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In the nearly three years since McDonald’s announced that it was partnering with IBM to develop a drive-through order taker powered by artificial intelligence, videos popped up on social media showing confused and frustrated customers trying to correct comically inaccurate meals. “Stop! Stop! Stop!” two friends screamed with humorous anguish on a TikTok video as …

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Thousands of auto dealers across the United States and Canada are suffering disruptions to their operations as a result of cyberattacks on a provider of critical software and data services used in auto retailing. The provider, CDK Global, said it was targeted in two attacks on Wednesday, prompting the company to shut down its systems …

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It’s a number that kept going up, with few signs of slowing down. Nvidia, the chip maker, became the most valuable public company on Tuesday with a stock market value of $3.34 trillion. With the close of trading that day, Nvidia’s valuation jumped ahead of Apple’s and Microsoft’s, continuing a meteoric rise that has been …

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The credit card giant American Express has acquired Tock, a restaurant reservation and event management company, from the digital commerce platform Squarespace for $400 million, American Express said on Friday. The purchase of the reservation system in an all-cash deal shows that American Express is continuing its pursuit of the market for dining-related services, especially …

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But since lawmakers did include the money in the budget they approved in March, arts organizations thought that funds would ultimately come their way. It took Mr. DeSantis several months to formally receive, review and sign the budget, for the fiscal year that begins on July 1. Funding for some cultural organizations did survive, as …

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A Southwest Airlines plane descended prematurely on Wednesday over Oklahoma City, startling residents miles from the airport, before regaining altitude and then landing safely. After beginning a descent from 39,000 feet, the Boeing 737-800, flight No. 4069 from Las Vegas to Oklahoma City, was still nine miles short of the airport when it reached an …

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Apple is imposing unfair restrictions on developers of applications for its App Store in violation of a new European Union law meant to encourage competition in the tech industry, regulators in Brussels said on Monday. The charges further escalated a tussle between Apple, which says its products are designed in the best interest of customers, …

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Bell is offering significant discounts on its annual Crave memberships as part of a special “summer offer.” Until July 2nd, you can get the three 12-month subscriptions for the following prices: Basic with Ads — $59.90 (regularly $99.90) Standard with Ads — $89.90 (regularly $149.90) Premium (ad-free) — $130 (regularly $220) Keep in mind that …

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Toronto-based Pok Pok has raised $6 million in Series A financing, led by Adjacent. Other investors include Konvoy Ventures, MetaLab Ventures, Banana Capital, Peanut’s Michelle Kennedy and Instacart’s Brandon Leonardo. Pok Pok says the funding will go towards growing its educational product offerings, including launching its currently iOS-only Pok Pok app on Android and introducing …

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