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As the restaurant industry aims to lure frugal consumers with discounts and deals, Domino’s Pizza thinks it can steal diners from its competitors.”I think the industry headwinds are actually tail winds for us. Meaning, of course, they’re headwinds, but we’re going to gain [market] share during this time frame,” CEO Russell Weiner told CNBC on Monday.Domino’s on Monday reported second-quarter U.S. same-store sales growth of 3.4%, topping StreetAccount estimates of a 2% increase. The chain’s first-ever stuffed crust pizza, which was introduced in March, boosted sales, but so did the deals Domino’s offered. Executives said that Domino’s grew sales across…
U.S. News & World Report has announced its highly anticipated rankings of the Best Travel Rewards Programs for 2025-2026.The journalism leader analyzed 23 total airline frequent flyer and hotel loyalty programs to reveal the most rewarding for today’s travelers. Experts weighed a variety of factors such as membership benefits, network coverage, the ease of earning and redeeming points or miles, hotel property diversity and airline quality.Best Hotel Rewards ProgramsCambria Hotel Burbank Airport (Photo Credit: Choice Hotels)In the hotel loyalty program category, uber-consistent Choice Privileges reigns supreme, coming in at number one after spending the past decade in the top five.…
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! A little bird Image Credits:Bryce Durbin If it wasn’t obvious before, it is now. Uber wants a big piece of the autonomous vehicle technology pie. The ride-hailing company has spent the past two years locking in partnerships with just about every AV company you can think of, and across every sector, including delivery, robotaxis, and trucks. And yet, I wasn’t totally prepared for the amount of money Uber invested in its latest tie-up…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of 21 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s restrictions on social services for immigrants in the country illegally, including the federal preschool program Head Start, health clinics and adult education.Individual public benefits, such as food stamps and college financial aid, have been largely unavailable to people in the country without legal status, but the new rules and guidance from the administration curbed their access to community-level programs that receive federal money. The lawsuit led by New York Attorney General Letitia James argues the government failed to follow the rulemaking…
CNN — The foreign ministers of 25 Western nations have slammed Israel for “drip feeding” aid into the Gaza Strip, as the health ministry in the territory said that more than 1,000 people have been killed seeking humanitarian relief there since late May. The Palestinian health ministry did not specify the location of the deaths, but according to the United Nations, most casualties occurred while people were making their way to aid distribution sites operated by the controversial Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which began operating on May 27. Palestinian officials and witnesses have said the Israeli military…
LONDON (AP) — A routine moment of crowdwork at a Coldplay concert went viral last week when a couple tried to avoid the spotlight after they were caught hugging on the jumbotron. Internet sleuths quickly figured out that they were the CEO and chief people officer of a little-known tech company called Astronomer. The snippet of video set the internet alight, fueling a wave of memes and drawing attention to the erosion of privacy in public spaces. Here are some things to know: What happened at the concert During the concert on Wednesday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, lead…
On Elton John’s new concert album, the songs steal the show.Deep cuts from John’s rich catalog are given the spotlight on “Live From the Rainbow Theatre With Ray Cooper.” The 13-song set was culled from a six-show residency in London in May 1977, with John at the piano and his longtime percussionist, Cooper, joining him for the second half of the show.The album initially received a limited release on vinyl for Record Store Day and will be available digitally and on CD for the first time beginning Friday.While John, of course, performed his biggest hits during the residency, the album…
Marco Pistoia, Global Technology’s Head of Applied Research and Engineering at JP Morgan.Source: JP MorganJPMorgan Chase has overhauled the leadership of its internal research group responsible for quantum computing and other forms of advanced technology, hiring a State Street executive, CNBC has learned.Marco Pistoia, the former IBM inventor who became head of JPMorgan’s applied research group in 2020, has recently left the bank, according to a person briefed on the matter, who declined to be identified speaking about personnel.That group conducted research into how emerging technologies including quantum computing and communications, blockchain, computer vision and networking could solve problems in…
A regional jet flying through the Midwest had a close call on Friday, July 18, when a military plane reportedly entered its flight path without warning. The incident occurred on a Delta Connection flight operated by SkyWest Airlines out of Minneapolis. As the Embraer E175 aircraft began its landing approach at North Dakota’s Minot International Airport (MOT), the airline pilot had to make a sudden “aggressive maneuver” to avoid colliding with a B-52 military aircraft that suddenly appeared, according to ABC News. “All of a sudden we just jerk really hard,” Monica Green, a passenger on board the flight, told ABC…
Google announced Monday that it’s introducing a new feature that lets iOS users easily switch between work and personal Google accounts in Chrome. Previously, iOS users had to completely sign out of a Google account and then log in with another, and repeat this process every time they want to access a different account. “People often use their mobile device for both work and personal tasks, requiring them to sign in and out with different Google accounts,” the company wrote in a blog post. “To simplify this experience while tightening security, Chrome on iOS is now offering seamless account switching…