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☆ From taking orders to cutting avocados, AI is solving the labor shortage problem for fast-food chains
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Checkers & Rally'sLast year, Checkers & Rally's became one of the first big chains to implement widespread use of AI-powered voice assistants. Out of the 803 Checkers and Rally's restaurants, voice AI was live in 390 as of August. AdvertisementAdvertisementSoundHound, best known as a music-recognition app, has spent years perfecting its conversational voice AI bots. Sister burger chains Carl's Jr. and Hardee's also announced plans to test Presto's AI voice bots this year. Hardee's and Carl's Jr. are also testing voice AI bots by OpenCity.

Persons: DoorDash, Deloitte, Keyvan Mohajer, it's, Mohajer, Schier, Rally's, Domino's, ConverseNow, SoundHound, SoundHound's Mohajer, Beef, Chippy, Rebecca Harrington, McDonald's, Carl's Jr, Del, Carl's, Hardee's, Presto, Taco, Chris Turner, Turner, Taco Bell Organizations: Service, Chipotle, Industry, National Restaurant Association, Deloitte, Wingstop Tech, Anthony's, Slim, Dialog, Taco Bell, Taco, Yum Brands Locations: White, Wall, Silicon, McDonald's, Texas, California , Texas, Florida, Chicago, Thai, Newport Beach , California, Del Taco, Mexican, Southern California, Taco Bell's

☆ China is installing offshore wind turbines as tall as 30 Rock in the Taiwan Strait
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

China recently switched on a 16-megawatt offshore wind turbine in the Taiwan Strait. It's the largest, most powerful turbine in the world, at 499 feet tall with 404-foot blades. That dwarfs the size and capacity of American and European wind turbines currently in use. For comparison, the Block Island Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island has five wind turbines capable of generating 30 megawatts of electricity combined, which the company behind it says can power 17,000 homes. Workers install the world's first 16-megawatt offshore wind turbine at an offshore wind farm operated by China Three Gorges Corporation on June 28, 2023 in Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone, Fujian Province of China.

Persons: IFLScience, Lyu, GREG BAKER, it's, China doesn't Organizations: Service, Privacy, Gorges Corporation, Workers, China Three Gorges Corporation, China News Service, Getty, GE Locations: China, Taiwan Strait, Rhode, Fujian Province, New York City, Pingtan, Taiwan, China's, Fujian, AFP

☆ 6 times US presidents were temporarily removed from office with the 25th Amendment
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | Elias Chavez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

AP PhotoJust eight months after Ford was sworn in as vice president, then-President Nixon announced his resignation as president following the Watergate scandal. The very next day, August 9, 1974, Ford was sworn in as President of the United States. Ford became the first and only person to date to be sworn in as both Vice President and President through the 25th Amendment. As president, Ford would have to appoint a new vice president using the same amendment that put him in the presidency. Shortly after Ford was sworn in as president and before the new vice president was sworn in, Ford announced that he would pardon Nixon.

Persons: Richard Nixon's, Gerald Ford, Ford, Nixon Organizations: AP, Ford Locations: United States

☆ Orcas were spotted swimming unusually close to Massachusetts
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Two of the orcas shown swimming in the waters off Nantucket, Massachusetts, on June 11, 2023. A pod of orcas swims in the waters off Nantucket, Massachusetts, on June 11, 2023. A pod of orcas swims in the waters off Nantucket, Massachusetts, on June 11, 2023. A bottlenose dolphin swims in the waters off Nantucket, Massachusetts, on June 11, 2023. Mother and calf fin whales swim in the waters off Nantucket, Massachusetts, on June 11, 2023.

Persons: Orcas, —, Katherine McKenna, Anderson, White, Insider's Kelsey Vlamis, Orla O'Brien Organizations: England Aquarium, Service, Privacy, New England Aquarium, Sunday, Anderson Cabot Center, Ocean, Aquarium Sailors, New England Locations: Nantucket, Spain, North, Nantucket , Massachusetts, New, Portugal

☆ In Ukraine's counteroffensive, 'the big fireworks are still to come,' a war expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An expert said "the big fireworks are still to come" in Ukraine's counteroffensive. George Barros of the Institute for the Study of War spoke to The Counteroffensive substack. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicySparks are flying as Ukraine's counteroffensive begins, but a war expert says the "big fireworks are still to come." Leaked numbers from the military in April estimated that up to 43,000 Russian troops and 17,500 Ukrainians have died on the battlefield. This is a critical moment for Ukraine, and when Ukraine's main counteroffensive push kicks off to retake its territory, there won't be a question whether it's happening — it will be very clear.

