BALTIMORE (AP) — A passenger walks up to an airport security checkpoint, slips an ID card into a slot and looks into a camera atop a small screen. The screen flashes “Photo Complete” and the person walks through — all without having to hand over their identification to the TSA officer sitting behind the screen. It’s all part of a pilot project by the Transportation Security Administration to assess the use of facial recognition technology at a number of airports across the country. “What we are trying to do with this is to assist the officers to actually determine that…
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How aliens with ‘right technology’ could hear us on Earth | WorldNews
Advanced aliens could hear humans on Earth despite being light years away, scientists have suggested – if extraterrestrial life exists, that is. Did you know that humans have been unintentionally transmitting signals into space for nearly a century? Experts think if there are intelligent aliens on nearby stars with advanced technology, they could detect life on Earth through leaked radio signals and other transmissions from our day-to-day lives. From radio and television to radars, these high-frequency signals can reach space. Most recently, mobile phones have also contributed to the leakage. How was the study conducted? For the study, scientists from…
Guide to Salesforce QuickBooks Integration
Undoubtedly Salesforce and QuickBooks are leaders in their respective domains. The integration of these two robust systems has the potential to elevate productivity to new levels. It not only simplifies the accounting process and lead generation, but also reduces the workload of the finance team and empowers sales personnel to work more independently. Looking forward to the integration to unlock new heights in your business? Look no further! We are Digital ETG – a Crest Level Salesforce Partner, headquartered in Plano, Texas. Our dedicated team of 500+ certified Salesforce experts serve the business worldwide from across the globe, ie the…
California measure would force tech giants to pay news outlets
Comment on this story Comment Happy Tuesday! March Madness is great, but is it as great as this NBA playoff race? Send basketball hot takes and tips to: [email protected]. Below: A senator presses companies on how their AI protects kids, and a tech industry group launches a litigation hub. First: California measure would force tech giants to pay news outlets California lawmakers this week are launching a plan to force digital giants like Facebook and Google to pay publishers for news content, taking a contentious global fight to the state level. On Monday, California Assembly member Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) announced…
ChatGPT owner OpenAI fixes bug that exposed users’ chat histories | TechnologyNews
According to reports, the titles of the conversations were visible but the substance of other users’ conversations was not. ChatGPT owner OpenAI says it has fixed a bug that caused a “significant issue” of a small set of users being able to see the titles of others’ conversation history with the viral chatbot. As a result of the fix, users could not access their chat history on March 20, Chief Executive Sam Altman said in a tweet on Wednesday. “We had a significant issue in ChatGPT due to a bug in an open-source library,” Altman said. “We feel terrible about…
Earth hit by severe solar storm much stronger than expected
Our planet was hit by a really powerful solar storm on Friday, March 24, but according to reports, no one saw it coming. The US National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) gave the geomagnetic storm a severity grade of G4, which is the second-highest grade possible. A G4 grade solar storm can potentially cause widespread voltage control problems for power grids. It can also cause protection systems to accidentally trip key electric assets of the grid. Such a geomagnetic storm can also create problems for spacecraft operations, causing surface charging and tracking problems. Due to the solar storm, spaceflight company…
The world is entering a new age of clean technology manufacturing, and countries’ industrial strategies will be key to success – News
The energy world is at the dawn of a new industrial age – the age of clean energy technology manufacturing – that is creating major new markets and millions of jobs but also raising new risks, prompting countries across the globe to devise industrial strategies to secure their place in the new global energy economy, according to a major new IEA report. Energy Technology Perspectives 2023, the latest installation in one of the IEA’s flagship series, serves as the world’s first global guidebook for the clean technology industries of the future. It provides a comprehensive analysis of global manufacturing of…
US Startups And Tech Companies With Job Cuts In 2022
The US tech sector layoffs continue. More than 21,000 workers in US-based tech companies have been laid off in mass job cuts so far in 2023, according to a Crunchbase News tally. last year, over 107,000 jobs were slashed from public and private tech companies as they were forced to confront rising inflation rates and a cumulative stock market. The economy has come to reckon with a culture of overzealous hiring and soaring valuations, and startups are now forced to carry themselves through a frosty market as venture funding becomes barren. Tech companies as big as Qualtrics, chart and Verily…