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Ronneil Ramlal and his wife Yuvika Wadhwa launched meal delivery service Protein Chefs in 2015 while Ramlal worked as a UPS supervisor, starting with $2,500 in savings. He left his job in 2017 to run the business full-time, and it now generates over seven figures in annual revenue, up from an earlier $30,000 monthly figure.
Apple opened pre-orders this week for its new Apple TV 4K and HomeView devices, officially launching November 13. However, Apple Store delivery estimates have already pushed into later November for many configurations, though in-store pickup and some Amazon orders still show launch-day availability.
Google has released Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier AI model it says matches or beats GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Opus 5.5 on benchmarks spanning coding, cybersecurity, science, finance and law. The model is rolling out to Gemini app Pro and Ultra subscribers, AI mode in Search, and Ultra users of the Antigravity development platform, starting at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens before prices double in late November.
FlyTrex has created a role called remote pilot in command (RPIC), where staff like Trevor Wischnewsky monitor fleets of delivery drones and coordinate airspace with competitors such as Zipline, Amazon, and Alphabet's Wing operating over Dallas. The job requires FAA drone pilot certification and a weeks-long FAA-approved training course, and involves overseeing deliveries using GPS, lasers, and sensor data from an operations center.
After years of focus on winning FAA approval for beyond-line-of-sight flights and multi-drone piloting, drone delivery operators are now running into a different obstacle: local control over where drones can actually take off and land. Even as federal rules loosen, municipalities and private landowners retain authority over launch and landing sites, creating a patchwork of local restrictions that can limit service regardless of airspace clearance.
DoorDash sent emails to Bay Area restaurants this August saying they may have been added to a startup called Bites' delivery platform without agreeing to its terms, pricing or service standards. Bites is a 10-person pre-seed startup with roughly 300 restaurants in its listings, compared to DoorDash's 970 million orders and $4.5 billion in quarterly revenue. DoorDash's letter noted that unauthorized listing practices could be illegal depending on the state and gave instructions for restaurants to request removal.
Uber has announced the acquisition of ezCater, a major U.S. catering platform, in a cash deal valued at $2.3 billion. Founded in 2007, ezCater connects businesses with large meal orders and reported over $2.5 billion in gross bookings in the past year. Uber aims to leverage this purchase to increase revenue streams for restaurants and broaden its food service offerings.
In late summer, 16 freight companies filed for bankruptcy, citing soaring diesel prices as a key factor. These ranged from small single-vehicle operators to larger fleets, with some based in Texas and Florida. The spike in fuel costs has strained profit margins across the trucking industry, especially for smaller firms unable to pass costs onto customers.
A battery symbol next to a USB port signifies that it supports USB Power Delivery (USB PD), allowing it to supply higher power levels and charge connected devices. USB PD was introduced in 2012 and updated in 2021 to deliver up to 240W, enabling it to power high-end laptops and monitors. This marking helps users identify ports capable of faster charging and more demanding power transfer.
Walmart and Alphabet's Wing announced plans to bring drone delivery to the Denver and Seattle metro areas starting in 2027, part of a broader rollout covering more than 270 Walmart stores nationwide. The service currently operates in five metro areas including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth and Orlando, with 14 more markets such as Miami, Los Angeles and the Bay Area planned. The drones fly up to 60 mph carrying payloads up to five pounds, with orders placed through Walmart's app or Wing's own app.
Microsoft is broadening its Advanced Shader Delivery (ASD) service beyond AMD Radeon GPUs to also support Intel, Nvidia and Qualcomm graphics hardware on Windows PCs, with support arriving later in October. ASD streams precompiled shaders from the cloud rather than requiring each PC to compile them locally, a process Microsoft says it can shrink from several minutes to a few seconds. The feature currently works with Gears of War: E-Day and was confirmed by DirectX program manager Wendy Ho in a company blog post.
Google has acknowledged a bug affecting a subset of Google Messages users that disrupts delivery of RCS messages, particularly media attachments like GIFs and photos. A company spokesperson told Android Authority that a fix is already being rolled out and will reach all affected users over the coming weeks.