Logistics
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Bounce raises $1.2M to tap local retailers for short-term storage
If you’ve ever found yourself lugging a big suitcase from meeting to meeting, a startup called Bounce could make your…
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Tencent-backed fleet manager G7 racks up $320M in funding
A sizable funding round is poised to heat up a race to automate China’s logistics infrastructure. Beijing-based fleet management company G7…
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Why you need a supercomputer to build a house
When the hell did building a house become so complicated? Don’t let the folks on HGTV fool you. The process…
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BlueCargo optimizes stacks of containers for maximum efficiency
Meet BlueCargo, a logistics startup focused on seaport terminals. The company was part of Y Combinator’s latest batch and recently…
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Alibaba and Amazon move over, we visited JD’s connected grocery store in China
The arms race to build the future of grocery stores is heating up in China. To no one’s surprise, the…
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Meet Uber’s newly promoted Chief Product Officer, Manik Gupta
Manik Gupta got his first taste of solving logistics nightmares when fresh out of college, he was delivering Palm Pilots…
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Amazon is letting users choose the day packages are delivered
Amazon Day looks like one of those options you’ll wonder how you ever managed to live without. The new feature,…
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Starship is using self-driving robots to deliver packages on demand
Soon, the days of package theft will be behind us. For people living in the U.K. town of Milton Keynes,…
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