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Yahoo
2 days ago
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AutoScheduler Hosts Webinar with PepsiCo and Supply Chain Now on the Agentic Supply Chain
AutoScheduler CEO Keith Moore and PepsiCo Senior Manager Warehouse Orchestration, Peter Hall, Share Real-World Examples PepsiCo and AutoScheduler Discuss the Agentic AI Supply Chain AUSTIN, Texas, July 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- a leader in Agentic AI Warehouse Orchestration, will host a webinar with Supply Chain Now on the Agentic Supply Chain. Supply Chain Now hosts Scott Luton and Jake Barr welcome Peter Hall, Senior Manager Warehouse Orchestration at PepsiCo and Keith Moore, Chief Executive Officer at AutoScheduler, to the show for a practical conversation about the future state of the Agentic Supply Chain. 'From Framework to Action: Decision Automation in the Agentic Supply Chain' will take place on August 13, 2025, at 12:00 PM ET. To register for the webinar, visit: 'The Agentic Supply Chain isn't a theory anymore—it's happening now – as intelligent agents are already making real-time decisions in the warehouse that used to take teams of people hours—or days—to coordinate,' says Keith Moore, CEO of 'This webinar will show how leading organizations are using the Agentic Supply Chain to improve operations, unlock efficiencies, reduce risk, and enable faster, smarter execution across the supply chain. Decision automation orchestrates supply chain processes while freeing up workers to focus on higher-value work while the agents handle the complexity.' In this session, will move beyond the conceptual framework and explore how intelligent agents are being used today to automate complex, real-time decisions in warehouse and supply chain operations. Attendees will hear real-world examples of how companies are deploying decision automation to orchestrate labor, dock scheduling, inventory prioritization, and more, without relying on manual interventions. Keith Moore will also break down how these agentic systems integrate with existing technologies and what it takes to get started. Keith Moore is CEO of AutoScheduler and a thought leader in the global supply chain community. As a Forbes Technology Council member and frequent speaker on AI in logistics, he brings visibility to operational challenges and drives conversations around Agentic AI, labor optimization, and supply chain resilience. His writing and speaking engagements help supply chain professionals understand how to modernize their operations in practical, human-centered ways. Peter Hall is the Senior Manager of Warehouse Orchestration at PepsiCo, with over 16 years of experience at the company, progressing from frontline supervisory roles to strategic leadership. Peter spearheads design and implementation of advanced Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and Labor Management Systems (LMS), delivering real-time automation, labor optimization, and seamless interoperability across distribution centers. He is also a recognized thought leader in warehouse orchestration and continues to drive innovation in supply chain operations. About empowers your supply chain with its Agentic AI-based warehouse orchestration platform that integrates with your existing WMS/LMS/YMS or any other solution to drive value across the supply chain by improving throughput, cutting labor costs, and ensuring customer service goals are met. AutoScheduler automates critical tasks for the warehouse like labor scheduling, task sequencing, and dock management, ensuring everything runs smoothly and efficiently. Our Agentic AI-based platform makes better decisions to create an adaptive, living supply chain. For more information, visit: Contact: Becky BoydMediaFirst PRBecky@ (404) 421-8497 A photo accompanying this announcement is available at while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data
Business Wire
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Kraft Heinz and Live Nation Partner to Bring Iconic Flavors to Fans Nationwide
PITTSBURGH & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ: KHC) ('Kraft Heinz' or the 'Company') and Live Nation, the global leader in live entertainment, today announced a multi-year partnership that brings Kraft Heinz's iconic brands to millions of fans across 80 Live Nation venues in the US. As part of the new partnership, Kraft Heinz will be the Official Condiment and Official Mac & Cheese of these select venues in the Live Nation portfolio. Kraft Heinz fan favorites will also be integrated into menus and offerings to deliver elevated food experiences at concerts, festivals, and events all year long, including HEINZ Ketchup, Mustard, Relish, and more, as well as KRAFT Deluxe Mac & Cheese. The partnership will kick off at Lollapalooza from July 31 to August 3 with HEINZ as the presenting sponsor of 'Chow Town,' the festival's signature food destination. 'By partnering with Live Nation, we're able to create unforgettable experiences that bring fans together through food, live music, and entertainment,' said Peter Hall, President of Elevation, North America at Kraft Heinz. 