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The bots are winning. That's my clearest takeaway after reading the first section of the latest State of the Bots report from TollBit, which builds payment rails between publishers and AI crawlers. In it, People Inc.'s Chief Innovation Officer,

Artificial intelligence chatbots have become the bane of teachers everywhere, but to prepare for the new school year, a group of educators in Charleston, South Carolina, packed into a high school auditorium and talked about inviting AI into the ...

Years ago, stocking up on protein powder and herbal supplements meant stopping by your local GNC store, but that option is quickly disappearing for local communities around the country. Six years after it was acquired out of bankruptcy by a China ...

Rep. Joyce Beatty made an emergency request on Thursday that a federal court block the Kennedy Center from returning President Donald Trump's name to the building.The Trump-aligned board at the Kennedy Center voted earlier this month to inscribe the ...

College administrators read an adjunct professor's comments to students on personal essays. Managers told a pharmacist to spend less time with patients after tracking the number and length of her appointments. Scanners on a warehouse conveyor belt ...

Shares of Ross Stores (Nasdaq: ROST) are up about 8% following a positive second quarter earnings report. The California-based retail department store chain saw its quarterly sales rise 13% year-over-year (YOY) to $6.26 billion. Its same-store sales ...

Tucked in America's busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta, a California Pizza Kitchen-branded kiosk whips up barbecue chicken pizza; macaroni and cheese; and spaghetti, kung pao or Bolognese, in just 90 seconds. On busy days, travelers order ...

UK cinemas are moving to restrict camera-enabled smart glasses made by Meta Platforms and other tech companies, joining the trend of establishments banning the wearable technology in public settings. On Thursday, the UK Cinema Association (UKCA)

Yesterday, cryptocurrencies across the board, including major tokens such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP, received a much-needed boost. Today, those gains are continuing, with Bitcoin up another 8.2% in the past 24 hours, Ethereum up another 5%, and ...

First, the good news: Grocery stores are getting better at cutting food waste. AI tools can help better predict demand for each product, for example, and help a store reduce waste by more than a third. Other tech can help stores sell food before it ...