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Grubhub and Yandex SDG Launch Robot Delivery Technology at The Ohio State University

Yandex robots autonomously navigate pavements, campus crosswalks and pedestrian areas, which are notoriously challenging to reach by car. They move around a large university campus swiftly at 3 to 5 miles per hour during daytime and after dark and in various weather conditions, including rain and snow. The robots are spacious enough to fit a couple of coffees and a bagel sandwich, or multiple pizzas to share with friends, all while keeping the food at the right temperature. “We’re excited… Source link

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Grubhub and Yandex SDG Launch Robot Delivery Technology at The Ohio State University

The Big 10 school is the first campus to deploy Grubhub delivery via Yandex robots as students return for the fall semester CHICAGO, Aug. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Grubhub, the leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery platform on college campuses, and Yandex Self-Driving Group (SDG), a leading autonomous vehicles developer inside Yandex, one of Europe’s largest internet companies, will roll out delivery via Yandex’s robots at its first college campus — The Ohio State University… Source link

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U.N. envoy compares Belarus to ‘totalitarian’ state

GENEVA, July 5 (Reuters) – The forced grounding of a passenger plane in Minsk shows the Belarussian government’s wish to end all forms of dissidence, the U.N. Special Rapporteur told the Human Rights Council on Monday, comparing its tactics with those of totalitarian states. Anaïs Marin told the Geneva-based forum that the forced landing of a passenger jet in Minsk which led to the arrest of an onboard journalist in May “illustrates the desire of authorities to end all forms of dissidence by… Source link

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North Koreans worry over ’emaciated’ Kim Jong Un, state media says

SEOUL (Reuters) – Everyone in North Korea is heartbroken over leader Kim Jong Un’s apparent weight loss, said an unidentified resident of Pyongyang quoted on the country’s tightly controlled state media, after watching recent video footage of Kim.    The rare public comment on Kim’s health come after foreign analysts noted in early June that the autocratic leader, who is believed to be 37, appeared to have lost a noticeable amount of weight.    “Seeing respected general secretary (Kim… Source link

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COVID-19 delays NC State vs. Vanderbilt

Friday’s College World Series game between NC State and Vanderbilt was delayed because multiple players for NC State are in COVID-19 protocols. And NC State was missing a lot of players when it began. The game was set to start at 2 p.m. ET. Players were warming up before the game before they were pulled off the field within an hour of first pitch. “An undisclosed number of players from the team have been put into COVID-19 protocol and will be unavailable for today’s game,” NC State said in a… Source link

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Dossier vs. Arizona State football program revealed

The dossier of documents sent to the Arizona State compliance department and the NCAA enforcement department on May 31 begins with a blunt message about allegations of NCAA improprieties in the ASU football program. “I am writing this letter to inform you about recruiting violations that are occurring at Arizona State University in their Football department. My objective is…providing enough information to assure you if Arizona State football is looked into, there will be violations… Source link

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Morgan State receives $6.25M in grants from Apple and Google

Northeast Baltimore’s Morgan State University received grants from Apple and Google totaling $6.25 million that aim to create equity in tech by building a STEM pipeline at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), the university announced last week. These initiatives from Apple and Google are designed to curb trends that have led to racial disparities on tech teams. The number of U.S. technical employees who are Black or Latinx rose by less than a percentage point at Google and… Source link

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The state of things after Friday’s jobs report: Morning Brief

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Monday, June 7, 2021 Good, but with plenty to worry about. As usual. “The basic story is of an economy that is recovering well, and which can generally find the workers that it needs,” UBS’s Paul Donovan said on Friday. With that single sentence, Donovan does a nice job capturing the state of the economy. And while some economists and policymakers… Source link

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