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What it was like to fly — and land — in Alaska Airlines’ first commercial 737-MAX 9 flight

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Sunrise as viewed from the Alaska Airlines Flight 482 in Seattle on a 737-MAX 9 flight, with Mount Rainier and an Amazon Prime cargo jet in the distance. As the first airline to bet on the 737 MAX’s return to service , Alaska has thrown its support behind Boeing, which manufactures planes in Everett and Renton, Wash. “We

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 23, 2023

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… Read More Glowforge releases new $1,200 laser printer to make home crafting a more accessible hobby Glowforge, the Seattle-based maker of 3D laser printers/engravers, wants to bring crafting to a wider audience of consumers with a new lower-priced machine called Aura. … Read More NASA gives Blue Origin $34.7M

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Great: Amazon Will Probably Have Its Own Airline Someday

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E-commerce giant and surveillance technology purveyor Amazon is already in your walls , your doorbell and your secret union drive Facebook group, but the question on everybody’s lips is: When will they be more in the sky? The answer, apparently, is soon. Read more.

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This smart camera startup helps companies meet COVID-19 cleaning standards by detecting dirtiness

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The pandemic is forcing airlines, hotels, universities, and other organizations to adjust standards for keeping high-touch areas free from germs. Quivr’s system includes the high-tech camera that scans the 3D surfaces of a room or venue and can detect liquid disinfectant, as well as the workers themselves. Quivr CEO Brian Monnin.

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10 emerging innovations that could redefine IT

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A number of high-profile software failures at companies like Southwest Airlines or EasyJet show how code that runs well most of the time can also fail spectacularly. Main constituency: Businesses like airlines that can’t live without their technology. Some physicists have been using GPUs for complex simulations for some time.

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4 ways Swedish CIOs strengthen defenses against bombarding AI sales

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Many handle the word a bit carelessly,” says Charlotte Svensson, CIO at SAS, the Scandinavian airline. The company also lets AI make 3D models to follow a construction or streamline internal training. “We But it’s important to be vigilant and painstakingly sort through all products that have an AI label.

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Marc Newson at Sydney Design Excellence Forum: the design process is always the same

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As a designer, he finds it marvellous to have the unparalleled access to materials that you have in the airline industry. I can take that and extrapolate it out with the help of computers and sophisticated 3D software.&#. Qantas has identified design as a way of differentiating itself. My sketchbook is a visual diary.