New Orleans East Hospital partners with literacy nonprofit to offer free books to children via first hospital-based vending ...

Eligible sidewalk vendors operating in the city and county of Los Angeles could receive a free, health-code-compliant food ...

The Midtown Mall in Anchorage is home to a new vending machine packed with honey, tea, and candles sold by 907 Sweet Treats.

Taken together, the vending stories of 2025, and the outlook for 2026, suggest an industry that is steadily redefining its ...

The CEO of technology provider Tomra sees continuing momentum for beverage container deposit-return systems around the world.

The Duluth Economic Development Authority (DEDA) is launching a pilot program offering up to six local mobile food vendors a ...

Missouri is expanding access to Narcan through vending machines and porch-style boxes, with the city of Springfield serving ...

Less than 25% of us do the recommended amount of exercise. So Hattie Garlick is getting fit (enough). And she needs YOU!

Still think AI is ready to revolutionize the economy? A new experiment might change your mind. In a bold test of Anthropic’s latest version of its AI Claude, The Wall Street Journal gave the large ...

An AI-powered vending machine pilot turned into an unplanned lesson in what happens when you give software too much freedom in the real world. In the test, the system was reportedly nudged into ...

Anthropic’s Claude AI ran a vending machine at WSJ headquarters for several weeks. It lost hundreds of dollars, bought some crazy stuff and taught us a lot about the future of AI agents. WSJ’s Joanna ...

A free vending machine stocked full of groceries, including fresh produce and eggs, has been launched in the Bronx, New York City, the first of its kind made to serve the general public. The NGO ...