In an interview, the president said he should have ordered the National Guard to take the machines to find evidence of fraud, but added that the Guard might not have had the sophistication to do so.

A new integration with Amazon’s voice assistant brings hands-free barista-style skills to the countertop coffee maker. A new integration with Amazon’s voice assistant brings hands-free barista-style ...

The boutique chain’s co-founder, Candace Nelson, said that the business had ceased operations at year’s end. It was sold to a private equity firm more than a decade ago. By Christine Hauser Sprinkles ...

Unless you want to lose a whole lot of money, don’t rush to hire an AI bot to run your vending machine. That’s the lesson from a recent experiment in AI autonomy, piloted by Joanna Stern, tech ...

At the time, I was working as the head of user experience at a consumer AI image generation startup, spending up to nine hours a day prompting early generative systems to help improve our models. I’d ...

Still think AI is ready to revolutionize the economy? A new experiment might change your mind. In a bold test of Anthropic’s latest version of its AI Claude, The Wall Street Journal gave the large ...

Is there any more apt a piece of imagery to depict late-stage capitalism than a Home Depot installing sonic weaponry and then training those irritating sound waves against not only the day laborers it ...

A first-of-its-kind vending machine is now up and running at the Tanger Outlets, and it's all for a good cause. Light the World Giving Machine allows visitors to make purchases that benefit local and ...

Long Island Rail Road riders who want to hear the hole puncher of a train conductor have new options for physical tickets. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has installed new ticket vending ...

Imagine this: You're sitting at Boston's Logan International Airport, stomach growling (you skipped dinner amid a mad dash to your gate). Looking up from your phone, you spot a blue-and-white vending ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. In addition to Naloxone, menstrual products and wound care kits, Linn County’s harm reduction vending ...

The vending machine has become a modern aspect of Japanese culture. In Tokyo, for example, it's hard to walk a block without spotting several of them against a building. Although the purpose of the ...