'As part of our company strategy, we continue to look for ways to engage with consumers anywhere they're eating outside of the kitchen – including at music festivals, concerts, and more. Our partnership with Live Nation is a great example of this in action, helping us turn up the flavor and highlight our beloved sauce portfolio to music fans nationwide.' According to recent insights from Live Nation, nearly half of fans consider themselves foodies,1 and approximately two-thirds are more adventurous with trying new flavors at shows.2 The live music partnership complements Kraft Heinz's portfolio of restaurant, hospitality, and travel partnerships, helping the Company meet consumers in new spaces while unlocking scale and engagement at the intersection of food and entertainment. 'Food is a key part of the fan experience, and we're excited to welcome Kraft Heinz, one of the most beloved names in food, to our expanding portfolio of food and beverage partners,' said Russell Wallach, Global President, Media & Sponsorship at Live Nation. 'This partnership reflects our commitment to elevating the food experience across our venues, while also giving brands a more meaningful role in the moments fans live for.' To learn more, visit 1Source: Soundboard Snacking Survey, 2022, Base: N=1300 2Source: Custom Snacking Study, 2025, Base: N=922 ABOUT THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY We are driving transformation at The Kraft Heinz Company (Nasdaq: KHC), inspired by our Purpose, Let's Make Life Delicious. Consumers are at the center of everything we do. With 2024 net sales of approximately $26 billion, we are committed to growing our iconic and emerging food and beverage brands on a global scale. We leverage our scale and agility to unleash the full power of Kraft Heinz across a portfolio of eight consumer-driven product platforms. As global citizens, we're dedicated to making a sustainable, ethical impact while helping feed the world in healthy, responsible ways. Learn more about our journey by visiting or following us on LinkedIn. ABOUT LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world's leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Sponsorship. For additional information, visit
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Creating deepfakes with malicious intent will soon be a crime in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Capitol (Peter Hall/Capital-Star) Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro signed legislation to classify deepfakes in Pennsylvania as digital forgeries, making non-consensual digital impersonation punishable by law. Deepfakes are images or videos generated by artificial intelligence, typically for malicious use or to spread misinformation. Now, anyone engaging in digital impersonation will be subject to a misdemeanor of the first degree, while anyone doing so with fraudulent intent will be subject to a felony of the third degree. 'This law gives law enforcement the tools they need to fight this digital deception, yet does so in a responsible manner, protecting First Amendment rights and preserving valid expressions of parody, satire and other forms of free speech,' bill sponsor Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R-Montgomery) said, after the governor signed it into law last Tuesday. The bill passed unanimously in the Senate and with near-unanimous support in the House. Pennycuick has previously pushed through legislation to combat digital impersonation, including a law Shapiro signed last October to ban deepfake pornography. Pennycuick's pornography deepfake ban led Republican state Attorney General Dave Sunday to file the first charges involving artificial intelligence in a sexual abuse case in April. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE Sunday commended the new legislation and Pennycuick for 'recognizing the danger that artificial intelligence poses to Pennsylvanians. Having this law on the books adds another tool to our chest as we continue to proactively investigate and hold offenders accountable,' he said. Deepfakes pose a widespread public threat, according to Pennycuick, because they include false images impossible to distinguish from real content, which are often 'used to commit financial scams, injure personal reputations and disrupt the political process,' she wrote in a statement. 'The potential for widespread harm will only grow as artificial intelligence tools become more sophisticated and more readily accessible,' Pennycuick wrote in a memo introducing the bill in February. In a recent, high-profile case, a deep-fake impersonating former-President Joe Biden's voice called New Hampshire voters to tell them not to vote in the 2024 presidential primary. Digital scams, including artificial intelligence ones, often target vulnerable populations, such as teenagers and the elderly, as well as small businesses. Seeing a steady increase in payment app scams targeting senior citizens, then-U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) advocated for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to increase its user protections in 2022. Lawmakers around the country have responded to these challenges by introducing