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Alaska Airlines will remove kiosks, install iPads, and use facial recognition to streamline lobbies

GeekWire

Alaska Airlines’ new iPad-based bag tag stations will let passengers scan their boarding passes rather than manually enter codes. The tech overhaul is part of a larger $2.5 Biometrics are “big part of the strategy for the seamless experience,” Jain said, describing the airline’s long-term vision.

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The quotable Kara Swisher: Insights and zingers from the ‘Burn Book’ event at Seattle’s Town Hall

GeekWire

Tech commentator, podcast host, veteran journalist, and entrepreneur Kara Swisher discusses her new book, “Burn Book: A Tech Love Story,” March 5, 2024, at Town Hall in Seattle with Alex Stamos, former Facebook and Yahoo chief security officer. … “Then it got perfect because of two things.

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DIY cloud cost management: The strategic case for building your own tools

CIO Business Intelligence

For example, the aggregation of billing data, and the act of grouping tags to populate all the attributes that must be applied after data ingestion, can be burdensome on some cloud cost optimization tools, slowing down efforts to react to the spending data. “You ClearData’s tech stack ensured that appropriate tags remained during deployment.

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GeekWire Awards: Last chance to register for today’s epic celebration of innovation

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A big thanks to GeekWire Awards presenting sponsor Wave Business , as well as each of our category sponsors. Young Entrepreneur of the Year , presented by First Tech Federal Credit Union. Next Tech Titan , presented by BCRA. Show it off by tagging @geekwire and @RealFlyhomes, presented by Flyhomes.

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GeekWire news round-up: Pulumi and Muir raise cash; LinkedIn’s new AI tools; ‘Uncommon Thinkers’

GeekWire

Read on for a rundown of the latest tech news we’re tracking, and be sure to subscribe to our daily email newsletter to get this in your inbox each day at 11 a.m. Lisi Photo) Ag-tech startup kept digging for the right idea: Richland, Wash.-based Hello, GeekWire readers! Soma” Somasegar. Learn more and make a nomination.

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The search is over: smart trackers from Apple, Samsung, and Tile compared

The Verge

Well, in addition to some other historic milestones, somewhere in the top 100 hits of the year will be the introduction of smart tracker tags from two major mobile device manufacturers: Samsung and Apple. Tracking tags have been around for a while now, and Tile has been the best-known brand in the space.

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Epic says it’s ‘open’ to blockchain games after Steam bans them

The Verge

Epic tells The Verge that it will clarify the rules as it works with developers to understand how they plan to use blockchain tech in their games. Epic’s CEO Tim Sweeney has said that the company isn’t interested in touching NFTs , but that statement now appears to only apply to its own games.