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Restaurant Business Serves Up Mixed Plate For 2020

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The restaurant business is: a) healthy for 2020 or b) apprehensive about technology. The 2020 outlook report from the National Restaurant Association was released today and it paints a picture of an industry dealing with the countercurrents of solid consumer spending and disruptive technology. All of the above.

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‘Ghost’ Kitchens Take A Bigger Role In Food Delivery

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As restaurants continue to wrestle with the questions that come with food delivery — how to make enough money, whether to work with third-party operators, how to manage customer relationships — a new factor is gaining significance. Keatz already operators ten “ghost” kitchens in Europe. Keatz reportedly has raised about $13.5

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Facebook's Libra Hires HSBC Veteran As Managing Director

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The Libra Association has named James Emmett as managing director of Libra Networks, the association’s operating company subsidiary. Emmett previously was the top executive of HSBC Bank plc and Europe, where he was responsible for HSBC's UK Wholesale Bank and operations across Continental Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and Bermuda.

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AI/Bot: Dole’s Secret Artificial Intelligence Weapon

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Artificial intelligence (AI)–assisted technologies have been on the rise over the past few years. While AI certainly makes consumers’ lives easier, it’s also working in nearly every industry to help streamline operations. Some retailers are using smart technology like AI and the bot to help mitigate store closures.

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TRENDING: Why Grocery Stores Want Autonomous Vehicle Delivery

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Investment in Intelligence of Things (IoT) is expected to surge in the coming years, with companies projected to increase spending on the design, creation and operation of IoT solutions from $186.1 Recently, the National Institute of Standards and Technology drafted a report advising federal agencies on IoT security. billion by 2023.

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Want To Build A 630M, 10 Country Financial Services Ecosystem? Here’s What Grab Did

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As one can imagine, those small-scale businessmen and women are ridesharing drivers who often work long hours every day to earn income to support their families and businesses — and save up in hopes of taking total ownership of their operations. The only way Grab can grow is if the markets and countries we operate in grow,” he said.

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How To Build A Digital ID In Layers

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In perhaps the most sweeping example, the member states of the United Nations have embraced, as part of “sustainable development goals,” a target to “provide legal identity for all, including birth registration,” by 2030. There is ample technology to help solve these challenges. The Micro Level.

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