Every year, Americans cap off the summer with a collective mini-vacation called Labor Day — an event marked with barbecues, trips to the beach, catching a ballgame and pretty much doing as little labor as humanly possible. It’s something of a unique entity, insofar as it’s...
Quick-service restaurants (QSRs), fast casual eateries and fast-food drive-thrus keep dominating headlines throughout the pandemic as a nation is understandably obsessed with staying fed on lockdown and after, when breathing the open air still feels oddly risky. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
General Motors and Honda are teaming up in a budding alliance between two auto giants that were at one time bitter rivals. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
Here at PYMNTS, we’ve long bemoaned our lack of a robot butler. “The Jetsons,” after all, promised us a bright future of flying cars and Rosey the Robot to make our meals, clean our messes, do our laundry and offer up snappy comebacks throughout the whole...
Microsoft said on Tuesday (Aug. 25) in a blog post that updates to Office 365 will allow users to record conversations “directly in Word for the web and transcribe them automatically.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
In the era of COVID-19, as the world is awaiting a vaccine that will formally bring the pandemic to a close worldwide and consign it to the realm of the ill-remembered past, a lot of traditions are looking to make their virtual/digital debuts. Everything from...
Plastic foam has managed to spend nearly eight decades at the top of the packaging market despite the fact that it’s annoyingly squeaky and crumbles under the slightest pressure. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Coming to a hotel near you: robots that clean your room and deliver everything from a late-night room service meal to extra towels and toothpaste. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Some innovations are formed in a straight line, from a problem encountered by an entrepreneur to a solution that grows into a business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
