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Shake Shack On Tapping AI And Other Tools To Optimize The Customer Experience

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The health crisis has forced the sector to hasten its use of technology to improve customers’ experiences at the drive-thru, to streamline curbside pickup orders and to cater to a limited number of dine-in patrons. . Post-Pandemic Moves. Shake Shack reported that its Q3 sales were down 18 percent compared to the same period last year.

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Banco BASE Taps Volante For Payments; Azimo Receives Dutch Central Bank License

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Coverage includes Mexico ‘s Banco BASE selecting Volante Technologies Inc. Azimo says it has received a license from the Dutch Central Bank to operate in the Netherlands, Cubic Transportation Systems has notched a contract for a mobile ticketing system in Ireland , and Bear Market Coffee in Ireland has gone cashless.

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Minimum Wage or RoboChefs

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Orders are speeded up at the front-end of many eateries through the use of digital kiosks, tabletop tablets and mobile phones, but there has been little displacement of workers at the back-end of food service as a result of new technology, according to Reuters. As a result, most operators do not want to assume the investment risk.

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In Praise Of The Selfie And The Commerce It Drives

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National Selfie Day has passed into the history books once again. The founding hero of National Selfie Day — not that he receives his full recognition among the selfie masses — is a U.S. lamp manufacturer and early photography enthusiast named Robert Cornelius. We are now in the golden age of the selfie.

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The Future Of The Factory: How Technology Is Transforming Manufacturing

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Lights-out manufacturing refers to factories that operate autonomously and require no human presence. Famously, the Japanese robotics maker FANUC has been operating a “lights-out” factory since 2001, where robots are building other robots completely unsupervised for nearly a month at a time.

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Could Regulation Prevent The Next Cyberattack?

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The ransomware attack affected a range of players, including delivery services like FedEx, automakers including Renault and Nissan, transportation operations such as Germany’s Deutsche Bahn and even medical systems such as the U.K.’s s National Health Service. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It’s such a simple concept,” he said.

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A Decline in Personal Savings

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As of October, the US ranked 32 nd according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data. By the 1990’s, improvements in technology and further changes to securities regulations made it easier for corporate customers to access financial markets directly. Recall the NINJA loans (No Income, No Job, Apply).

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