services are using FAA authorizations to snatch up private airspace rights and paying us nothing in return. It’s only a matter of time until these companies …

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Amazon to launch drone distributions in California, Texas

(MENAFN) US e-commerce in addition to tech giant Amazon declared on Friday that it is going to shortly begin distributions by drone in the states of California and Texas. The firm mentioned in a statement last month that it is going to offer drone distributions to customers living in Lockeford, …

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Amazon Drone Deliveries Coming to Texas City as Prime Air Ex…

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Amazon said Friday it’ll begin delivering packages to residents of College Station, Texas, later this year, the second location in the United States for its Prime Air delivery service and the latest in an expansion of the technology that emerged this week. College Station, about 80 miles northwest of Houston, …

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10 Things in Tech: Amazon Drone Plans

You’re halfway through the week, readers. Leaked documents show that Amazon plans to expand its drone delivery service soon, and a new list shows employees’ picks for the companies with the best culture. Let’s get started. If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. Download Insider’s app – click …

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Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google spend $65 million on Washing…

Amazon in 2020 spent roughly $18 million on lobbying, and Facebook spent nearly $20 million, marking the most that either company has ever devoted to pushing its political agenda in Washington, according to an analysis of federal lobbying disclosures that became available Friday. The companies filed their final updates for …

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