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Care.com, the Dallas-based care services platform, has appointed a former Amazon and GrubHub executive as its chief product and technology officer. The hire signals the company's push to strengthen its product development and technology capabilities as it competes in the growing online care marketplace. Details about the executive's exact identity and start date were not included in the initial report.

Purdue University is replacing its Starship sidewalk delivery robots with new 'Grub machines', with an official launch planned for this winter, according to the Purdue Exponent. The campus food delivery fleet is being swapped out, and students are waiting to see how the new robots compare in service and reliability.