Popmenu Unveils Video-First Menu Experience Designed to Drive More Restaurant Traffic and Orders

Nearly a decade ago, Popmenu launched a menu revolution in the restaurant industry with a visually bold, interactive, mobile-first experience that significantly boosts traffic and orders. Now, Popmenu is doing it again with groundbreaking technology [...]

A Bold Future for the NAD: Welcoming Our New CEO

(Video transcript/description at bottom) On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am delighted to share that Nicholas Kiego has been appointed as the next Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of the Deaf. Nicholas officially takes the helm on August 1. We are excited for you to meet our new leader in person... Read more »

Sauce Launches AI-Powered Cashback Loyalty Engine to Help Restaurants Increase Reorders by Up to 30%

Sauce, the leading first-party ordering, delivery, and retention platform for restaurants, has launched Sauce Cashback, a next-generation loyalty feature built on Sauce’s proprietary AI retention engine. Early results from the beta program show restaurants achieving [...]

WIP Wednesday, 13 May 2026

This week in FreeCAD development: Part and PartDesign CAM Other changes Additional improvements and fixes were contributed by 3x380V, alfrix, andershol, boomskats, chennes, coldtobi, danieljimol, ElementW, ItSaulGoodMan, Maik-0000FF, maxwxyz, rehan-ahmed-aix, Roy_043, tarman3, tritao, wwmayer, and z0r0. If you are interested in testing the latest weekly build, you can grab it here. Activity stats…

Custom Channels Partners with Thanx to Connect Restaurant Audio Messaging With Loyalty Data and Real-Time Guest Engagement

Custom Channels, a leading commercial music and in-store audio platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Thanx, the loyalty and guest engagement platform for restaurants. Together, the companies are enabling operators to use AI-powered audio [...]

Standing Our Ground: NAD Principles on Gene Therapy

May 7, 2026 National Association of the Deaf Note: The term “Deaf” is used here as an umbrella term to include individuals who identify as Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, or Hard of Hearing. Our Historical Mandate The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) was founded in 1880 in response during a period of existential threat to... Read more »

Branch Launches TipCalc to Automate Tip Pooling and Cashless Payouts for Restaurants and Reduce Errors at Close

Branch, a leading provider of workforce financial infrastructure, has announced the launch of TipCalc, an automated tip pooling and payout solution designed to help restaurants eliminate manual spreadsheets, reduce errors at close, and ensure workers [...]

Digitas, Five Below and January Digital are among the 2026 Future Leader Awards Winners

This year’s Future Leaders winners show how a new generation is redefining business impact. They are turning once-tactical roles into growth engines, using data and performance insights to drive measurable results while applying innovation to solve practical challenges. Just as importantly, they are building trust through authenticity and audience-first thinking, while leading beyond their formal…

ASML’s Frankly Awarded Inaugural “Moonshot” Seed Grant

Frankly, ASML's video-based civic discourse platform, is at the center of a new initiative that has been awarded a grant aimed at exploring how AI can improve how we engage in dialogue and make decisions at scale.

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Our Home, My Keeper – Now Available!

After a successful series of children's books, Paige Crowley runs into a bout of burnout and leaves for the English countryside for a change of pace. But, she gets more than she bargained for when she discovers her lovely new home already has an occupant. A brownie called Faye lives there, and she has been […]

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How ASML and Psst collaborated to reclaim identity from platforms

Psst is a nonprofit dedicated to creating safer channels for collective whistleblowing. For 4 months in 2025, ASML partnered with Psst to develop novel whistleblowing technologies. We built two things: first, a set of prototypes for employment verification, to enable a whistleblower to prove that they work at a particular company without revealing personal information […]

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Q2 2026 Grant Program

The FreeCAD Project Association is beginning to accept applications for the second grant review wave in 2026. If you are interested in improving FreeCAD and its ecosystem, please read more about the program and apply. In 2026, we introduced several changes to the grant program, including these: Please see here for more information.

FreeCAD Community Design Contest 2026: Open Science

The FreeCAD Project Association (FPA) are really pleased to share our first community design competition. We really want to see how people are using FreeCAD and thought a competition might be the way, furthermore, we thought a competition might produce something of use. As such we’ve chatted and partnered with Labcrafter, a UK based company […]

Popmenu Expands Partnership with Yext to Help Restaurants Manage Online Reputation Across 70+ Platforms

With competition for guests at an all-time high, 87% of U.S. restaurant operators plan to sharpen focus on reputation management in 2026. Restaurant tech leader Popmenu is expanding its partnership with Yext, the leading brand visibility platform, to [...]

Crunchtime Expands AI Capabilities Across Its Restaurant Operations Management Suite

Crunchtime, the leading provider of technology for the restaurant industry, has announced four new AI capabilities across its unified operations management suite. Building upon their market-leading AI Forecasting, these additions give customers faster inventory counts, [...]

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Leica Introduces New Noctivid Compact Binoculars and Updated Monovid

Today, Leica has announced a new addition to its sport optics lineup with the introduction of the Noctivid Compact binoculars and an updated Monovid monocular. Expanding on the premium Noctivid series, these new models bring Leica’s highest level of optical performance into a smaller, more portable form factor designed for everyday use, travel, and outdoor […]

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Popmenu Integrates With SpotOn to Streamline Restaurant Operations and Drive Revenue Growth

Restaurants aiming to increase revenue and simplify day-to-day operations can do so with a powerful new direct integration between Popmenu, a leader in restaurant marketing technology, and SpotOn, a San Francisco-based restaurant technology and financial [...]

FreeCAD 1.1.1 released

Hot on the heals of version 1.1.0 we are pleased to announce the release of version 1.1.1. You can check out the release notes and the full change log on the repository, it’s fair to say that there are a LOT of small fixes to enhance your experiences with FreeCAD. As ever massive thanks to […]

NAD Board Update – CEO Search Finalists & Community Forum

April 10, 2026 Direct Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqd39njRiPA Virtual Town Hall — Meet the CEO FinalistsMichelle Cline and Nicholas Kiego Join us for a live virtual town hall to learn directly from our CEO finalists. This session will feature presentations and responses to pre-submitted questions from our community. What to Expect• Live presentations from each CEO Finalist• Responses...…

Deliverect Launches AI Agents and Smart Assistants to Boost Restaurant Sales and Protect Digital Revenue

Deliverect, the global restaurant technology platform serving more than 95,000 locations across 78 countries, has launched Deliverect AI: a digital workforce of autonomous agents and smart assistants that continuously rewrite digital restaurant menus to increase [...]

YouTube, CBS Sports and The Walt Disney Company are among the 2026 Digiday Video and TV Award Winners

This year’s winners highlight how brands are reshaping video and TV through storytelling, collaboration and technology. Campaigns leaned into emotional narratives and creator partnerships to build deeper audience connections, while advances in ad tech and other emerging tools enabled more seamless integration with content. Across platforms, social video played a central role in driving engagement…

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