Hacker News with Generative AI: Delivery

Amazon Turned Drivers into First Responders in Europe Experiment (bloomberg.com)
Amazon.com Inc. equipped some delivery vans in Europe with defibrillators to see if drivers crisscrossing residential areas could speed up aid to heart-attack victims.

Amazon, Healthcare, Europe, Experimentation, Delivery

35 points by geox 13 days ago | 36 comments

End of USPS-UPS Deal Could Mean Faster Rural Delivery, but More Expensive (cowboystatedaily.com)
Rural packages are likely to get to where they’re going faster now that contract negotiations between the U.S. Postal Service and UPS have fallen apart for last-mile service. But it’s also likely to be more expensive.

Delivery, Rural, Business, Logistics, Pricing

4 points by LinuxBender 94 days ago | 0 comments

Joco almost died at launch. Now, it's a lifeline for e-bike delivery riders (techcrunch.com)
On a September morning in 2024, two Jonathan Cohens — one from the Rockaways in Queens, the other from London — stood in an empty 15,000-square-foot parking garage near Hudson Yards in New York City.

E-Bikes, Delivery, Startups, New York, Technology

118 points by PaulHoule 120 days ago | 58 comments

DC Sues Amazon for 'Secretly' Excluding Zip Codes from Prime Delivery Benefits (oag.dc.gov)
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today sued Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon) for deceiving District residents into paying for Prime delivery benefits they are not receiving, in violation of District consumer protection law.

Amazon, Lawsuits, Consumer Protection, Delivery

6 points by ivewonyoung 142 days ago | 3 comments

Amazon secretly slowed deliveries, deceived anyone who complained, lawsuit says (arstechnica.com)
Amazon has been accused of secretly slowing down Prime deliveries in low-income parts of the District of Columbia and then lying to customers who complained.

Amazon, Lawsuits, Business, Delivery, Consumer Protection

21 points by pseudolus 142 days ago | 7 comments

Amazon: Drivers to wear AR glasses to improve efficiency until robots take over (engadget.com)
Amazon is reportedly developing smart glasses for its delivery drivers, according to sources who spoke to Reuters.

Amazon, Delivery, Augmented Reality, Robotics

6 points by mikece 165 days ago | 2 comments

Apple courier may have stolen 2 MacBooks, ... Apple is not going to help (macrumors.com)
Ordered 2 Macbooks for $2500 from Apple (Canada). Paid for their same day delivery service which they use Uber for and it says delivered but it wasn't. Driver stole them or he delivered to the wrong person that stole them.

Theft, Apple, Customer Service, Delivery

146 points by Toutouxc 166 days ago | 117 comments

London NHS Drone Delivery (apian.aero)
Apian and Wing are working together with healthcare partner Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to create a rapid pathology delivery service in London.

Healthcare, Drones, London, Delivery

8 points by xnx 221 days ago | 1 comments

Amazon's delivery drones are so loud they are like a 'giant hive of bees' (businessinsider.com)

Amazon, Drones, Noise Pollution, Delivery

8 points by teleforce 250 days ago | 1 comments

Britain to trial use of drones in deliveries, emergency services (reuters.com)

Drones, Delivery, Emergency Services, Technology, UK

4 points by rbanffy 251 days ago | 0 comments

Troubled Amazon drone delivery program faces latest challenge: Annoyed residents (cnbc.com)

Amazon, Drones, Delivery, Technology, Residents

33 points by rntn 251 days ago | 44 comments

People are shooting down Walmart delivery drones (qz.com)