Persons: George Barros, Barros, —, Sparks, Ukraine's Organizations: Institute for, Service, Bradley, Human Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Russian, American

☆ Rare photos show a pod of orcas swimming 40 miles off the coast of Massachusetts
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

They said in a press release that it's "unusual" to see killer whales in the North Atlantic as their population is very small there. Two of the orcas shown swimming in the waters off Nantucket, Massachusetts, on June 11, 2023. A pod of orcas swims in the waters off Nantucket, Massachusetts, on June 11, 2023. A pod of orcas swims in the waters off Nantucket, Massachusetts, on June 11, 2023. Mother and calf fin whales swim in the waters off Nantucket, Massachusetts, on June 11, 2023.

☆ Photos show the flooded destruction the Kakhovka dam break is causing for tens of thousands of people in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

"It will take a while for the Dnipro to go back into its channel," Hall told Insider. "People will be flooded out, homes will be ruined." Water runs through a gap in the Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's Kherson region on June 6, 2023 Zelenskyy Social Media Account / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesSource: Insider

Organizations: Dnipro, Anadolu Agency, Getty Locations: Nova, Russian, Ukraine's Kherson

☆ The new judge in the Disney-DeSantis lawsuit is a Trump-appointee who gave the governor a win in his 'Don't Say Gay' law
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Allen Winsor, 46, has been a US District Judge in the Northern District of Florida since 2019. Before he became a US district judge, Winsor was a judge in Florida's First District Court of Appeal from 2016-2019. Winsor previously dismissed a lawsuit challenging the 'Don't Say Gay' billIn February 2023, Winsor issued a 21-page ruling dismissing a lawsuit challenging Florida's Parental Rights in Education Act, which opponents called the "Don't Say Gay" bill. In the hour-and-a-half-long conversation, four state solicitors general discussed various federal laws and lawsuits that they felt impeded states' rights. "He does not possess the neutrality and fair-mindedness necessary to serve in a lifetime position as a federal judge."

Persons: Allen Winsor, He's, Ron DeSantis, Winsor, —, Mark Walker, Insider's Kimberly Leonard, Donald Trump, Sen, Joe Manchin, — didn't, Trump, Mr, Pam Bondi's Organizations: Northern District of, Walt Disney Parks, Resorts, Gov, Service, Walt Disney Co, Disney, US Senate, Florida's, Auburn University, University of Florida, Plaintiffs, Federalist Society, Committee, Walt Disney World, Conference, Civil, Human Rights, Associated Press Locations: Northern District, Northern District of Florida, Florida, West Virginia, Orlando, Lake Buena Vista , Florida

☆ A history of Mike Pence's Harley-Davidson motorcycle rides
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former VP Mike Pence rode a Harley-Davidson for the "Roast and Ride" event in Iowa on Saturday. US Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, right, and former Vice President Mike Pence ride motorcycles on the way to the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa., Saturday, June 3, 2023, during Ernst's Roast and Ride. Former Vice President Mike Pence rides a motorcycle during US Sen. Joni Ernst's Roast and Ride, Saturday, June 3, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. Mike Pence participates in the Annual Governor's Motorcycle Ride to benefit the Indiana National Guard Relief Fund in Fountaintown, Ind., Friday, July 29, 2016. Trump and Pence stand next to a Harley Davidson motorcycle on the South Lawn of the White House after meeting with company executives, February 2, 2017.

Persons: Mike Pence, Davidson, He's, Pence, —, Sen, Joni Ernst, Ron DeSantis, US Sen, Joseph Cress, Harley, Joni Ernst's, Michael Conroy, Donald Trump's, Trump, Harley Davidson, Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pence didn't Organizations: White, Service, Florida Gov, US, Iowa State Fairgrounds, Iowa City Press, Citizen, AP, Harley, Indianapolis Star, Indiana cornfields, Republican, Indiana Gov, Indiana National Guard Relief Locations: Iowa, Indiana, Des Moines , Iowa, Fountaintown, Ind, Milwaukee , Wisconsin, America

☆ Tucker Carlson seemed to have no idea he was hosting his last show on Fox News, and ended it by eating a sausage and pineapple pizza
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The last "Tucker Carlson Tonight" episode aired on Fox News on Friday, April 21. Carlson's final show covered Hunter Biden, racist home appraisals, inclusive Mother's Day cards, and pizza. The Fox News host seemed to have no idea Friday would be his last time helming "Tucker Carlson Tonight." Carlson also spent time covering immigration, fentanyl, the casting of "Queen Cleopatra", inclusive Mother's Day cards, and the Pentagon leak. His final words on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" before digging into another bite of pizza were: "We'll be back on Monday.

