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| | | | | Google has invested heavily in drone-delivery technology. In a big city in Australia, it's plunking down packages and sushi dinners from autonomous aerial vehicles as often as every 25 seconds. AP |
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Google is diving into the drone delivery space. |
An electric Google Wing recently dropped a package in Denver's Coors Field to demonstrate the company's ability to fly drones in major U.S. cities. It also marked the first delivery to a professional sports stadium. |
Google has invested heavily in drone-delivery technology. In a big city in Australia, it's plunking down packages and sushi dinners from autonomous aerial vehicles as often as every 25 seconds. |
Amazon and Walmart have already delivered packages to some U.S. cities but the practice is still mostly in the trial stage because of regulatory restrictions in this country. |
Top cities for climate-change wary home buyers |
How much closet space is there? How far is it from a subway? Oh, and what are the chances it will be flattened by a hurricane? |
Home buyers are increasingly asking questions about climate impacts before committing to a 30-year mortgage. |
Americans are already moving away from coastal areas of states like North Carolina and Louisiana, says Jesse Keenan, an economist at Tulane University who studies urban and infrastructure planning. |
Keenan has developed a list of cities most insulated from the effects of climate change. It's topped by Duluth, Minnesota; Orlando, Florida; and Asheville, North Carolina. |
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Sonic Drive-In is ushering in summer a little early with its Strawberry Snowball Slush Float . The new drink, which arrives at participating locations on May 29, costs $2.99 for a medium and mixes in classic strawberry and shortcake flavors with a Sonic slush, vanilla ice cream and other treats. Customers with the Sonic app can get the drink as soon as this week. |
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