over 38 pieces of legislation in 18 states related to deepfake regulation. That's according to the Transparency Coalition, a nonprofit advocate for AI regulation. This legislative push follows the 80 laws passed across the country to combat deepfakes in 2024, as well as 15 passed in 2023. Although statewide regulations have received bipartisan support from federal lawmakers, they have also received some pushback, including from some Republicans in Congress, who criticize regulations for censorship and diminishing the country's competitive edge in artificial intelligence. Republican U.S. House members originally included a decade-long moratorium on state laws regulating AI in this year's federal budget before it was eventually removed from the final bill. Pennsylvania's upper chamber is considering another bill on digital forgery regulation, which would ban the use of deepfakes in political campaigns, in an effort to improve election security. Deepfake regulation has previously faced pushback in the state legislature on the basis of free speech concerns, including a 2021 bill to ban deepakes from political advertisements. Elena Eisenstadt is a 2025 Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents Association summer intern. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
Business Wire
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Wire
HEINZ and Award-Winning Producer, Mustard, Drop the Sauce of the Summer: HEINZ MUSTAAAAAARD
PITTSBURGH & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After taking the internet by storm earlier this year, HEINZ and award-winning producer, Mustard, are back with this summer's hottest drop: limited-edition HEINZ MUSTAAAAAARD. A smoky and sweet chipotle honey mustard with a kick, this BBQ essential blends real chipotle peppers with a touch of honey for a bold spin on HEINZ's gold standard. Mustard himself carefully crafted the sauce at HEINZ headquarters in his newly appointed role as the brand's first-ever Chief Mustard Officer. For the next two weeks, fans can exclusively try HEINZ MUSTAAAAAARD at Buffalo Wild Wings locations across the country before the sauce becomes available at retailers nationwide. As masterful on the grill as he is on the beats, Mustard has long used HEINZ Mustard as his go-to staple when grilling for friends and family. Now, he has his own remix, handpicking each flavor and ingredient in this never-before-seen sauce to uplevel summertime staples. HEINZ MUSTAAAAAARD boasts a thick, creamy texture and just the right balance of smokiness, heat and sweetness. It's just as delicious when used as marinade for wings and ribs as it is when topping burgers, salmon and more. 'HEINZ Mustard has always been the base and most important ingredient of my grilling secret weapons,' says Mustard. 'I knew I wanted to make my own sauce one day, something that wouldn't be like anything else out there. Adding mustard gives you that nice browning, bark formation, and grilling, but that's just step one. I tasted a bunch of remixes with the HEINZ team, trying different ingredients like jalapeños, bacon, and chipotle peppers until I got the perfect flavor. It came down to three top competitors, but this is the one, the 'Mustard' of all mustards.' Starting today, HEINZ MUSTAAAAAARD will be available at Buffalo Wild Wings sports bars nationwide for an exclusive, first-taste. While supplies last, fans who order beef menu items for dine-in at Buffalo Wild Wings will receive a free bottle of HEINZ MUSTAAAAAARD.* Following, HEINZ MUSTAAAAAARD will roll out nationwide at Target, 7-Eleven, and on Amazon, while supplies last. The launch marks the first national innovation for HEINZ Mustard in nearly a decade and was brought to market in four months – just in time for summer grilling. HEINZ MUSTAAAAAARD is also the first time the iconic condiment brand has ever co-created a new sauce with a partner in the United States. 'HEINZ MUSTAAAAAARD is delicious and will undoubtedly be the 'sauce of the summer,'' said Peter Hall, President of Elevation, North America at Kraft Heinz. 'This launch is the latest example of our ability to bring innovation and unexpected flavors to market faster-than-ever before. We are committed to elevating dining experiences for fans anywhere they're eating, both in and away from home.' Fans can learn more about limited-time sauce offering and hear about every exciting drop HEINZ and Mustard have planned this year at To find your nearest Buffalo Wild Wings sports bar, visit *Lim. time at particip. locs. while supplies last. Walk-in/dine-in only. Offer not avail. via web, app or 3rd pty. deliv. Ask server for availability before placing your order. Lim. 1. TM & © 2025 Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. ABOUT THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY We are driving transformation at The Kraft Heinz Company (Nasdaq: KHC), inspired by our Purpose, Let's Make Life Delicious. Consumers are at the center of everything we do. With 2024 net sales of approximately $26 billion, we are committed to growing our iconic and emerging food and beverage brands on a global scale. We leverage our scale and agility to unleash the full power of Kraft Heinz across a portfolio of eight consumer-driven product platforms. As global citizens, we're dedicated to making a sustainable, ethical impact while helping feed the world in healthy, responsible ways. Learn more about our journey by visiting or following us on LinkedIn.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Politics
