Up there in sky! It’s a bird! It’s an airplane! It’s a… errand delivery?
This week, the two companies announced that they are moving forward with a delivery service by drone. On Thursday, the Alphabet-owned drone company Soup debut first commercial delivery flight in Dallas, Texas. Its drones will remain at strategic Walgreens stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, ready to deliver wellness products to nearby homes. Drones will finally deliver medicine to pets and Blue Bell Creameries’ cream.
FedEx But also announced that it has partnered with California company Elroy Air to develop its own delivery drone service. Elroy’s flagship flyer is really big Chaparral drone, capable of carrying 500 pounds of cargo up to 300 miles. FedEx said it plans to conduct the test next year.
Companies raced to create delivery by drone happens over the years, but for most of them, the dream is just out of reach. Amazon launches for the first time delivery drone concept back in 2013, but its aerial ambitions were stalled. And while companies big and small try to make deliveries by drone, customers seem to conflict of ideas. Either way, delivery services will need to wait for the FAA to draft regulations before services like this can become more common, and such regulatory parameters are not expected until at least. 2024. Until then, we’ll see if the hype for delivery drones manages to… generate enough thrust to create a lift vector perpendicular to the direction of airflow. (Sorry, I’ve run out of aviation puns.)
Guess what? There’s more consumer tech news this week.
OK, Multisearch
This week, Google announced that it is adding a new capability to its web search options. Named Google Multisearch, a feature that allows mobile users to look up results with images and text at the same time. With Google Lens, you can take a picture of a dress, for example, and match it with keywords to search for the same style in different colors. Google also suggests this new search engine can be used to find the right furniture for your apartment or search for instructions on caring for plants or pets. (Presumably, this feature is not used to make medical diagnoses.) The service is available as a beta release in the United States; No word on when it might be available elsewhere.
Re-Pixel Rights
Another week, another big tech company jumps in right to repair train. Follow in Samsung’s FootstepsGoogle now says it is cooperation with iFixit provide parts and guides to help repair Pixel phones. Parts for the Pixels 2 through 6 will be available through iFixit later this year, either as individual parts or as part of a kit. Google says it will sell a “full” range of spare parts, including batteries, cameras and screens.
A topic of news
Twitter It’s been a long week. First, there was news that Tesla CEO and professional Twitter seller Elon Musk bought a large amount of company stock (Twonks?) and will now sitting on the board. Then Twitter announced that it was actually – for the time being – developing a edit button. The social media company also said it was testing a “liberate, release, free“This feature will allow users to remove tags themselves if they don’t want to participate in a conversation anymore (or, let’s be honest, harassing behavior.) Twitter said it hopes the move will give users more opportunity to take control of their accounts, although there are already ways to do so. limit who can contact you on the Web.
Meanwhile, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is building some crypto rock. One the photo pops up This week showed prototypes of a crypto wallet that looks like hexagons of rock with a fingerprint sensor and a USB-C port — pretty close to what Block (Dorsey’s company, n. ) had promised before delivery. Hardware is really hard.
Preparing for the Lego Metaverse
On Thursday, Fortnite Game developer Epic has announced that they are participating in a “long term partnership“With the Lego Corporation in its efforts to build a version of the reverse it’s “safe and fun for kids and families.” There’s no timeline on when the project might appear, but if there’s a combination that could go against the kids’ favorite metaverse-esque Roblox, looks like it will be Epic and Lego. In its announcement, Epic said it aims to prioritize the safety and best interests of children. We will see if the company can stay away from the fascists.
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