How Taco Bell uses its best GMs as a growth engine

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Top-performing Taco Bell managers gathered in Hawaii in March for the company's annual staff recognition retreat.

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  • Taco Bell recently hosted its Golden Bell awards, a recognition trip for top-performing managers.
  • More than a management retreat, Taco Bell says the event helps drive outsize growth.
  • Golden Bell-winning restaurants grew sales by nearly 20% in 2025 and boast better
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An AI built a boutique with $100,000, then panicked when no one showed up to work

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A startup unleashed an AI with internet access and a $100,000 budget to start a retail store in SF.

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  • Andon Labs is stress-testing AI agents in the real world.
  • The lab let an agent called Luna staff and open an entire store with a $100,000 budget.
  • Luna did not disclose to applicants that it was an AI and screwed up staffing on day one.

What could an AI do if you told it to open a

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The Netherlands is the first European country to approve Tesla’s supervised Full Self-Driving

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Dutch regulators, the RDW, announced that after over a year and a half of testing, it has officially approved Tesla's Full-Self Driving (FSD) Supervised. This makes the Netherlands the first European country to authorize the use of FSD on its roads. This could open the door to wider adoption throughout the EU. Tesla's European headquarters is located in Amsterdam, so it's only fitting

Anthropic is close to overtaking OpenAI on this measure of AI business spending

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The Claude app (left) and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei (right)

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  • US businesses that integrate AI have tended to choose OpenAI.
  • However, Anthropic has seen business spending surge in recent months, according to Ramp's index.
  • Anthropic's reputation got an unexpected boost after it challenged a deal with the Pentagon.

Anthropic is close to passing OpenAI when it comes to business spending on AI

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Rockstar Games has confirmed it was hit by third-party data breach

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An experienced hacking group has claimed to have infiltrated Rockstar Games' cloud servers, while the game publisher has confirmed that there was a "third-party data breach." ShinyHunters, a hacker group that's been linked to data breaches targeting Microsoft, Google, Ticketmaster and others, posted a message on its website with a final warning to Rockstar to "pay or leak." The hack was first

'Unwanted shoulder pads': An issue has emerged with Nike soccer shirts ahead of the World Cup

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Federico Valverde of Uruguay during the international friendly match between England and Uruguay at Wembley Stadium on March 27, 2026 in London, England.
Uruguay's Federico Valverde is seen with material bulging at his shoulders during a match against England in London on March 27.

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  • Nike's soccer shirts to be worn by players at the FIFA World Cup appear to have a design issue.
  • Material was seen bulging at the shoulders of footballers in recent international matches.
  • The issue was raised on X by a sports journalist. Fans have
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The first European country to get Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Supervised will be the Netherlands

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Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) is ready to make its European debut, and it's starting with the Netherlands. According to Tesla Europe, the automaker's driver assistance system was approved in the Netherlands and will start rolling out shortly. RDW, the country's regulatory authority on vehicles, confirmed the news with a post on its website about Tesla receiving a type approval for its