Tech Bytes: Security threats tied to dating apps
In today’s Tech Bytes, a stark new warning from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico: Americans traveling to the country are being discouraged from meeting strangers on dating apps. The alert follows several reports of U.S. citizens being kidnapped by individuals they met near popular tourist spots.
Walmart is expanding its drone deliveries to 100 new stores across five additional cities. Customers in Atlanta, Tampa, Orlando, Charlotte, and Houston will soon have access to the drone service already available in Dallas, Fort Worth, and parts of Arkansas. Walmart has completed more than 150,000 drone deliveries to date.
Finally, future Amazon orders could be delivered by a robot like this. The company is reportedly developing software to turn humanoid robots into package delivery workers, transported around in electric vans. Testing could begin soon at Amazon offices in California.