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The UFL Kickoff Format Revisited
NFL owners voted against adopting a similar rule that would have been a fourth-and-12 play from a team’s own 28-yard line. The NFL has said it is testing an electronic system to measure first downs, which could be utilized as early as 2025. This weekend, Fox is carrying Saturday’s doubleheader while ESPN has Sunday’s. For spring football players, that would be like winning the lottery.
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Read more at Front Office Sports
How Different is Each MLB Team in 2024?
How different are the 30 MLB teams in 2024 compared to the ones we watched in 2023? Let’s take a closer look at which teams will be tasked with learning the most new names and faces.
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Read more at Yahoo Sports
New York City to Test Evolv Scanners at Turnstiles
New York City will soon start testing out technology that uses AI to detect guns at subway turnstiles. Mayor Eric Adams said the city is partnering with Evolv, a Massachusetts-based weapons detection company whose detectors are used in schools and venues across the country. The pilot will start in 90 days in accordance with the POST Act.
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Read more at The Verge
Exclusive Networks to Buy Nextgen Group in APAC
Exclusive Networks has acquired Nextgen Group in a bid to boost its Asia Pacific (APAC) presence. Nextgen’s A/NZ presence will be more than doubled and based on FY pro-forma figures as of 31 December 2023. In 2013, Nextgen branched out to New Zealand with Lynne Jeffery at the helm.
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Read more at Channel Asia Singapore
Follow Visioneers on Apple Podcasts
Zac Hall of 9to5Mac sits down with Geert Bevin, the Director of Software Development at Moog Music, for an insightful conversation. Together, they delve into the fascinating world of music technology, focusing on Animoog Galaxy for Apple Vision Pro.
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Read more at 9to5Mac
Tom Stone, Editor of the iVT Brand
Tom Stone is Editor of the iVT brand, which includes digital and print editions of a quarterly magazine and the Advanced Lift-truck supplement. Tom has met and interviewed some of the world's leading industrial vehicle OEM presidents, CEOs and MDs.
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Read more at Industrial Vehicle Technology International
Aurora Police Department Arrests a Drug Screening Business Owner
Arben "Ben'quot; Duka, 60, arrested on March 15th for felony unlawful sexual contact. A report filed in October says Duka sexually assaulted her at his business Aurora Employment Testing. In February of last year, Duka changed the name of the business from Wiz Quiz Employment Testing, which it operated under since March 2015.
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Read more at CBS News
Cannasouth Goes into Voluntary Administration
Cannasouth has gone into voluntary administration after failing to raise much-needed money from investors. The Waikato-based company warned late last year that it faced a cash-crunch, with job losses looming. Earlier this week, share trading was halted following a dispute with some investors, with the company warning it needed the money to remain solvent.
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Read more at New Zealand Herald
RingCentral's New Business Phone System - RingEX With RingSense AI
RingCentral has released its new business phone system at Enterprise Connect. The new RingEX with RingSense AI system will replace the RingCentral MVP as the company's flagship solution. Offering a suite of AI capabilities such as real-time call notes, conversation intelligence, an AI writer and translator for messages, and generative AI search.
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Read more at IT Brief Australia
Brynderwyns Open Over Easter
Old Packhouse Market Kerikeri owners Warrick and Judy Hyland are looking forward to the Brynderwyns opening over Easter. Photo / Jenny Ling Northland businesses hit by a downturn in customers due to the closure. NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi [NZTA] will reopen SH1 over the brynnerwyn Hills for six days from 12.01am on March 28 to 11.59pm on April 2, giving businesses a much-needed boost.
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Read more at Northern Advocate