Walmart sees a bonkers improvement when it automates a warehouse

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Walmart trucks sit parked in front of a Walmart store in Richmond, California
An automated distribution center delivers twice the throughput with half the staff, Walmart's CFO said.

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Moscow's ties to Beijing are paying off as Russian firms flourish amid lucrative deals with China

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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin meets with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 24, 2023.

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Warehouse logistics systems find efficiency and productivity benefits in lightweight augmented-reality headsets

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A warehouse worker uses the Vuzix M400 wearable AR headset while grabbing a package.

Vuzix

Supply chains may be moving out of China and into Asia — but they aren't really decoupling from the country

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A worker assembles a motorbike at the Northstar Precision Vietnam factory in Vinh Phuc province.
A worker assembles a motorbike in Vietnam.

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Recruiters say Flexport CEO's decision to rescind dozens of job offers days before some were due to start is 'sick' and 'lousy'

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Ryan Petersen and Dave Clark will share the CEO position at Flexport until March.
Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen.

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A 57-year-old UPS driver in Texas died after collapsing in the heat while making deliveries

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UPS driver stands behind his truck with packages on a dolly.
UPS-worker Christopher Begley, not pictured here, died after being exposed to extreme heat, local news station WFAA reported.

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Scorching temperatures are making delivery a dangerous job — and it's only getting worse

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A delivery man stands in the sweltering heat, delivering packages in a hostile neighborhood.
Amazon, FedEx, UPS, and USPS make millions of deliveries every day. Heat waves make the jobs behind those deliveries more dangerous.

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Amazon used 11.6% less plastic for shipping last year and is phasing out those blue and white plastic mailers

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Amazon packages on a conveyor belt.
Amazon plans to stop using plastic-padded mailers.

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Walmart is using AI to negotiate prices with suppliers, report says — and the suppliers are loving it

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Blue Walmart store-front
Walmart is using AI to negotiate deals with equipment suppliers.

AP

Western countries have scrambled to deliver billions of dollars of military gear to Ukraine. Getting it to the frontlines is a whole other problem.

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A US Marine Corps M777 155 mm howitzer is loaded on a C-17 at a base in California in April 2022.

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