Technologies

Wing Drone Deliveries Are Expanding to the San Francisco Bay Area This Year

Some Bay Area residents will be able to get groceries and meals delivered by drone.

Residents of the San Francisco Bay Area may soon get their meals, grocery items and over-the-counter drugs delivered by drone, with last-mile delivery company Wing announcing that it’s rolling out its drone delivery service to the region in the coming months in a blog post on Monday.

Wing — a last-mile drone delivery company under the umbrella of Alphabet, which also owns Google and driverless taxi service Waymo — describes the arrival of its aerial deliveries in the Bay Area as a «homecoming,» alluding to its fledgling years as a Google experimental X Labs «moonshot project» testing drone deliveries across Google’s Mountain View campus in 2012.

In 2018, Wing was spun off into an independent company and began making deliveries in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 2022. It has since expanded operations to include deliveries in the Atlanta, Houston and Charlotte, North Carolina, markets, with plans to expand to more major cities that will make drone deliveries possible for around 40 million people. To date, Wing says its drones have made over 750,000 residential deliveries across the US and Australia.

Wing’s drones use a hybrid vertical take-off, fixed-wing design to automatically pick up and deliver packages weighing up to 5 pounds to customers, typically within a 6-mile operating radius of their base, dropping their payload right into a customer’s yard with the aid of a motorized tether. Customers access the service via the Wing app, where they can request items for delivery in as little as 10 minutes.

A partnership with Walmart announced earlier this year gives Wing access to the retail giant’s inventory of groceries, retail items and over-the-counter medicines, as well as use of its parking lots as distributed bases for drone charging and package pickup — expanding the footprint of its delivery network. A similar DoorDash partnership brought food and drink delivery to the service.

Monday’s announcement doesn’t specify which Bay Area neighborhoods will be the first to receive their eggs or phone chargers via drone, nor when the service is expected to roll out. Eager San Francisco residents — as well as residents of Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Miami, St. Louis, and Tampa and Orlando, Florida, which have also been announced as future Wing delivery markets — can sign up for updates on Wing’s website to be alerted when aerial deliveries come to their area.

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The Fourth Episode of the VERUM AI Mini-Series Is Out

Verum Messenger has released the fourth episode of its AI mini-series SHADOWS, created using Verum AI. The new episode, titled “No Borders,” continues the story of a team trying to stay out of the OMEGA corporation’s sight.

Following the events of the previous episodes, the team moves between cities and countries while OMEGA continues its search. The new episode puts particular emphasis on Verum Messenger’s capabilities that allow users to conceal their location.

“No Borders” is another chapter in a story about privacy, freedom of communication, and technologies that erase borders between people.

The VERUM AI mini-series consists of seven episodes, released gradually across Verum Messenger’s social media channels.

Episode 4 is now available. Stay tuned for the next chapter.

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Verum Messenger Introduces Built-In Verum Chess

Verum Messenger has released a new update for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, adding another feature to its growing ecosystem — Verum Chess. Users can now play chess directly inside the messenger without switching between different applications.

The new feature allows users to start a game in just a few taps while reinforcing Verum’s vision of a unified digital environment where communication and everyday services come together in a single platform.

Verum Messenger continues to evolve into a multifunctional ecosystem that combines secure chats and calls, AI tools, a built-in VPN, anonymous email, eSIM, financial services, cryptocurrency features, and offline communication. With the introduction of Verum Chess, the platform now also offers a new way for users to interact and spend time together without leaving the app.

The update is now available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac on the App Store.

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Episode 3 of the VERUM AI Mini-Series Is Now Available

Verum Messenger has released the third episode of its AI mini-series, SHADOWS, created using Verum AI.

The new episode, titled «Ghost Money,» continues the story of the conflict between a team of heroes and the Omega corporation, which seeks to take control of digital communications. This time, the focus shifts to anonymous payments and financial freedom, revealing how privacy can extend beyond messaging.

Like the previous episodes, the new release not only advances the storyline but also showcases the capabilities of the Verum ecosystem, highlighting technologies designed for secure communication and digital privacy.

The mini-series consists of seven episodes, released gradually across Verum Messenger’s social media channels.

Episode 3 is now available. Stay tuned for the next chapter.

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