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Houston just got a little more futuristic, and thankfully not in a flying cars kind of way. Walmart has officially launched drone delivery in the greater Houston area, partnering once again with Wing, Alphabet’s drone delivery company, to bring groceries and household essentials straight from the sky to customers’ homes in about 30 minutes. This…
After years of pilot programs and regional rollouts, drone delivery just went national. Wing and Walmart are adding 150 stores to their drone delivery network over the next 12 months, bringing the total to over 270 locations by 2027 and putting 40 million Americans within reach of autonomous delivery. This isn’t incremental growth. It’s the…
Walmart is quietly turning Tampa Bay into a test runway, and this time the landing zone might be your lawn, as reported by Bizjournals. The retail giant has filed plans with Hillsborough County to roll out drone delivery operations at up to seven Walmart stores across the Tampa area, partnering once again with Alphabet owned…
In many rural parts of Africa, vaccines face an enemy more dangerous than misinformation or logistics, heat. Nearly one in four doses are thrown away simply because they fall outside the narrow temperature range they need to stay effective, a quiet tragedy when every vial represents protection that never reached an arm. Now Rwanda is…
Walmart and Zipline have launched drone delivery service in Royse City, Texas, adding another suburb to what is quietly becoming America’s largest commercial drone delivery network. The announcement, made Monday, marks the 17th location in the Dallas-Fort Worth region where customers can receive groceries and household essentials dropped from the sky. Customers living near the…
Amazon has officially switched on its drone delivery service in Richardson, Texas, and this new expansion marks another chapter in the company’s long journey to make aerial delivery a normal part of everyday life. The drones now take off from the fulfillment center on Research Drive, and they can carry packages up to five pounds,…
Walmart’s drone delivery service has officially touched down in metro Atlanta. The service brings a new form of speedy convenience to customers who want their items delivered not just fast but airborne. It is something that used to sound like science fiction until Walmart, Wing and a handful of brave test shoppers decided to make…
Almost a year ago, I bought the DJI Neo. Back then, I imagined it would be the cheerful little budget drone that could introduce beginners to the joy of flying without scaring their wallets into therapy. And in many ways, the Neo 1 did deliver… within reason. Very reasonable reason. The kind of reason where…
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