Items tagged with McDonald's
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Alan Velasco - Fri, Jul 11, 2025
The rise of AI has resulted in the technology permiating our daily life, with many companies using it their hiring process. That includes McDonald’s, which deploys a chatbot named Olivia made by Paradox.ai on its McHire.com site...
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Aaron Leong - Wed, Feb 28, 2024
UPDATE: Well, that didn't take long! Wendy's is clearing the air that it's not planning on rolling out dynamic pricing, claiming it was a misinterpretation by the press regarding slide 15 of its earnings presentation. A spokesperson told...
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Mark Tyson - Wed, Jun 14, 2023
The iconic McDonald's character Grimace celebrated his 52nd birthday earlier this week (feel old yet?). The hamburger chain has decided to earn geeky PR points by using this occasion to launch a brand new Game Boy Color game. While the...
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Nathan Wasson - Wed, Nov 16, 2022
The cybersecurity firm Cyjax has published a new report detailing an ongoing phishing campaign that has made use of over 42,000 domains going back to 2017. The campaign targets WhatsApp users with surveys promising rewards from major...
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Lane Babuder - Mon, Nov 07, 2022
Food and gaming have gone together since before video games. People may have board game nights where food is served and it is no different for video games. In fact, food is so ingrained in gaming culture that people can even order food...
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Nathan Ord - Tue, Aug 03, 2021
We want two #1 meals, both with Coke and a PlayStation 5 controller. And let's not ask for permission from Sony first, please. McDonald's Australia is celebrating its 50th anniversary down under with three months of events that recently...
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Nathan Ord - Fri, Jun 11, 2021
The Golden Arches are not so shiny today it seems, as the world's biggest fast-food chain, McDonald's, has been hit by an international data breach. The company reported today that hackers have stolen data containing employee and...
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Shane McGlaun - Thu, Feb 20, 2020
Researchers at the University of Toronto, Scarborough campus were having a problem with a 3D printer they use in the lab. The device itself was working fine, but the resin material used to print the objects they needed in the lab was...
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Brandon Hill - Sun, Nov 03, 2019
Do you have a weak spot for fast food despite the rampant criticism that consuming it in large quantities isn't good for you? Well, an "experiment" that has been carried out by Icelander Hjörtur Smárason is gaining worldwide attention, now...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Apr 14, 2017
When you have a hankering for a cheeseburger from McDonald's, the solution is simple—you hop in your car and go get one. There is nothing unusual about that, unless we're talking about an 8-year-old child jumping behind the wheel and...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Mar 02, 2016
Virtual reality has captured the hearts and imaginations of consumers and developers alike. In keeping with modern times, even McDonald's is hitching a ride on the hype train with a VR solution of its own. It's the Happy Meal box, which...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Dec 09, 2014
The allure of fast service and relatively affordable meals is no longer enough to attract a customer base that's increasingly concerned with health and food options. As a result, fast-food chain McDonald's saw its same-store sales in the...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Nov 07, 2013
"Would you like a 3D printed toy with that?" That's a question that doesn't yet exist inside any McDonald's fast food restaurants, but give it time and it may become a mandatory query, at least when ordering a Happy Meal. In this day and age of the Internet of Things, society is becoming...
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Shawn Oliver - Sat, Jan 16, 2010
Hearing that "someone is working on it" is one thing, but now the home of the Golden Arches (and those "all white meat chicken nuggets) has finally done the deed. No, we're not talking about swapping out those juicy, all-beef patties for veggie slabs. We're talking about in-house Wi-Fi, and...
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Michael Santo - Wed, Dec 16, 2009
McDonald's is about to up the ante in the wi-fi arena. While it has already been providing free wi-fi via AT&T's hotspot service to AT&T broadband customers as well as iPhone users, it will soon be providing free wi-fi, period. That new program will begin in January.Currently, for those not eligible for free wi-fi via an AT&T...
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Michael Santo - Sun, Oct 07, 2007
The wi-fi coverage plans that several U.S. cities have been entertaining have taken hits of late with the woes of Earthlink. Meanwhile, in the U.K., a partnership between BT Group and FON has opened up a huge number of additional hotspots in that country. Now McDonald's has announced plans to...
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