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An Entrepreneur contributor argues that many workplace failures stem from an 'expectation gap' — the difference between what a leader means and what a team understands. The piece proposes a four-step method: state the desired outcome, demonstrate what success looks like, confirm understanding, and recap the agreement in writing.
Amazon's Prime Air drones, operating from a distribution center in Richardson, Texas since the city approved the service last December, fly deliveries from 7 am to 8 pm across a 7.5-mile radius. Some nearby residents say the aircraft pass overhead throughout the day producing noise audible inside their homes, while Amazon says such complaints are rare and describes the sound as comparable to a window fan on low.
Chinese President Xi Jinping landed at Joint Base Andrews and was greeted by President Trump ahead of a summit covering trade, AI and the Iran war, followed by a state dinner. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. and China agreed to extend their trade truce to January 10, while a Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesperson said the two sides discussed lowering tariffs. Separately, Treasury yields hit multiyear highs and U.S. stock futures fell after a down session on Wall Street.
Lowe's has launched a drone delivery pilot at a store in Matthews, North Carolina, in partnership with DoorDash and Alphabet's Wing. The service offers over 100 products with delivery in as fast as 20 minutes, carrying orders up to about 2.5 pounds within a 5-mile radius, ordered through the DoorDash app.
DoorDash spent roughly $1.4 million during the 2025 New York mayoral race opposing Zohran Mamdani and backing Andrew Cuomo, including a $1 million donation to the anti-Mamdani super PAC Fix the City. Mamdani won and his administration this week announced a $131.5 million settlement with DoorDash over underpayment of 264,000 delivery workers, the largest worker settlement in city history.
A new online courier tool called I've Sent It lets users send files up to 3GB free (3TB on Pro, 5TB on Team plans) without creating accounts or installing software. Senders can lock files with passwords, geo-restrictions, ID verification, or view-once limits, and recipients get a signed certificate confirming who opened the file, when, and where.
New York City's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection reached a settlement requiring DoorDash to pay $131.5 million after an investigation into late, missing, or miscalculated payments to delivery workers. More than 260,000 workers will share over $115 million, with the remainder covering civil penalties and disputed pay for time Dashers spent online awaiting deliveries.
DoorDash has settled with New York City after an investigation found delivery workers were underpaid or paid late. Under the agreement, more than 260,000 workers will receive over $115 million, part of a broader $131.5 million settlement with the city.
USB extenders and long cables can technically move both power and data, but rarely deliver top performance in both categories at once. For example, Anker's 10-foot 240W USB-C cable transfers data at just 480Mbps, while Icron's 328-foot extender hits 5Gbps but only supplies 6W per port. USB-IF's compliance rules also don't cover generic male-to-female USB-C extension cables, even though such cables aren't illegal to sell or use.
NPR's Planet Money traced the origins of the real-time order-tracking animation now common across delivery and service apps back to Domino's, which built the Pizza Tracker in the mid-2000s after dropping its 30-minute delivery guarantee. The tool launched before the 2006 Super Bowl and let customers watch their order's progress from placement to delivery. Design director Shuya Gong told NPR the pattern has since been adopted by companies like Uber and repair shops, and that she has designed similar trackers for banks and TurboTax.
WIRED's multi-year review of Factor, HelloFresh's ready-to-heat meal delivery brand, found the food has notably improved since the 2020 acquisition, moving beyond simple protein-and-veggie trays to include flatbread pizzas, smoothies and juices. Meals cost roughly $13-17 per serving plus shipping, with plans ranging from four to 24 meals weekly and over 100 menu options including keto, high-protein and plant-based filters.
Monitors with built-in USB hubs use two types of ports: an upstream port that links the monitor to a computer, and downstream ports where peripherals like keyboards or drives connect. If a monitor's video signal runs over HDMI or DisplayPort, those cables don't carry USB data, so a separate USB upstream cable is required for the hub's downstream ports to function. USB-C can eliminate that extra cable when the monitor and cable support DisplayPort Alt Mode and USB Power Delivery.