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State Grants to Boost Police Technology | The East Hampton Star
New York State has awarded a total of $127 million to county sheriffs and town and village police departments across the state, with thousands of dollars expected to land in the hands of police agencies here. Over all, of that statewide pot of money, Gov. Kathy Hochul said last Thursday that 22 percent will go…
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The 10 Best Technology Stocks
For the past 30 years, going back to the dawn of the Internet Age, technology stocks have driven the markets. Just look at the returns over that period for the Nasdaq 100, an index made up primarily of technology stocks that is considered the ultimate gauge for the sector. The Nasdaq 100 has posted an…
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Virtual feelings: how haptic technology is creating immersive environments
The entertainment industry is abuzz thanks to the launch of next-gen immersive technologies such as the Apple Vision Pro and recently announced Meta Quest Pro 2. Talk is now naturally gravitating towards how extended reality (XR) can be enhanced with the help of haptic technologies that allow us to experience physical stimuli alongside virtual experiences.…
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Serving Up Success: The Strategic Impact of Advanced Revenue Management Technology in Dining
Whether it’s a Friday evening flight, a hotel during the holidays, or a taxi ride in a downpour, we have all been burned by higher-than-normal prices due to excess demand. Raising costs when businesses are busiest is the norm across the travel industry, for instance – but now, consumers are beginning to see these ‘surge…
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Bixby Police Department is using new technology to sharpen their shots
BIXBY, Okla. — Bixby Police Officers are now using new Glock 47s with a Holosun Solar Charging Modular Optic System. In layman’s terms, it is a solar-charged sight that attaches directly to the slide without an adapter plate and uses an innovative solar charging system with multi-directional light sensors to automatically adjust brightness in dynamic…
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White House pushes tech industry to shut down market for sexually abusive AI deepfakes
(AP) – President Joe Biden’s administration is pushing the tech industry and financial institutions to shut down a growing market of abusive sexual images made with artificial intelligence technology. New generative AI tools have made it easy to transform someone’s likeness into a sexually explicit AI deepfake and share those realistic images across chatrooms or…
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Rochester airport gets new facial recognition technology
The News10NBC Team details breaking News, Traffic and Weather. ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Boarding your plane could look a little bit different the next time you fly out of Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport. The airport is implementing new facial recognition technology. It’s a machine that takes a picture of your face and makes sure…
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Lumen Technologies to Present at the TD Cowen 52nd Annual Technology, Media & Telecom Conference
DENVER, May 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) (“Lumen”), a global integrated network solutions provider that unleashes the world’s digital potential, today announced that Chris Stansbury, Lumen’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, will present at the TD Cowen 52nd Annual Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on May 30, 2024. The presentation…
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Democrats urge government to investigate fossil fuel disinformation
An offshore drilling rig in the Port of Galveston, Texas, US. Credit: K I Photography via Shutterstock. Democrats have requested that the US Department of Justice investigate major oil companies and their trade groups after a congressional investigation found that the industry had been misleading the public about climate change for decades, the US Senate…
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Honeywell technology developed in Plymouth central to whistleblower case
Christopher Fuller scored a breakthrough at his Honeywell lab in Plymouth, devising a way to transmit wireless power over long distances. Honeywell International estimated it could wrangle $1 billion in sales from Fuller’s discovery. EVs could be charged on the go — so could airborne cargo drones. A Honeywell executive, in an internal email, called…