Holy guacamole! National Taco Day has historically been celebrated on Oct. 4 of every year — until last year. In September 2024, the made-up foodie holiday snagged a new permanent spot on the calendar thanks to Taco Bell and the National Day Calendar, moving the national day to its rightful place on the calendar: Tuesday. Now, National Taco Day will be …
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Utah-based drink chain Swig coined “dirty soda” back in 2010. Fifteen years later, the trend is fueling innovation everywhere from PepsiCo to McDonald’s, infusing the sluggish beverage category with new life. “Dirty soda” drinks use pop as a base, followed by flavored syrups, cream or other ingredients. While Swig claims credit — and the trademark — for dirty soda, TikTok …
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Taco Bell’s chief digital officer says the company is having an “active conversation” about when to use and not use AI. The company has apparently rolled out voice AI-powered ordering at more than 500 drive-throughs, leading to unflattering viral moments like someone ordering 18,000 water cups in order to “bypass” the AI and get connected to a human server. Chief …
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Taco Bell is rethinking its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to power drive-through restaurants in the US after comical videos of the tech making mistakes were viewed millions of times. In one clip, a customer seemingly crashed the system by ordering 18,000 water cups, while in another a person got increasingly angry as the AI repeatedly asked him to add …
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom told Donald Trump on Tuesday that the president had missed the deadline to pull back from creating “illegal crooked maps” in red states to manipulate coming elections. As a result, Newsom, mimicking the president’s all caps messaging style, indicated the nation’s most populous state would “redraw the maps in California to offset the rigging of maps …
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The Cooking Update in Grow a Garden has dropped the latest Prismatic plant in the game, and it’s the Taco Fern seed. But guess what, you won’t find this one at the seed shop. Instead, there are a few cooking quests you must complete before you can get the Taco Fern in Grow a Garden. Hence, if you want to …
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Headline U.S. inflation jumped to 2.7% in June, its steepest rise in five months, according to the latest consumer price data. UBS Global Wealth Management took a look under the hood, writing in its monthly letter that “it’s quiet … a little too quiet.” Chief investment officer Mark Haefele appealed to the cinephiles in his audience: “Movie fans will know …
Read More »Not just the taco trade — why stocks should be resilient to tariff news, says Morgan Stanley MarketWatch Tariffs will hit harder in the coming months, with traders growing weary of the trade drama, Morgan Stanley’s CIO says Business Insider ‘Beautiful Bill’ to provide slight GDP boost through 2027, Morgan Stanley says Investing.com Corporate interest in stablecoins grows as US lawmakers kick off …
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Wall Street thought it had President Donald Trump all figured out on his trade war, but the past week has raised concerns that investors may be wrong. Markets had dismissed tariff risks under the assumption that Trump would follow an earlier pattern and back off, in what became known as the so-called TACO trade. That allowed stocks to reach new record-high territory …
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