West Coast, Get Ready — Dunkin’ Is Coming, and It’s Bringing ‘Insta-Ready’ Gen Z Drinks With It
The coffee shop’s sales topped $10 billion in 2021, and its coming in at #5 on our 2023 Franchise 500.
Authors call on publishers to limit their use of AI
An open letter from authors including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and Geoffrey Maguire calls on book publishers to pledge to limit their use of AI tools, for example by committing to only hire human audiobook narrators.
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Fuzzy Door’s Viewscreen on-set AR puts CG characters and locations in the viewfinder
Practically every TV and film production uses CG these days, but a show with a fully digital character takes it to another level. Seth MacFarlane’s “Ted” is one of those, and his production company Fuzzy Door has built a suite of on-set augmented reality tools called Viewscreen turning this potentially awkward process into an opportunity […]
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Machine learning is set to speed up the detection of contamination in food factories
The factories that process our food and beverages (newsflash: no, it doesn’t come straight from a farm) have to be kept very clean, or we’d all get very ill, to be blunt. Ensuring that usually entails deploying petri-dish-based microbiological monitoring, hardware and waiting for tests to return from labs. A new startup has plans to […]
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Snapchat’s end-of-year ‘Recap’ will roll out globally starting on December 13
Snapchat has announced that its annual Snapchat Recap will start rolling out globally tomorrow on December 13. Each recap will offers users a look-back on the year by organizing their Snaps into categories, such as “Beach, Please,” which will showcase content captured of the ocean or lakes, or “Felt Cute, Will Delete Later,” which will […]
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You Will Always Lose at Workplace Conflicts Until You Start Adopting This Simple Mindset Change
Being a “fighter” isn’t necessarily a bad thing. And conflicts don’t have to end with winners and losers.
After Years of Business and TV Success, This Is What Still Gets Robert Irvine Excited to Get Out of Bed Every Morning
The entrepreneur, philanthropist and author of “Overcoming Impossible” shares his philosophy on chasing dreams and achieving the kind of success that matters.
Elevate Your Home Office with This $55.97 Lamp, Available at the Best Price Online Through December 17
Enjoy millions of color options with this lamp.
3 Miner Stocks Set for Year-End Success
The buoyant demand for metals and minerals foreshadows a prosperous future for the mining industry. Given this backdrop, fundamentally robust miner stocks Glencore plc (GLNCY), Fortescue Ltd (FSUGY), and Dundee…
Durable cements $14M to build AI-powered tools for small businesses in service industries
Builders, bakers and body conditioners might not be the first trades that come to mind when you think about how AI is transforming how we work. But today a startup that’s building AI-powered business tools specifically for them — and the thousands of other categories that make up the world of small businesses and service […]
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CES 2024: TechCrunch wants to meet your startup
The temperature is plummeting, the stockings are hung by the fireplace with care, the sixth candle is soon to be lit and Santa Con is now, mercifully, little more than distant vomit stains. It’s the most wonderful time of the year: CES is almost upon us. TechCrunch is making its way back to Las Vegas […]
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