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Kroger Closing Automated Fulfillment Centers as It Tries to Make Delivery Faster and Cheaper

Kroger Closing Automated Fulfillment Centers as It Tries to Make Delivery Faster and Cheaper

Kroger said Tuesday it’s closing three automated fulfillment centers as part of an effort to make its delivery operations faster and more profitable. The nation’s largest grocer will close facilities in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin; Frederick, Maryland; and Groveland, Florida, in January. Kroger partnered with British online grocer Ocado in 2018 to build warehouses where robots…MORE

Microsoft Partners With Anthropic and Nvidia in Cloud Infrastructure Deal

Microsoft Partners With Anthropic and Nvidia in Cloud Infrastructure Deal

Microsoft has announced a partnership with AI company Anthropic and chipmaker Nvidia. Anthropic, known for its chatbot Claude, plans to buy $30 billion of computing capacity from Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. Nvidia will invest up to $10 billion in Anthropic, and Microsoft will also invest up to $5 billion in the startup. The announcements were…MORE

Senate Votes for full release of Epstein files.

Senate Votes for full release of Epstein files.

Associated Press Both the House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It’s a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had struggled for months to overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership.…MORE