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James ClaytonBBC News Night3 hours agoSarah wanted some chocolate one day, so she popped into Home Bargains.”Within a minute a store employee approached me and said, 'You're a thief. Please leave the store.'”Sarah, who wishes to remain anonymous, was falsely accused after being flagged by a facial recognition system called Facewatch. She said she was escorted out of the store after her bags were searched and has been banned from all stores that use the technology. “I cried the whole way home…I thought, 'Oh my God, will my life ever be the same? Will I be seen as a shoplifter…
James ClaytonBBC News Night1 hour agoSarah wanted some chocolate one day, so she popped into Home Bargains.”Within a minute a store employee approached me and said, 'You're a thief. Please leave the store.'”Sarah, who wishes to remain anonymous, was falsely accused after being flagged by a facial recognition system called Facewatch. She said she was escorted out of the store after her bags were searched and has been banned from all stores that use the technology. “I cried the whole way home…I thought, 'Oh my God, will my life ever be the same? Will I be seen as a shoplifter…
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Christo Lamprecht was in the final group Friday night after the opening round of the 2024 NCAA Men's Golf Championship. Despite shooting a 2-under 70, the final hour was a struggle.Lamprecht, a 6-foot-8 senior at Georgia Tech and the No. 1-ranked amateur in the world, felt pain in his back. He fought his way to the clubhouse and then quickly headed to the training bench.”It didn't really give us much sleep,” Yellow Jackets coach Bruce Heppler said.Lamprecht texted his coach on Saturday morning to say he would like to try but his back was too hurt. Aidan…
What do you all wear to work?And by you, I mean the young professionals who work in this new hybrid remote/office work environment. You are the ones who work at Silicon Slopes.One in seven jobs in Utah is in the tech sector. Sure, the industry as a whole has had a bit of a tough time lately, with 260,000 job losses expected in 2023, the worst year since the dot-com bubble burst. But tech still has a big presence in the region. And how tech workers dress has an impact on the rest of the workforce, whether that be for…
No. 1 seed and tournament host Louisiana Tech University came from behind to beat No. 5 seed Liberty University 8-7 and will play in the CUSA Tournament semifinals if necessary. The Flames and Bulldogs will meet again Saturday night at 8:30, with the winner advancing to Sunday's final against No. 2 seed Dallas Baptist University at 2 p.m. on CBS Sports Network. The Flames, who came into the game with a 2-0 record this week and fresh off a win over La Tech on Friday afternoon, took the lead in the top of the first inning on a three-run homer…
To combat the strain that accelerating computing demands (yes, AI) are putting on the world's energy resources, research institute imec is proposing a radical shift away from traditional computing methods. The solution, detailed in IEEE Spectrum engineering magazine, leverages the fundamental properties of superconductors to dramatically reduce energy consumption and create revolutionary superconducting processors.This promising technology has been in development for several years now, uses standard CMOS manufacturing techniques, and could potentially deliver computing power that is 100 times more energy efficient than today's best chips, potentially leading to “a computer with the computing resources of a data center packed…
Cass Tech High School student Jade Piner, 17, smiles as she stands in front of her car during the lineup for her school's prom, Friday, May 24, 2024, in Detroit.David Rodriguez Munoz, Detroit Free PressAsia Downs, a 17-year-old Cass Tech High School student, dances while being cheered on by friends and family during the lineup at her school's prom on Friday, May 24, 2024, in Detroit.David Rodriguez Munoz, Detroit Free PressFin King, left, stands next to his sister, Markeija Jenkins, standing on a car during the Cass Tech High School prom lineup, Friday, May 24, 2024, in Detroit.David Rodriguez Munoz,…
Just before Russian troops invaded Ukraine's northern border this month, soldiers with Ukraine's 92nd Assault Brigade lost a vital resource: The Starlink satellite internet service the soldiers use for communications, intelligence gathering and drone attacks became extremely slow.Starlink, operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, has been essential to the Ukrainian military since the early days of the war with Russia. Without the full service, Ukrainian soldiers say they couldn't quickly communicate and share information about surprise attacks, forcing them to rely on sending text messages — an experience that has been repeated on the new northern front, Ukrainian soldiers, officials and…
There are less than three months until the season opener against Georgia Tech and the defending ACC champion Florida State Seminoles, which is just the first of many tough matchups on the schedule for the Yellow Jackets in 2024. They will face one of the toughest schedules in the country next season. 247Sports analyst Brad Crawford rated the Yellow Jackets' 2024 schedule as the sixth-toughest in the country.”As one of two ACC teams ranked in our toughest schedule rankings, Georgia Tech has a tough road ahead of it, especially with the Yellow Jackets finishing their season against Miami, NC State…
Listen to this story Loading audio file, please wait. speed1.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 (Photo courtesy of Purdue University) Purdue University's Kluk Institute for Technological Diplomacy has launched a new online initiative to educate government and business leaders, as well as the general public, about issues at the intersection of technology, national security and economic prosperity. Founded in 2021 and affiliated with Purdue University, the Kluk Institute aims to educate policymakers, diplomats and other stakeholders on key technologies and topics such as hypersonics, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and quantum computing. To that end, last month the institute…