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Baidu Wins First License to Test Self-Driving Car in Hong Kong

Autonomous driving and machine learning have been core tenets in Baidu’s broader ambitions to expand within the artificial intelligence sector.

A Baidu Apollo autonomous vehicle. Photographer: Raul Ariano/Bloomberg

USPS 'Ready and Confident' Ahead of Holiday Package Surge

The USPS has installed 158 new mail sorting machines across the country since late 2023, and since 2020 has tripled its daily package processing capacity.

Photo: iStock / Sundry Photography

Amazon Workers to Strike or Protest Worldwide on Black Friday

The workers will be pressing for better workers’ rights and climate action from the giant retailer.

The Seattle-based company typically ramps up hiring in the fall to ensure it has enough workers for the crucial holiday shopping season. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

NY Congestion Pricing Survived a Pause. Here’s What Could Kill It

New York’s plan was designed to reduce traffic and pollution while raising money for the city’s subways, buses and commuter rails.

Traffic near the Lincoln Tunnel in New York. Photo: Bloomberg

Former Congressman Duffy Named as Secretary of Transportation

Former Republican congressman from Wisconsin Duffy was a co-host on Fox Business, and also a former cast member of the MTV show “The Real World.”

Sean Duffy, March 2017. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

MTA Approves New Congestion Tolling Rates for NYC

In June 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul called off an earlier version of the congestion pricing plan just two weeks before it was supposed to go into effect.

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Postal Workers Strike in Canada, Disrupting Holiday Shipments

The government may be forced to intervene in the strike, as it has done with recent port strikes, given the importance of the postal carrier to the economy.

Canada Post Corp. mail delivery trucks. Photo: Bloomberg

Walmart Moves Forward in Bid to Decarbonize with Fleet of EV Vans

Walmart has sought to decarbonize its freight and delivery fleets across its supply chain for years, having set a goal to achieve zero emissions by 2040.

Chevrolet's BrightDrop electric delivery van. Photo: GM Envolve

The Irresistible Rise of Cargo E-Bikes

London-based Fin, a sustainable logistics and last-mile delivery provider, intends to enter the NYC market early in 2025

Fin’s e-assisted bikes can carry a cargo of 550lbs, and the external structure protects the rider both from rain and other vehicles. Photo: Fin Sustainable Logistics.

Amazon Expands Drone Delivery Services into Arizona

Amazon says that the MK30 drones can fly twice as far as its previous models, are 50% quieter, and can fly in rainy conditions.

Photo: iStock / sarawuth702

Amazon Partners With Online Grocer Jüsto for Deliveries in Mexico

The partnership helps Amazon expand the inventory of fresh products and supermarket staples available to shoppers in Mexico.

Photo: iStock / HJBC

Amazon to Halt Brick-and-Mortar Same-Day Delivery Service

The decision to shutter Amazon Today comes as a surprise since Amazon was pitching the service to more retailers at the Shoptalk Fall conference in Chicago, October 16-18.

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