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Burger King rolls out AI headsets that track employee 'friendliness'

bbc - The fast-food chain is testing OpenAI-powered headsets that monitor staff interactions with customers.

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Meet ‘Patty,’ Burger King’s new AI assistant that lives in employees’ headsets

7 days / fastcompany / Grace Snelling

Burger King testing AI headsets to track if employees say ‘please’ or ‘thank you’

8 days / reddit / /u/Fcking_Chuck

Burger King rolls out AI headsets that track employee 'friendliness'

8 days / reddit / /u/CabinetCalm1970

Burger King will use AI to monitor employee 'friendliness'

8 days / reddit / /u/kin20

Burger King rolls out AI headsets that track employee 'friendliness'

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Burger King Cooks Up 'Patty,' an AI Chatbot to Monitor Employees

8 days / cnet / Omar Gallaga

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Sam Altman’s World ID Wins Major Brand Partners

PYMNTS / pymnts - Tools for Humanity, the iris-scanning company co-founded by Sam Altman, is partnering with well-known brands to promote its World ID, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Feb. 26). “I think we’re right at the precipice right now of the moment where …

#startups #cybersecurity #dataprivacy #techpolicy #business #privacy #altman #digitalid #digitalprivacy #advertising

The global infrastructure of digital ID is being built right now — and nobody voted for it

7 days / siliconcanals / Justin Brown

Sam Altman’s World ID Wins Major Brand Partners

8 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Sam Altman’s Creepy Eyeball-Scanning Verification Service Is Coming to a Gap Store Near You

8 days / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Sam Altman’s ‘Human Verification’ Startup Leans on Consumer Brands

8 days / wsj / Patrick Coffee

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 6:21 pm / permalink 19845 / 4 stories in 8 days


Firefox 148 Lets You Kill All AI Features in One Click

msmash / slashdot - Mozilla has released Firefox 148 for Windows, macOS and Linux, bringing a new AI Settings section that lets users disable all of the browser's AI-powered features in one click and then selectively re-enable the ones they actually want, such as the local t…

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Ring Ends SearchParty Feature, New Firefox AI Controls, Planet Parade in View This Week | Tech Today video

7 days / cnet / Kara Tsuboi

New Firefox “AI controls” allow users to block all future AI features

7 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Firefox Has New AI Features. Here's How to Disable Them

8 days / cnet / Julian Dossett

Firefox 148 Lets You Kill All AI Features in One Click

8 days / slashdot / msmash

Firefox adds AI kill switch for users who are sick and tired of AI-everything

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Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 19841 / 5 stories in 8 days


Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. AI chatbot ‘Patty’ is going to live inside employees’ headsets.

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Burger King turns to AI to flame broil employees who aren't friendly enough

8 days / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Burger King to use AI to help with meal prep, evaluate employee ‘friendliness’

8 days / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Burger King’s ‘Patty’ AI Coming Soon to Canada

8 days / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Burger King will use AI to monitor employee 'friendliness'

8 days / engadget / Will Shanklin

Surveillance With a Smile: Burger King Will Use AI to Track If Employees Say ‘Please’ and ‘Thank You’

8 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. AI chatbot ‘Patty’ is going to live inside employees’ headsets.

8 days / reddit / /u/esporx

Burger King Will Use AI To Check If Employees Say 'Please' and 'Thank You'

8 days / slashdot / msmash

Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ | AI chatbot ‘Patty’ is going to live inside employees’ headsets.

8 days / reddit / /u/cmaia1503

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 19807 / 8 stories in 8 days


Ocean Mode comes to the Samsung Galaxy S26 series, but don’t take it diving just yet

digitaltrends - Samsung introduces Ocean Mode on the Galaxy S26 series, helping users capture more vibrant underwater photos. Here’s how it works and the risks you need to understand before taking it into the ocean.The post Ocean Mode comes to the Samsung Galaxy S26 seri…


At launch: Pre-orders, deals, comparisons and hardware changes.

Samsung Introduces Pre-Order Discounts on Galaxy S26 Smartphones, Alongside TV and Monitor Deals

8 days / macrumors / Mitchel Broussard

How to get the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra for free at T-Mobile — no trade-in required

8 days / mashable

Get a free $100 gift card when you pre-order the new Samsung Galaxy S26 at Amazon— how to claim

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Samsung Finally Catching Up To Chinese Rivals As Rumor Claims That New Galaxy S Lineup Will Feature Silicon-Carbon Batteries To Deliver Unrivaled Runtimes

8 days / wccftech / Omar Sohail

Samsung Galaxy S26 skips magnets, but they still charge faster and get new gear

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How to pre-order the Galaxy S26 series and score the best deals

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Galaxy S26 Ultra vs. OnePlus 15 vs. Pixel 10 Pro XL: The ultimate Android flagship comparison of 2026

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Live: Gemini's Circle to Search expands into multi-object AI.

Samsung's New AI Search Feature Is About to Make Outfit Shopping Dangerously Easy

8 days / cnet / Vanessa Hand Orellana

Google ships the AI assistant Apple promised but hasn't delivered

8 days / techspot

Google Circle to Search Looks At The Whole Image

8 days / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Gemini 3-powered Circle to Search debuts on Galaxy S26 and Pixel 10

8 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Android 17 could turn Gemini into your personal app butler

8 days / digitaltrends


On the ground: Ultra's advanced privacy display unveiled.

Everything Samsung revealed at its Galaxy Unpacked event

8 days / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Galaxy S26 Ultra’s Privacy Display Is Way More Advanced Than We Were Led To Believe

8 days / wccftech / Omar Sohail


Reporting: Ocean Mode and audio AI boost capture quality.

Galaxy S26’s audio eraser removes background noise mid-stream, and I’m impressed

8 days / digitaltrends

Ocean Mode comes to the Samsung Galaxy S26 series, but don’t take it diving just yet

8 days / digitaltrends


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Samsung Introduces Pre-Order Discounts on Galaxy S26 Smartphones, Alongside TV and Monitor Deals

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Korean news: The Galaxy S series will soon be equipped with silicon carbon batteries, officially confirmed.

8 days / reddit / /u/DazzlingpAd134

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