McDonald’s ends its two-year IBM partnership to test automated Drive Thru order taking and plans to remove the tech from 100+ restaurants by July 26 (Jonathan Maze/Restaurant Business)

Jonathan Maze / Restaurant Business:
McDonald's ends its two-year IBM partnership to test automated Drive Thru order taking and plans to remove the tech from 100+ restaurants by July 26  —  The Chicago-based fast-food giant is ending its partnership with IBM on automated order-taking without an expansion.