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Yandex Exploring Delivery Options in Europe

Yandex Exploring Delivery Options in Europe

Yandex, the Russia-based internet company, and its fast grocery unit Yango Deli are rethinking the company’s strategic priorities in the United Kingdom and France, TechFundingNews.com reported Friday (April 1). The news outlet reported Yango Deli delivery will end its operations in France as the business suffers. The company is also exploring the sale of its United Kingdom division, sources told the online news organization. “Yango Deli is gradually suspending its ultra-fast grocery… Source link

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Google launches new tools to help businesses optimize their delivery operations – TechCrunch

Google launches new tools to help businesses optimize their delivery operations – TechCrunch

Google today announced two new tools for businesses that operate extensive delivery fleets: the Last Mile Fleet Solution and the Cloud Fleet Routing API. The new Last Mile Fleet Solution, which is part of the Google Maps platform, puts an emphasis on optimizing every step of the last-mile delivery process from ordering to delivery. As the name implies, the new Routing API, which is part of Google Cloud, focuses on route planning across fleets of delivery vehicles. The Last Mile Fleet… Source link

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Grubhub Ends Robot Delivery Partnership with Russia’s Yandex

Grubhub Ends Robot Delivery Partnership with Russia’s Yandex

Just eight months after announcing a robotic delivery partnership with Yandex Self-Driving Group, a division of the Russian multinational tech group, Grubhub has severed its ties in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. First announced last July, Grubhub signed a multi-year partnership with Yandex to enable faster, more cost-effective deliveries via robots on U.S. college campuses. According to a press release announcing the deal, Yandex autonomous bots… Source link

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Google dupes diners, sidelines restaurants for delivery profits – lawsuit

Google dupes diners, sidelines restaurants for delivery profits – lawsuit

The Google app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Summary Law firms Related documents Proposed class action says Google misuses restaurant names to divert delivery orders Restaurants say they never authorized Google to sell their food (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has been making unauthorized pages for restaurants and using them to take a cut of fees… Source link

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Grubhub ends driverless robot delivery partnership with Russia’s Yandex

Grubhub ends driverless robot delivery partnership with Russia’s Yandex

People pass by a sign of Yandex company, a Russian internet search engine, at its headquarters in Moscow, December 2, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register March 4 (Reuters) – Online food-ordering company Grubhub on Friday said it was ending a partnership with Russian tech giant Yandex NV (YNDX.O) for driverless robots that deliver food to college students. The announcement came as Russian firms are being shunned globally over the invasion of… Source link

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GrubHub ends partnership with Russia’s Yandex, pulls food delivery robots

GrubHub ends partnership with Russia’s Yandex, pulls food delivery robots

Two U.S. university campuses are losing their food-delivery robots for now because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Grubhub said Thursday that it is ending its partnership with Russian tech company Yandex and pulling 100 Yandex-made food-delivery robots from the campuses of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Chicago-based Grubhub said it is working with both campuses to find alternatives. Grubhub had been… Source link

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Delivery robots with Russian ties pulled from 2 US campuses

Delivery robots with Russian ties pulled from 2 US campuses

Two U.S. university campuses are losing their food-delivery robots for now because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Grubhub said Thursday that it is ending its partnership with Russian tech company Yandex and pulling 100 Yandex-made food-delivery robots from the campuses of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Chicago-based Grubhub said it is working with both campuses to find alternatives. Grubhub had been using the robots to… Source link

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