This food tech startup is helping brands like Panera Bread and Popeyes boost drive-thru sales with a voice bot named Tori

Panera Bread is testing AI-powered bots at the drive-thru. Panera Bread Panera Bread is known as a restaurant pioneer when it comes to technology. The chain is working with tech startup OpenCity to test voice bot ordering at the drive-thru. OpenCity, which also works with Popeyes, says AI-powered bots can improve accuracy and speed.  In […]

The Voice Recap: Night 2 of the Battles Tees Up a Couple of Head-Scratching Saves and a Particularly Painful Cut

OK, so maybe I’m the only viewer of The Voice who was quite so crestfallen to see a Blind Auditions frontrunner get cut Monday night. I always make the mistake of getting too attached to contestants way too early. But even for me, the episode wasn’t a total bummer as a couple of other early […]

The Voice: Season 20’s Best Blinds, Ranked — Is the Winner Among Them?

Maybe it’s only because at this point time has ceased to have any meaning for a lot of us, but it really does seem like only yesterday, doesn’t it, that The Voice began its Season 20 Blind Auditions? Yet as of Monday’s episode, that was it, they were done. Finished. Complete. Immediately after the closing […]

Ratings: March Madness Dominates, Knocking The Voice and Idol to Lows

In the latest TV ratings, CBS’ Monday coverage of two NCAA men’s basketball tourney matchups averaged 5 million total viewers and a 1.2 rating, easily leading the night in the demo. CBS’ coverage peaked in the 8 o’clock hour, with 6.2 mil and a 1.5. Opposite hoops…. NBC | The Voice (5.9 mil/0.8, read recap) […]

The Voice UK: Emma Willis’ appearance distracts fans moments into final ‘Nothing for her!’

Emma, 45, got The Voice UK final underway in dazzling fashion on Saturday evening, welcoming four contestants to the stage in a battle to the crown. However, it seems she was the centre of attention as soon as the host made her first appearance on-screen in a plunging red gown. The presenter finished the piece […]

TV Ratings: Debris Drops in Week 2, Bachelor and The Voice Top Night

In the latest TV show ratings, NBC’s The Voice this Monday drew 7.4 million viewers and a 1.0 demo rating, dipping week-to-week yet dominating the night in total audience. (Read recap.) Leading out of that, Debris (3.4 mil/0.4) dropped 23 and 33 percent in Week 2. Over on ABC, The Bachelor (4.9 mil/1.2, read recap) […]

Ratings: Flash, New Amsterdam Return Down; The Voice and NCIS Dominate

RELATED STORIES In the latest TV show ratings, The CW’s The Flash (finally) opened Season 7 with 1.04 million total viewers and a 0.3 demo rating, down from both its previous averages (1.26 mil/0.4) and its May finale (1.1 mil/0.4) to hit and match series lows. TVLine readers gave The Flash‘s ersatz season premiere (the […]

Tom Jones speaks out on The Voice UK moment he regrets and calls himself a ‘mug’

“You can’t think, ‘Let me think about that’, you either do it or they’re gone. And that’s what happened when I saw that singer, just listening to him sing and I thought, ‘Why the hell didn’t you press the button?’  “And I shouted in the thing [rewatching the episode back], ‘Press the button you mug!’” But […]

Sir Tom Jones concerns The Voice fans as they spot tense Olly Murs snub ‘Had the hump’

Tom, however, repaid the favour when Olly eliminated 16-year-old Leah over Nathan.  The Welsh singer just couldn’t let the young talent go and decided to add her to his team.  Meanwhile, Anne-Marie was extremely torn over her first battle decision.  She put two of her powerhouse acts against each other as Lauren faced double act […]

WandaVision theories: Voice on the radio contains major Ant-Man connection

Wanda Maximoff (played by Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) are still stuck in an eerie alternate reality, but someone seems to be investigating from the outside. Eagle-eyed Marvel aficionados may have deciphered who’s trying to contact the supernatural superhero in the second episode of WandaVision on Disney Plus.  Some observant comic book enthusiasts seem […]