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For years, fast-food chains fought to steal customers from one another. Increasingly, their biggest competition may be coming from the grocery aisle.As inflation-weary consumers rethink what counts as a good value, supermarkets’ expanding prepared-food offerings are becoming a viable alternative to a drive-thru meal. New foot-traffic data from location analytics…
Photographer and art director Bukunmi Grace was between work trips when she booked a stay at Soho Warehouse in Downtown LA. That’s when she realized she could take Pilates classes at the hotel. Grace — who jokingly refers to herself as a “fake workout girlie” — says having access to…
US shipbuilders are trying to bring younger workers into their yards, and that means adapting to a generation with different expectations and a willingness to walk away if the job isn’t the right fit.The priorities of younger workers are prompting changes in how the US Navy’s Submarine Industrial Base Program…
Evolving drone and missile threats, from Europe to the Middle East, are pushing the Marine Corps to move faster on critical air-defense programs, a top Marine general said last week.The Marine Corps is investing in new air-defense systems, including the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, but Lt. Gen. Eric Austin,…
Disney isn’t building a “super app” tying together all its businesses — at least not yet.Adam Smith, the chief product and technology officer for Disney Entertainment and ESPN, told employees at a town hall last week that the company isn’t planning to turn Disney+ into a hub for buying tickets…
KYIV, Ukraine — At first, it was only a faint whine somewhere in the distance. Then the sound sharpened, swelled, and suddenly the drone was overhead, a high-pitched scream piercing the air as it flew past.The aircraft was Sting, a Ukrainian interceptor drone purpose-built to hunt Russian Shahed-type attack drones.…
The way Jeff Bezos sees it, AI and the data centers that support the novel technology are like knives.”You don’t want to accidentally outlaw the knife because it can be used in a bad way,” the Amazon cofounder said on CNBC on Thursday.”Knives are important tools and yes, every once…
IRPIN, Ukraine — The soldiers arrived in darkness. Pulling up to a field in a van, they began quietly setting up their ground control station on the side of the road. Headlamps cut through the night as they prepared to launch.Before sending up the interceptor drone, they flew a small…
When JT Batson thinks about the FIFA World Cup, he compares it to an IPO.The head of US Soccer, the sport’s governing body, recently recalled a conversation with a veteran CFO who described what it’s like to take a company public: lots of work building toward a single, high-profile moment.Yet,…
The AI job-pocalypse hasn’t come for Bank of America’s summer internship — but good luck trying to land a spot.The bank has hired nearly 4,000 summer interns and full-time campus recruits this year, split roughly evenly between the two, in line with last year’s numbers. Around 240,000 people applied for…
