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Electronic bag tags are ready for take-off: Here’s what we learned on multiple flights with one

GeekWire

Alaska Airlines has made electronic bag tags available to elite Mileage Plan members, with a broader rollout planned in the first half of this year. Walking into Sea-Tac Airport for a Friday afternoon flight, I glanced smugly at the people huddled around the Alaska Airlines self-serve kiosks to print bag tags. Alaska is the first U.S.

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Averting turbulence in the air

CIO Business Intelligence

The diversification of payment methods and gradual increase in the volume of online transactions have cast a spotlight on the need for payment security compliance within the airline industry. Understanding the business of the airline industry As previously mentioned, the revenue streams are becoming diversified in the airline sector.

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Microsoft’s accessibility chief on Bing’s chatbot, the disability divide, and more

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Participants are interested in technology, policy, partnerships and networking, she said, “and how to build their own programs.” ” Microsoft will be sharing news of its accessibility work in hardware and software. Whether it’s electric vehicle access or airline transportation, [travel] has been very hard.

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Is AI technology the future of travel?

Dataconomy

They’ve long used AI’s little brother Machine Learning (ML) for demand and price management in the airline, hotel, and transport industries. Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) : It’s a combination of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and IoT (Internet-connected hardware) that improves access control and personal security.

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Climate tech execs anticipate market benefits as COP26 summit amplifies role of private sector

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“Even beyond COP, there’s a realization ‘hardware-lite’ is not going to solve the problem and outsized returns can accrue to those who can and do lead in the space,” Lesemann said by email. Breakthrough Energy’s Catalyst program announced $1.5 Paul Gambill, CEO of Nori. billion initiative.

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I want to fly to Hawaii, but I don’t want to wreck the planet. With carbon offsets, can I do both?

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But carbon offsets and removal are in ever greater demand, and folks are working to develop legitimate programs and technology in the space. But an overall greening of the airline industry is long, long ways off. Max Scher , Seattle-based head of clean energy and carbon programs for Salesforce. ” Max Scher, Salesforce.

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Tech Moves: Adriane Brown joins KKR board; AI2 adds HR exec; Ossia and LevelTen hire CFOs; more

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This is Brown’s second notable board appointment this year after she joined the American Airlines board in March. Montoya is responsible for Equinix’s global cybersecurity risk program. . — Adriane Brown , managing partner at Seattle VC firm Flying Fish, joined the board of global investment firm KKR.

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