Technology

‘Conditioning an entire society’: the rise of biometric data technology | Biometrics

In a school canteen in Gateshead, cameras scan the faces of children, taking payment automatically after identifying them with facial recognition. More than 200 miles away in North London, staff at a care home recently took part in a trial that used facial data to verify their Covid-19 vaccine status. And in convenience stores around […]

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Internet

Ben Russell: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet) | Comedy

Growing up in Perth, I remember when the internet first arrived. It was huge. The last big thing to get to Western Australia was couscous. Sure, email was fun, but back in the 90s all I wanted to do was listen to short, low-quality .wav files of Bart Simpson. I was there during the golden […]

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SEO

SEO Experts Break Agency Mold by Creating Bespoke Strategies

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — StrategicSEOsolutions.com is helping brands to outrank and outperform in organic search, and not by accident. In an unequivocal pivot within search engine optimization agencies, Strategic SEO Solutions is breaking the templated mold by creating strategies as unique as the brands they serve. At the helm, accomplished marketing professional […]

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Business Tech

‘We’re not the only country with problems’

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa is not the only country with power problems, and even affluent countries like the US have issues. Speaking to the media at an ANC event on Thursday afternoon (28 October), Ramaphosa said that government knows exactly why the country’s energy generation is at a low ebb. “As I was […]

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Smartphone

How People Actually Use Their Smartphones

In 2022, the smartphone, first introduced by IBM, will celebrate its 30th birthday. Most of us now use a smartphone every day—whether we like it or not. Previously associated with young people, these technologies have become ubiquitous around the world and among all age groups. But what exactly is a smartphone, and what are these […]

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Laptop

HP Pavilion Aero 13 review: A small laptop you’ll want to take everywhere

Josh Goldman/CNET The HP Pavilion Aero 13 is not your average Pavilion laptop, a product line that is decidedly average. For HP, Pavilion is its everyday line with a focus on value, while its Envy and Spectre lines are the midrange and premium models, respectively. But wow, HP packed a lot of value into the […]

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Technology

How Amazon Fired and Mishandled Workers on Leave

In internal correspondence, company administrators warned of “inadequate service levels,” “deficient processes” and systems that are “prone to delay and error.” The extent of the problem puts in stark relief how Amazon’s workers routinely took a back seat to customers during the company’s meteoric rise to retail dominance. Amazon built cutting-edge package processing facilities to […]

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Internet

Internet Supports Woman Who Gave Formula to Sister-in-Law Struggling to Breastfeed

A woman claimed online that she recently bought infant formula for her sister-in-law who is struggling with breastfeeding. That decision has caused a major divide in the family, according to the woman, but commenters were quick to offer her support. In the popular Reddit forum “Am I The A**hole,” Redditor u/Strawberry-Fixer8911 asked: “AITA [am I […]

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