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects GOP request to review Pa. provisional ballot ruling
A voter deposits a mail-in ballot at the drop box outside the Chester County Government Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Capital-Star/Peter Hall) A GOP challenge to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's ruling on provisional ballots is dead, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case Friday. The high court's rejection means county boards of elections must count provisional ballots cast by voters who find out their mail-in ballots have been rejected under the state Supreme Court's decision in October. The case at issue, Faith Genser et al vs. the Butler County Board of Elections, stemmed from a lawsuit filed after the 2024 primary election by two Butler County voters. They claimed they were disenfranchised when the board refused to count provisional ballots the voters cast on Election Day, after learning their mail ballots were disqualified for missing dates. The board of elections reasoned that the Pennsylvania Election Code says provisional ballots from voters whose mail-in ballots are 'timely received' can't be counted, even if the voters' mail-in ballots are rejected. In its 4-3 decision, the state Supreme Court found the Elections Code requires county elections officials to count provisional ballots if no other ballot is attributable to the voter, and as long as there are no other issues that would disqualify their provisional ballot. The U.S. Supreme Court did not explain its decision not to hear the appeal. Attorneys for the RNC and Republican Party of Pennsylvania did not respond to an email requesting comment. 'Republicans don't think every rightful vote should count. We disagree, and now, the Supreme Court has sided with us. Pennsylvanians deserve to have their say in every election – full stop,' Democratic National Committee Chairperson Ken Martin said in a statement. The case is one of many involving 'paperwork errors' on vote-by-mail-ballots, since absentee voting without an excuse became an option in 2019 with the passage of Act 77. 'Every election, thousands of Pennsylvania mail ballots are voided due to common technical mistakes made by voters,' Rich Ting, senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Pennsylvania, said. 'Thanks to Faith Genser and Frank Matis fighting for their right to vote, all Pennsylvania voters who make those mistakes are guaranteed the right to vote by provisional ballot as a failsafe.' The ACLU of Pennsylvania and the Public Interest Law Center with pro-bono counsel from Dechert LLP represented Genser and Matis in their lawsuit. 'The Supreme Court's determination not to hear this case means that Pennsylvanians who make a technical mistake with their mail-in ballots will have a way to fix the mistake instead of losing the opportunity to vote,' Ben Geffen, senior attorney at the Public Interest Law Center, said. In its petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, the GOP argued the state Supreme Court usurped the Pennsylvania Legislature's authority to set the 'times, places and manner' for congressional elections, leaning on a premise known as the 'independent state legislature theory.' That theory asserts that the U.S. Constitution reserves the authority to set the times, places and manner of elections exclusively for state legislatures. In opposition, the DNC and Pennsylvania Democratic Party asserted that the U.S. Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction, because the case falls outside the limited circumstances in which it can review the judgment of a state's highest court. Such appeals are allowed only when a federal law is in question, a state law is claimed to conflict with federal law or 'where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is specially set up or claimed under the Constitution.' The decision last week is the second time the U.S. Supreme Court has passed on reviewing the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision. In November it refused to place a stay on enforcement of the ruling days before the presidential election. The Pennsylvania General Assembly has taken steps to pass amendments to clarify the vote-by-mail law in recent weeks. House Bill 1396, sponsored by Speaker Joanna McClinton (D-Philadelphia) would give election workers up to a week before Election Day to prepare to count mail-in ballots, a process that has been a bottleneck for election results in parts of the state, and has provided fodder for election deniers. The measure would remedy other ambiguities in Act 77, such as making clear that county election officials must notify voters if their mail ballots are rejected. It passed the House with a 102-101 vote along party lines May 13. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
