TECHNOLOGY

Ottawa Catholic School Board is poised to develop its own local policy. This proactive stance acknowledges that the spectrum of distractions extends beyond cell phones to encompass wearable devices and AI-enabled accessories like watches and glasses. Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, students in kindergarten to Grade 6 will be required to keep their phones on silent and out of sight for the entire school day.
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8 months ago Read more at CTV News Ottawa

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating Ford's hands-free BlueCruise driver assistance technology. In both cases, the Ford car was traveling and crashed into a stopped vehicle in traveling lanes. If the NHTSA and Ford were to issue a recall, it would have wide-reaching implications.
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8 months ago Read more at Tom's Guide

Harmonic is extending the capabilities of its virtualized access network platform with a new application designed to boost the performance of hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) networks in real-time as plant network conditions fluctuate. The Beacon ISM gathers existing upstream and downstream data from modems and the vCMTS. As such, it follows that modes that are tuned to higher modulation profiles deliver the best performance and vice-versa. Companies such as OpenVault and ZCorum have developed new
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8 months ago Read more at Light Reading

Details released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet reveal New Zealand officials have been considering involvement in AUKUS from the outset. At the time, New Zealand’s non-involvement was put down to the pact’s central purpose of supplying nuclear-powered submarines to Australia. Then Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said: “We weren’t approached, nor would I expect us to be.” It wasn’t until March 2023 that possible “non-nuclear”
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8 months ago Read more at The Conversation Indonesia

Sexual harassment is often considered to be a person-to-person act, but new research shows Australians are also experiencing and perpetrating workplace harassment in large numbers through technology. The research, launched today by ANROWS, is the first national study to investigate the perpetration of workplace tech-based sexual harassment. We found hostile motivations underpinning the behaviour, including wanting to frighten and humiliate victims.
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8 months ago Read more at The Conversation

One in seven Australian adults admit to engaging in this form of sexual harassment at work. Workplace technology-facilitated sexual harassment encompasses unwelcome or harassing sexual behaviour. It includes a wide range of behaviours and can occur during or after working hours. The research highlights the role of gender in perpetration of WTFSH.
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8 months ago Read more at The National Tribune

StratEdge will be exhibiting at Space Tech Expo, which takes place from May 13-15, in Long Beach, CA, Booth 5027. The company will be located at Booth 199 and will highlight its latest high-reliability package families. All packages are lead-free and most meet RoHS and WEEE standards.
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8 months ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

Black Tech Saturdays is an organization in Detroit with the goal of promoting diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. Johnnie Turnage joined the show on Monday to discuss how the organization has grown since its founding one year ago. The tech field is continuing to expand its reach, especially as more industries adopt automation, robotics and artificial intelligence.
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8 months ago Read more at WDET

Minnesota’s Technology Modernization Fund, Tomes said, is aimed at improving the “digital experience” Minnesotans receive when interacting with their state government. The $40 million fund fills gaps left by the state’s usual budgeting cycle. Tomes estimated that about 80% of the projects pitched so far have been accepted.
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8 months ago Read more at StateScoop

Omnyon joins several other businesses that Cedar has acquired over the years. Cedar picks up a company that supports mission-critical programs in the national security sector. Some examples of capabilities include artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity and high-performance computing.
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8 months ago Read more at Washington Technology