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Yandex to deliver Carrefour orders using self-driving technology

Majid Al Futtaim has partnered with Yandex, a European IT company and the co-winner of Dubai World Challenge for Self-Driving Transport, to explore autonomous technology solutions to enhance Carrefour’s last mile delivery capabilities. The partnership will enable Carrefour to be the first omnichannel retailer to use self-driving robots for orders delivery in the region. Responding to the high demand for online orders, Carrefour customers in selected neighborhoods across the UAE could receive… Source link

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Top 10 Best (and Worst) Web Browsers for Privacy – WRCB-TV

Epic is a private, secure web browser that blocks ads, trackers, fingerprinting, cryptomining, and more. Epic routes all web traffic through a proxy server that automatically blocks trackers and cookies. Using Epic ensures your data is encrypted and hidden from the government, Google, your employer, and hundreds of other data collectors. Source link

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Yandex To Bring Autonomous Robot Delivery To Carrefour In Dubai

Russia’s Yandex Self-Driving Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Majid Al Futtaim, operators of the Carrefour banner in the Middle East, to introduce autonomous robot delivery to its stores in Dubai. The partnership will enhance Carrefour’s last-mile delivery capabilities in the region, with a pilot programme set to launch in early 2022. Through the initiative, Carrefour customers in selected neighbourhoods across the United Arab Emirates will be able to receive their… Source link

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The Capitalization of Yandex Exceeded $30 billion for the First Time

OREANDA-NEWS.  The capitalization of the Russian company Yandex, following the results of trading on November 3 on the Nasdaq exchange in the United States, exceeded $30 billion for the first time. According to Bloomberg, the market value of the parent structure of Yandex N.V., registered in the Netherlands, amounted to $30.119 billion. According to the results of the last trading, the company’s shares were worth $84 per paper. During the day, the shares rose by 1.31%. Yandex N.V. Class A… Source link

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Google search is not reliable for health information: study

The digital world is constantly evolving—Facebook is Meta now!—yet internet search remains a magic box where we type questions and answers just appear on the screen. Critics say this disconnect has led to cluttered design, ads camouflaged as search results, even a search algorithm that some say shows signs of wear: ProPublica reporter Jesse Eisinger recently tweeted he thinks Google searches have gotten “significantly worse,” and he got 1,000 likes and nods of agreement from everyone… Source link

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Majid Al Futtaim inks Carrefour UAE online delivery deal with Yandex — Retail Technology Innovation Hub

Majid Al Futtaim, which specialises in shopping mall, communities, retail, and leisure across the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia, is teaming with Russian tech giant Yandex to explore autonomous technology solutions that enhance Carrefour UAE’s last mile delivery capabilities. This makes Carrefour the first omnichannel retailer to use self-driving robots for online order delivery in the region.  A pilot, involving customers in select neighbourhoods across the UAE, is set to launch… Source link

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Russia Tech Giant Yandex Uses AI to Reward Safe Drivers With Insurance Discounts

Russian tech giant Yandex plans to reward responsible drivers on its car-sharing platform with cheaper insurance this year, it told Reuters, using machine learning in a pilot program similar to one already adopted by Tesla. Newly listed Renaissance Insurance has verified Yandex’s algorithms and the two companies will team up to offer car insurance discounts of up to 35% to the safest drivers using the Yandex.Drive app. Yandex did not disclose the terms of the deal, and Renaissance… Source link

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