TECHNOLOGY

Countries impacted by outage Companies impacted Disruption to internet services for millions of users in Africa may take weeks or even months to fix. The cause of the cable cutting was still not known, though a shifting of the seabed was among the likely possibilities. Ghana, Nigeria, and Cameroon are among other countries impacted.
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2 years ago Read more at The Times of India

The City of Las Vegas will receive a $1.4 million federal grant to test out a new technology that could help improve pedestrian safety along Fremont Street. The project will aim to detect pedestrians waiting to cross roads and adjust traffic signal timings and unprotected crossing flasher durations in real-time, based on pedestrian volumes and speed.
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2 years ago Read more at KTNV 13 Action News Las Vegas

McDonald's said the outage was caused by an unnamed third-party provider during a 'configuration change". The burger giant did flag that something like this could happen, at least to Wall Street. Even AI gets a warning in the filing, which states that 'we are increasingly reliant upon technology systems'
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2 years ago Read more at Newshub

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. isn't one of the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds at the end of the third quarter (see the details here) This call is being recorded and will be available for replay shortly after its completion. The company disclaims any obligation or intention to update forward-looking statements made on this call. We are continuing to grow our revenues and our gross profit margins are increasing.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

Artificial intelligence is adding to the threat of election disinformation worldwide. The technology makes it easy for anyone with a smartphone and an imagination to create fake – but convincing – content aimed at fooling voters. Just a few years ago, fake photos, videos or audio required teams of people with time, skill and money. Now, free and low-cost generative artificial intelligence services permit people to create high-quality "deepfakes"
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2 years ago Read more at VOA Learning English

More than 30,000 health and tech professionals gathered at the HIMSS conference this week. The technology allows doctors to consensually turn them into clinical notes and summaries using artificial intelligence. Companies like Nuance Communications, Abridge and Suki believe their solutions will help reduce doctors' administrative workloads and prioritize meaningful connections with patients.
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2 years ago Read more at NBC Philadelphia

CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. isn't one of the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds at the end of the third quarter (see the details here) Thierry Li, CEO of CBAT Energy, will provide details on our financial performance. We are pleased to announce another quarter of solid growth, routing off fiscal year 2023, soaring by 40.9% year-over-year to $36.83 million.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

fusion energy offers clean, safe, and virtually limitless power. achieving fusion on Earth has been notoriously difficult given the challenges of confining the scorching hot plasma.
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2 years ago Read more at Interesting Engineering

In the healthcare industry, technological advancements continue to revolutionize various aspects of medical transcription services. Traditionally, medical transcription involves manually transcribing dictations from healthcare professionals into written records. However, with the advent of advanced technologies, such as speech recognition software and artificial intelligence (AI), the landscape of medicinal transcription has undergone a paradigm shift. This article touches upon the profound impact of technology on medical transcription service, exploring how these advancements have streamlined processes and enhanced accuracy.
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2 years ago Read more at Intelligent Living

I’m a dinosaur when it comes to all this technology flashed in front of us daily. No, I do not have GPS in my aging car and I still print out directions if going on a day trip to Los Angeles etc. I was raised with the idea of if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. I guess I missed the memo that you can now “tap” your credit card when in a store, restaurant, hotel etc.
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2 years ago Read more at San Diego Community Newspaper Group