As the deep discounter attempts to stave off more intense competition from Walmart, Dollar General is attempting same-day delivery to consumers' homes. Todd Vasos, the CEO of Dollar General, stated during a Thursday earnings call that the delivery service was soft launched in September. According to him, it now provides same-day delivery at roughly 75 locations. He did not identify the third-party company that offers it. Vasos remarked, "We've always stated here that we'll deliver our way when the time comes." We think the time has come. According to him, the business anticipates eventually bringing the product to thousands of outlets. The Tennessee-based dollar store is recognizing the pressure from other stores like Walmart, Amazon, and Temu that provide low costs and convenience by off...

Worshippers likely considered communicating with Jesus as an expression of faith rather than an actual dialogue when they first prayed at St. Peter's Chapel 300 years ago. Three centuries later, worshippers can now communicate with a computer-generated avatar of the Son of God in Lucerne, Switzerland's oldest church. A group from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts' Immersive Realities Research Lab, along with chapel theologian Marco Schmid, created Deus in Machina. "A lot of people came to talk to me," Schmid said, adding that the machine had recorded some 900 interactions with people of all ages. According to Schmid, the people's genuine and serious conversations with him were what was most fascinating to observe. The machine, which was created using artificial intelligen...

Because of a fuel leak, Honda is recalling over 205,000 SUVs, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said. In a recall notice issued on Thursday, the NHTSA stated that in certain vehicles, the fuel filler pipe and neck tube may separate, causing fuel to leak. "A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire," the alert stated. According to the NHTSA, this recall is limited to select 2023 and 2024 Passport and 2023 to 2025 Pilot vehicles, potentially impacting 205,760 of them overall. If required, dealers will examine and fix the impacted vehicles' gasoline filler necks and pipes at no additional cost. In addition to contacting Honda customer care at 1-888-234-2138 and the NHTSA Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236, owners should anticipate rec...

Waymo is aiming for the Sunshine State as its next destination. The startup, which is owned by Alphabet, declared on Thursday that it will begin operations in Miami. Before allowing users to use its robotaxi service via the Waymo One app in 2026, Waymo stated that it will start roaming the Florida city with human safety drivers in 2025. Waymo's decision to expand into Miami reflects its increasing confidence in its ability to operate its self-driving cars in more severe weather conditions in major American cities. In 2019, Waymo conducted its first test in Miami, which the company said enhanced its self-driving cars' capacity to maneuver in rainy and damp circumstances. According to a company spokeswoman, we gained a deeper comprehension of how the Waymo Driver performs in inclement weathe...

London With world-ending weapons once again proliferating worldwide and international accords to regulate them disintegrating, the top of the British armed services has warned that the world is approaching a third nuclear age. The head of the UK's military staff, Adm. Tony Radakin, accused Russia on Wednesday of threatening NATO nations with tactical nuclear weapons and staging mock assaults. The West and the United States have been frequently threatened with nuclear vengeance by Russian President Vladimir Putin for their support of Ukraine, where his soldiers have been engaged in combat since their invasion over three years ago. However, Radakin's warnings at a talk at the Royal United Services Institute think tank in London were not solely motivated by Kremlin saber-rattling. In additi...