Burger King will use AI to monitor employee 'friendliness'

Burger King, the chain that leans into creepy when others don't dare, is at it again. The Verge reported on Thursday that the company is rolling out a new voice-controlled AI chatbot for its work [...]

OpenAI suspends Sora depictions of Martin Luther King Jr. following a request from his family

OpenAI has paused video generations of Martin Luther King Jr. on Sora at the request of King Inc., the estate that manages his legacy. The company said in an announcement on X that it worked with the [...]

Smoothie King is planning 200-plus new stores as wellness trends boost sales

The chain, which claims to have coined the word "smoothie" in 1973, is also adding flatbreads and rolling out ovens to franchisees at no cost [...]

Amazon Games is winding down King of Meat

King of Meat's reign is ending. The game will end service on April 9, less than a year after its October 2025 debut. The Amazon Games-published title will be playable until that date, but will th [...]

Hands-on with the Ninja BlendBoss — if there's an ingredient this super-powerful blender can't turn into a smoothie, I haven't found it yet

The funky-looking Ninja BlendBoss is the smoothie-maker of my dreams, making everything from chia seeds to carrots silky-smooth and sippable. [...]

The best smoothie blenders, according to Consumer Reports

A weak blender leaves chunks of ice floating in every smoothie. Consumer Reports tested blenders for icy drinks, purees and durability [...]

Soundcore Nebula X1 Pro review: The king of party projectors

Every now and then, I test a gadget so wild that I can’t believe a company actually made it. Soundcore’s $5,000 Nebula X1 Pro projector is the embodiment of that: an ultra bright projector and a 4 [...]

You Won't Find a Better Smoothie Blender Than the $120 Twisti (Trust Me, I've Looked)

With spinning tampers and a powerful motor, this midsized blender whips frozen fruit and peanut butter into smoothies better than any model I've tested. [...]

An AI copycat of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard went unnoticed on Spotify for weeks

Despite making some moves to address the proliferation of AI-generated audio on its platform, Spotify failed to catch a copycat making imitations of music by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. The [...]