Amazon hopes its Scout robots will carry packages autonomously the “last mile,” from delivery hubs to homes. PHOTOGRAPH: ROGER KISBY/GETTY IMAGES The companies are backing bills in more than a dozen states that would legalize the devices. Some bills would block cities from regulating them at all. IN FEBRUARY, A lobbyist friend urged Erik
Month: August 2020
UK’s Gatwick Airport to cut up to 600 jobs amid travel slump
Gatwick airport, London LONDON (Reuters) - Gatwick Airport, Britain’s no.2 airport to the south of London, said it needed to axe up to 600 jobs, nearly a quarter of its workforce, because of the travel slump caused by COVID-19. The travel industry has been hit hard by the pandemic. Lockdowns which prevented