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Restaurant Business Serves Up Mixed Plate For 2020

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Growth will be fueled by the expansion of central kitchens for food prep, and social media marketing that showcases menus, philosophies and chefs. New chains could quickly emerge regionally or nationally.”. For now, delivery apps are an interface between consumers and restaurants.

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Game-Changing Tech Or Dystopian Nightmare? How 16 Industries Could Be Transformed By Facial Recognition

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The university was granted a patent around “hallucinating facial features” — a method to help law enforcement agencies identify masked suspects by reconstructing a full face when only the periocular region of the face is captured. Social Media/Entertainment. Fighting boredom is yet another use case for facial recognition.

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The Real Hunger Games: A Battle Royale In The Grocery Aisles

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Slow on curbside pick-up : As of August 2018, Amazon is rolling out pilots in its first two markets of Sacramento and Virginia Beach. The smallest player in the game, and the most regional of chains, Wegmans makes the big board because of the extreme enthusiasm it consistently scores among consumers for its shopping experience.

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A Brief History Of Libra

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Both noted that while the rollout and media coverage has mainly focused on Libra as a “Facebook product,” that is not how they view the opportunity to sign on as a founding member. The reality, Cuban noted, is that Libra could be a dangerously destabilizing factor in some regions where it is proposed for use. “I