☆ A Worm Moon, the last full moon of winter, hangs in the sky this week. Its other names include Death and Sugar Moon.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Across North America and Europe, people have used full moons to track months and seasons for thousands of years, naming each one based on the seasonal changes it indicates. Tourists take pictures as a full moon rises in Moscow, Russia. Shamil Zhumatov/ReutersThe names assigned to full moons are often attributed to the native Algonquian peoples, who share a family of languages and originate from the area that today ranges from New England as far west as Lake Superior. Colonial settlers across North America adopted their own version of the indigenous names, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac.

☆ A manhole cover launched into space with a nuclear test is the fastest human-made object. A scientist on Operation Plumbbob told us the unbelievable story.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Pedestrians walk past a manhole cover that wasn't shot into space in Berkeley, California, on July 18, 2019. AP/Jeff ChiuHow could an iron manhole cover be the fastest human-made object ever launched? This manhole cover was shot into space with a nuclear bomb. Robert Brownlee, an astrophysicist who designed the nuclear test in question, told Insider the unbelievable story in 2016, before he died at the age of 94 in 2018. Brownlee refuted the non-believers and asserted that yes, it likely was the fastest object that humankind ever launched.

☆ I've donated my hair to charity 4 times, but I probably never will again. Here's what you need to know if you want to do it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

I've donated my hair to charity four times, but I don't plan to again because there's less need now. I've donated my hair to charity four times. Human hair wigs usually have to be cut, colored, styled, and fit specifically to the person's head, Hernandez-Salas said. There's just much less demand for human hair wigs than there was years ago. Before she lost her hair, Melore donated it and got a wig from the American Cancer Society all in the same day.

☆ 11 qualities in men that women find attractive, according to science
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Good looks can be a factor, but they're not as important as you may think. Studies from Evolutionary Psychology and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found women typically choose better-looking guys for flings, not long-term relationships.

☆ The timing of your meals can help jumpstart weight loss, according to science
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Making breakfast the largest meal of the day is best for losing weight, studies have found. Now you know you're not supposed to eat that late, because you've heard it's bad for you, but how late is too late? While most Americans eat our biggest meal at dinner, multiple studies have found this is linked to weight gain. ferrantraite/Getty ImagesResearchers have had groups of people eat more calories at breakfast than dinner, while the other group eats more at dinner than breakfast. In studies, people who eat most of their calories at dinner also tend to skip breakfast, get worse sleep, eat more calories overall, and be obese.

☆ 17 scientific facts to motivate you to eat healthier, even when you don't want to
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Eating right could improve men's fertility. The Office / NBCA 2017 study suggest a Mediterranean diet — which includes whole grains, fruits, vegetables, beans, herbs, spices, nuts and healthy fats such as olive oil — is associated with an increased sperm count. Meanwhile, a number of studies have found that obese men tend to have fewer, more abnormal sperm.

☆ Hope Hicks was once one of Trump's closest confidantes. Less than 2 years later, she testified that her former boss told her that no one would care about his legacy if he lost the 2020 election.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | Ellen Cranley | Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hope Hicks, 34, was one of President Donald Trump's most trusted advisers. Hicks resigned from the White House on January 12, 2021, but told people it was a planned departure. She was one of the few White House aides who told Trump he lost the 2020 election. Before testifying in the investigation launched against her former boss' involvement in the Capitol riots, Hicks was the youngest White House communications director in history. She later rejoined the Trump White House as a counselor to the president, reporting to senior adviser and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

☆ It's been a decade since the Sandy Hook shooting. Here are the names and pictures of the 27 victims, including 20 children, who were murdered that day.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Michal Kranz | Rebecca Harrington | Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twenty children and six staff members were killed in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012. It was the deadliest mass shooting at an elementary school in US history. The 20-year-old gunman also killed his mother that day and shot himself after the massacre. "Sad for the searing loss, that hurts like hell every Dec 14th for those parents, my friends. Here are all 27 people killed in the deadliest elementary school shooting in US history.

