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What Comes Next: How tech helps restaurants and stores open safely

On this episode, we look into how restaurants and stores will use technology to reopen during the pandemic.

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What Comes Next: How tech is helping gyms and salons open safely

We look into the reopening of businesses that are using new tech to make big post-pandemic changes.

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What Comes Next: How tech is helping offices and workplaces reopen

A look ahead to see what businesses will need to do as we move forward into the next phase of reopening.

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What Comes Next: How tech helps transit and travel open safely

Airports will be even more of a challenge than they were before coronavirus hit

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You’ll be ordering food with QR code menus long after the pandemic ends

Your dining experience may never be the same

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Japanese convenience stores will use VR-controlled robots to stack shelves

It's social distancing, Skynet-style

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company plans ‘Not-a-Boring’ boring contest

It wants machines that can bore a tunnel more quickly than a snail

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Iconic music venue will present live gigs you can watch in VR from your home

Because who knows when we'll go to live gigs again?

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What Comes Next: How tech can help schools safely reopen

If your school is reopening in the fall, the school year will test how schools can open and operate safely.

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Amazon’s new smart shopping cart lets you skip the checkout lines

It will be first available in a Los Angeles-area store

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Dozens of mayors want a green pandemic recovery

Could the current crisis lead to the 15-minute cities of the future?

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Alexa’s moving into your next apartment with Amazon’s residential program

That apartment you love may be powered by Alexa

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U.K. has plans to create aerial drone zone superhighways to contain UAV traffic

To help drones take the next step in mainstream adoption, the U.K. is in the process of establishing what could be the world’s first commercial drone corridor.

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Google Maps will now show coronavirus outbreaks in your area

The tool shows how many new confirmed coronavirus cases there have been in an area in the last seven days.

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California will ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035

By 2035, all new vehicles sold in California must be zero-emission, according to a new executive order Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Wednesday.

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Watch Amazon’s new Ring security drone take on a burglar in first ad

Amazon's new Ring security drone flies from room to room to check if your home is safe. An ad from the company imagines how a burglar might react to it.

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Yale wants to keep your possessions safe with new smart delivery box, lock

With porch piracy on the rise, Yale has launched the Smart Delivery Box, a secure way to store your packages. For cabinets, there's the Yale Smart Cabinet Lock.

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Mercedes-Benz rolls into micromobility market with foldable e-scooter

Mercedes-Benz has launched its first electric scooter, a rugged two-wheeler with a top speed of 12 mph and a 15-mile range.

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Waymo opens its fully driverless robotaxi service to more riders

The robotaxi service operated by Waymo will be made more widely available, allowing a greater number of people to try the driverless ridesharing experience.

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Check out Amazon’s newly unveiled electric delivery truck

Amazon has taken delivery of its new electric delivery truck, though it's not quite ready to help out with next week's Prime Day shopping frenzy.

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Watch America’s first firefighting robot in action

A firefighting robot this week became the first of its kind to be deployed in the U.S. And the LAFD's newest recruit has already been put to work.

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GM Cruise given nod to test fully driverless cars in San Francisco

General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit, Cruise, will start testing fully driverless cars on the streets of San Francisco before the end of 2020.

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Smart streetlights could help control the problem of light pollution

A new study has looked at how much street lighting contributes to the problem of light pollution, and how new smart city lighting could reduce it.

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Alexa can estimate how much electricity smart home devices consume

Alexa can tell you how much energy your smart devices use through the Energy Dashboard and act on hunches through the Proactive Hunches feature.

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Watch video of Virgin Hyperloop’s vision for its ultrafast transportation...

Virgin Hyperloop has released a video showing the expected experience for future passengers traveling on its ultra-high-speed transportation system.

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Google is planning to test drones for fighting fires

Google is already testing drone delivery services via its Wing unit, but now the company is considering using the same technology for fighting fires.

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Hacker tries to poison the water supply of a Florida city

A computer hacker tried to poison the water supply of a Florida city, local police revealed on Monday, February 8.

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United Airlines to order 200 flying taxis for airport trips

United Airlines is betting big on urban mobility with plans to purchase 200 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

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It’s high time for the U.S. to build a high-speed rail network

High-speed rail practically doesn't exist in the United States, but if there's ever been a time where that could change, it's now.

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World’s Fair 2.0: The mission to resurrect the greatest tech expo of all time

The World's Fair was a technology expo that sparked the world's imagination in a way that no other has. It's time to resurrect it

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