Burger King Is Rethinking AI Drive-Thrus: ‘Guests Don’t Want to Talk to a Bot’

The fast food chain has found that forcing AI ordering in drive-thrus causes some customers to drive away.

900 Applicants Wanted a Startup Internship. First, They Had to Meet a Surprising Old-School Requirement.

It’s one more hoop to jump through for candidates looking for entry-level work.

How He Turned His Tiny Studio Into a Fitness Powerhouse: ‘At First People Were Coming Just to Play With My Dog and I Was Okay With That’ 

Sam Tooley turned personal tragedy into Alpha Fit Club, a fitness franchise that’s about to host its biggest competition yet.

Gen Z Is Snatching Up Franchises — They Want to Own Rather Than Compete for Jobs That ‘Might Not Exist in 10 Years’

Franchise ownership among young people is up 163% since 2022.

He Was a Candidate for Several Prestigious Literary Awards — Then a Detector Said He Used AI to Write ‘100%’ of His Novel

Thélyson Orélien, 38, faces accusations that he used AI to write his popular debut novel. Here’s his response.

Ford Had a Pigeon Problem at Its Mexico Plant. So It Hired an Unlikely Security Guard Named ‘El Charro’ to Solve It.

A Harris’s hawk named El Charro has cut down on bad bird activity by about 80% at Ford’s Hermosillo, Mexico, plant.

As the Yankees Retire His No. 52, CC Sabathia Is Focused on His Next Chapter Off the Field

As the Yankees retire CC Sabathia’s iconic No. 52, the former MLB ace is looking beyond baseball, helping lead the PitCCh In Foundation while his wife, Amber, builds her career as a CAA Sports baseball agent.

I Built a 7-Person Marketing Team Using AI. Here’s the Exact Setup.

Build specialist AI agents for research, writing, design, video, scheduling and analytics — without starting from scratch.

Google’s New Initiative Aims to Match 25,000 Veterans With These In-Demand Jobs

Google is recruiting veterans for skilled trade careers as the labor shortage deepens.

KFC’s New ‘Open House’ Location Is Now Serving Breakfast, Boba Tea and Fried Chicken Socks

A Dallas suburb is getting a finger-lickin’ taste of KFC’s future. If it works here, the whole chain could look and taste different.