FedEx's CEO explains why regular humanoid robots can't get the job done in its warehouses

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FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam speaks during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco.
FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam said regular humanoid robots aren't sufficient for his warehouses.

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The one thing to watch for when shopping online this holiday season

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Shipping companies and retailers provide guidance

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FedEx and UPS have grounded their fleets of MD-11 cargo planes after the crash in Kentucky

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A UPS McDonnell Douglas MD-11.

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UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction

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Packages are being loaded onto UPS planes for shipment at the UPS West Coast Region Air Hub on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 in Ontario, CA.
UPS says it has seen "a significant increase" in the number of shipments that require formal customs clearance since new import rules have taken effect.

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FedEx is spinning off its freight business

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FedEx announced FedEx Freight after the stock market closed Thursday.

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What to Do If One of Your Amazon Prime Day Packages Goes Missing

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Video shows the scary moment a Boeing cargo plane skidded and threw up sparks when its landing gear failed to deploy properly

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Efforts are underway to tow the plane off the runway, while investigations into the accident continue at Istanbul Airport in Istanbul, Turkiye
The FedEx Boeing 767's nose scraped along the tarmac.

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Space Company Aims to Deliver Critical Supplies to Any Location in 90 Minutes

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Back in the 1980s, FedEx had a great tagline: “When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.” Well, in situations like ground conflicts and disaster scenarios, that’s not good enough.

Shein Customer Says She Was Sent a Vial of Human Blood and a Can of Beans in Viral TikTok

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A customer is using TikTok to force Shein and FedEx to explain how they allowed a glass vial of human blood and a can of Goya beans to be inserted into her online order.

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New Google Feature Will Wait on Hold for You

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Google’s testing a new feature called “Talk to a Live Representative” that will contact businesses for you, navigate their phone trees, wait on hold, and then call you when a real human being is ready to chat. It could solve one of the more frustrating parts of dealing with corporations, and it brings us one step…

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