Joann Muller

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Joann Muller

7 hours agoChina halts Boeing jet ordersChinese airlines have been ordered not to take any further deliveries of Boeing aircraft in response to the U.S. imposing 145% tariffs on Chinese goods, Bloomberg News reports. Just before 7 a.m. EST, Boeing's pre-market share stock price was down 3.72%.

2 weeks ago | axios.com | Joann Muller

Walmart's newest delivery service, which launched this week at a superstore in Mesquite, Texas, marks the debut of a sophisticated pair of mother-baby drones from Zipline. How it works: An employee places the customer's order inside the baby drone, called the Delivery Zip, which is about the size of a small cooler. The Delivery Zip is then lifted automatically into the belly of the larger mother Zip, which takes off from a free-standing charging dock in the Walmart parking lot.

2 weeks ago | axios.com | Joann Muller

A secretive EV startup backed by Amazon's Jeff Bezos and others plans to produce an affordable, low-cost electric pickup as soon as next year in Indiana, TechCrunch scooped. Why it matters: Creating a car company from scratch is not for the faint of heart, but Slate Auto, based in Troy, Michigan, has already raised at least $111 million. And it has hired hundreds of employees from Ford, General Motors, Stellantis and Harley-Davidson, TechCrunch reported.

2 weeks ago | axios.com | Joann Muller

As robotaxi services begin to spread across America, ride-hailing drivers could worry that they'll be pushed aside in favor of robots — or at least that their incomes will shrink. Why it matters: Like manufacturing, retailing and other industries, transportation is a prime target for automation. Reality check: Cashiers aren't going away, and neither are factory workers or Uber drivers. Instead, they'll work alongside robots for the foreseeable future.

2 weeks ago | axios.com | Joann Muller

After a day spent crisscrossing Los Angeles in a series of Waymo robotaxis, I can confidently say: I'm a convert. Why it matters: Self-driving cars, which once seemed like science fiction, are now real, and hailing a driverless taxi is an increasing option in more cities via popular apps like Uber and Lyft or directly with the Waymo One app.