Editor’s Picks

How 70% of Restaurants Manage Diner Loyalty and Rewards
How 70% of Restaurants Manage Diner Loyalty and Rewards
June 27, 2022  |  Restaurant innovation

Digital channels have provided restaurants — and consumers seeking low-touch access to food services — a means of survival since the pandemic began. Digitization has...

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Emerging Tech Projects on Chopping Block as CIOs Shift Priorities
Emerging Tech Projects on Chopping Block as CIOs Shift Priorities
June 26, 2022  |  Technology

There’s been more pressure on chief information officers (CIOs) to both add and cut some capabilities for tech investments, especially as fears of a recession...

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Lawmakers Ask FTC to Probe Apple, Google Data Tracking
Lawmakers Ask FTC to Probe Apple, Google Data Tracking
June 24, 2022  |  Big Data

A group of Democratic lawmakers wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Apple and Google, saying the two tech giants secretly allow the collection and...

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The $100M Hack and Crypto’s Cross-Chain Payments Problem
The $100M Hack and Crypto’s Cross-Chain Payments Problem
June 24, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto has a cross-chain payments problem — and it needs to solve it, fast. That was made clear on June 23, when yet another so-called...

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Amazon Promotes Alexa to Companion From Simple Servant’s Role
Amazon Promotes Alexa to Companion From Simple Servant’s Role
June 24, 2022  |  Amazon

Seeing eventual limitations to simply giving Alexa commands — “Alexa, buy milk,” “Alexa, turn the AC down,” — Amazon’s engineers believe the voice recognition AI needs...

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Domino’s Drone Push Lifts Last-Mile Delivery Fight to New Heights
Domino’s Drone Push Lifts Last-Mile Delivery Fight to New Heights
June 24, 2022  |  Delivery

In even the best of labor markets, food delivery has never been the most solid business where margins are concerned. Now, as demand for off-premises...

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NerdWallet Signs $120M Deal for On The Barrelhead
NerdWallet Signs $120M Deal for On The Barrelhead
June 24, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Financial guidance firm NerdWallet is acquiring consumer debt robo-advisor platform On the Barrelhead for approximately $120 million, consisting of roughly $70 million in cash and $50 million in NerdWallet...

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Proposed Financial Data Privacy Bill Tightens Customer Data-Sharing Rules 
Proposed Financial Data Privacy Bill Tightens Customer Data-Sharing Rules 
June 24, 2022  |  Data

The House Financial Services Committee’s ranking member, Patrick McHenry, released a draft bill on June 23 that seeks to modernize financial data privacy laws and...

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Latest Crypto Bridge Hack Exposes Key Ecosystem Weakness
Latest Crypto Bridge Hack Exposes Key Ecosystem Weakness
June 24, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

Harmony’s Horizon bridge was exploited for $100 million, making three major bridge hacks this year and exposing a central weakness in the digital-asset nexus, according...

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