Here's what happens to your body after death, in 13 steps. The body temperature dropsBody temperature starts dropping. How fast this happens depends on many factors like external temperature, clothing on the body, and fat content of the body. Within minutes, cells in the body start breaking downCells break down. Marianne Ayala/InsiderThe body starts breaking down shortly after death, but the physical signs of decomposition only appear later on.

☆ How 31-year-old Hope Hicks became the youngest White House communications director in history and a top executive at Fox before returning to counsel Trump
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | Ellen Cranley | Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hicks resigned from the White House on January 12, 2021, but told people it was a previously planned departure. She was one of the few White House aides who broke with the former president and told him he lost the 2020 election. Hope Hicks was the youngest White House communications director in history. In her time at the White House, Hicks became ensnared in two high-profile White House controversies: the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, and her role in crafting the White House's response to abuse allegations against staff secretary Rob Porter. She later rejoined the Trump White House as a counselor to the president, reporting to senior adviser and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

☆ A wave of restaurant operators and high-profile chains like Chipotle and Burger King are investing millions in innovation amid a slowdown in food-tech funding. Here are 10 investing in ghost kitchens,
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

"My dad says I'm taking the joy out of a restaurant," Frischling said. "If this industry doesn't keep up, we're not going to have so many restaurants," Frischling told Insider. Frischling is part of a wave of restaurant operators and high-profile chains investing millions in the industry's future. Over the years, Chipotle, Inspire Brands, and Restaurant Brands International — the owner of Burger King and Popeyes — have invested in autonomous-delivery vehicles, ghost kitchens, and digital-ordering software. IGC HospitalityThe New York restaurant company, also known as In Good Company Hospitality Group, invested in the restaurant-tech firm MarginEdge in 2021, according to PitchBook.

☆ Hurricane categories tell only part of the story — here's the real damage storms like Ian can do
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Anse Marcel Beach in Saint Martin before Hurricane Irma on August 25, 2016, and the storm on September 11, 2017. Hurricane Ian is a Category 3 storm forecasted to strengthen to a Category 4 before it batters Florida this week. "Hurricanes and tropical storms throw three hazards at us: wind, rainfall, and storm surge," he wrote. This shocks people, as it would seem intuitive that a Category 5 hurricane would tend to dump more rain than a Category 1 hurricane. Here's a closer look at the type of damage that storms at different categories can cause.

☆ If you voted early and changed your mind, you can switch your choice in several states — here's how
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-02 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But some voters who have a change of heart can alter their early vote after casting it. A handful of states allow voters to switch their votes before Election Day, but they have different restrictions and deadlines. Ballots cast early this year surpassed total early votes in 2016 a full nine days before Election Day. But some voters who have a change of heart can alter their early vote after casting it. A handful of states allow voters to switch their votes before Election Day, but they have different restrictions and deadlines.

☆ What happens to your body after you die
▼ + stars: | 2017-10-31 | by ( Skye Gould | Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

There's no fighting it; each of us will die at some point. Without preservation techniques like embalming or mummification, your body slowly begins to decay the second your heart stops beating. It starts small, down at the cellular level. Your cells die, then bacteria, animals, and even the body itself digests your organs and tissues. Here's how the complete, gruesome process plays out:Marianne Ayala/InsiderMarianne Ayala/InsiderMarianne Ayala/InsiderMarianne Ayala/InsiderMarianne Ayala/InsiderMarianne Ayala/InsiderMarianne Ayala/InsiderMarianne Ayala/InsiderMarianne Ayala/InsiderMarianne Ayala/InsiderMarianne Ayala/InsiderMarianne Ayala/InsiderMarianne Ayala/InsiderSkye Gould/Business InsiderSources: Nature, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Microbiology Today, EPEC Participant's Handbook, BMJ, Australian Museum, Decomposition of Human Remains

☆ 17 scientific facts to motivate you to eat healthy even when you really don't want to
▼ + stars: | 2016-07-12 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

A healthy diet could reduce your risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes, which is preventable with diet and exercise. A healthy diet could reduce your risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes, which is preventable with diet and exercise. Sources: CDC, Mayo Clinic, US Department of Health and Human Services

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