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The USPS is buying 9,250 Ford electric vans
The US Postal Service is buying 9,250 electric Ford vans to help it move to zero-emissions transport.
DoorDash can now drop off your packages
DoorDash now picks up your packages from FedEx, UPS and the Postal Service.
USPS expects to only buy electric delivery vehicles starting in 2026
The United States Postal Service said it plans to buy more than 66,000 electric vehicles by the end of 2028. Those include at least 45,000 electric Next Generation Delivery Vehicles.
USPS will start selling James Webb Space Telescope stamps on August 8th
The US Postal Service will start selling James Webb Space Telescope stamps next month.
US Postal Service to boost purchases of electric vehicles
The US Postal Service plans to substantially increase the number of electric-powered vehicles it’s buying to replace its fleet of aging delivery trucks, officials said Wednesday.
States, activists sue USPS over purchase of gas-powered mail trucks
Both 16 states and activists have sued the US Postal Service over its plan to buy gas-powered mail delivery trucks.
The USPS is doubling its order of next-gen electric mail trucks
After initially ordering just 5,000 all-electric models of its next-gen postal truck, the USPS has now doubled that number to just over 10,000 vehicles.
USPS won't be buying more electric mail trucks, despite EPA pleas
The USPS is moving forward with plans to spend $11.3 billion on a fleet of next-generation mail trucks that mostly run on gas, despite requests from the EPA and Biden administration to electrify its new vehicles instead.
EPA objects to US Postal Service plan to buy a new gas-powered delivery fleet
The EPA is urging the US Postal Service to halt a plan to buy tens of thousands of gas-powered mail delivery trucks.
COVIDTests.gov is accepting orders for free rapid tests a day early
You can request four tests per household and the USPS will start deliveries later this month.
The US Postal Service secretly tested a blockchain mobile voting system
The US Postal Service has revealed that it tested a blockchain mobile voting system before the 2020 election.
The US Postal Service is monitoring social media for 'inflammatory' postings
According to Yahoo News, the Postal Service's law enforcement arm — the United States Postal Inspection Service or USPIS — has been running a surveillance program called the Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP).
'Next-gen' USPS vehicles can use gas or electric motors
The Postal Service expects the first ones to enter service in 2023.
USPS will stop removing mail-sorting machines until after the election
There are no plans to reinstate machines that have already been taken offline.
After Math: Everything is awesome
While the Trump administration spent this past week kneecapping the US Postal Service in an obvious effort to throw the upcoming November election in its favor, other events occurred as well. Well, I guess one solution would be to for you to simply call your elected representatives and tell them in no uncertain terms that this aggression will not stand, man. Call your representatives in Congress and tell them what you think about it.
USPS appears to be retiring vital machines ahead of mail-in ballot surge
The United States Postal Service is reportedly retiring mail sorting machines. According to Postmaster general Louis DeJoy, the agency is in a “dire” financial situation, citing significant falls in mail volume, “a broken business model” and an inadequate management strategy as reasons for the “impending liquidity crisis.” Dejoy has been implementing changes since assuming the role in June, including organizational restructuring and a management hiring freeze, saying they’re meant to “strengthen the Postal Service.”
How the internet got me into snail mail
Social media is a great way to get into sending snail mail.
NVIDIA's AI will help USPS handle packages 10 times faster
The US Postal Service (USPS) delivers an estimated 146 billion pieces of mail annually, including 6 billion packages. In an attempt to process package data more efficiently, USPS is experimenting with AI. Today, NVIDIA announced that it will provide USPS with its AI tech. NVIDIA claims its system will process package data 10-times faster and with higher accuracy.
USPS is experimenting with self-driving mail trucks
The USPS is thinking of hauling your mail and packages across the country with the help of self-driving trucks. It has awarded San Diego self-driving truck company TuSimple with a contract for a two-week pilot, wherein the firm's vehicles will perform five round trips while hauling USPS trailers. The trips will cover 1,000 miles between the postal service's Phoenix, Arizona and Dallas, Texas distribution centers. TuSimple will also run the trucks for 22 hours each, including overnight driving along highways.
USPS patches API flaw that exposed data on 60 million users (update)
The United States Postal Service reportedly patched an API exploit on Wednesday that would allow anyone with a USPS.com account to view other users' account details. The security flaw impacted some 60 million USPS users.
