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CES 2022 to require proof of vaccination for attendees, exhibitors

The Verge

CTA continues to monitor guidelines for health safety measures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nevada and Clark County. CTA will follow applicable federal, state and local laws, adapting CES plans accordingly and sharing updates with you and other CES audiences.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

Economic sustainability is about fair and equal access to employment, broadband networks, and other technology resources, while the third pillar, equitable sustainability, involves removing or reducing bias in the flood of data and algorithms underpinning applications, particularly in emerging generative AI models, he says.

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Portland’s facial recognition ban: Why businesses — including Amazon — fought the groundbreaking law

GeekWire

The Portland City Council on Wednesday unanimously passed a groundbreaking ban prohibiting use of facial recognition in privately-owned places accessible to the public such as stores, banks and hotels, as well as on use by city bureaus.

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OpenStack Summit 2015 Day 1 Keynote

Scott Lowe

Jonathan takes a few minutes to welcome the attendees, thank the conference sponsors, and go over some logistics (different hotels, meals, getting help, etc.). This topic, in turn, leads Jonathan into a discussion of OpenStack’s new program management guidelines (aka “the Big Tent” model). Want to get involved?

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You break it, you buy it?wait what? - A Screw's Loose

A Screw's Loose

Then to make matters work, when you step outside in the rain to head back to the hotel you check your phone for the phrasebook to ask directions and drop your phone in a puddle by mistake. They flew you over to Europe for a cost of $3k, they put you up in a hotel that costs $200/night and they are feeding you while you are there.

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

The Verge

Webby Award for Web Services & Applications : Paste by WeTransfer. Webby People’s Voice Award for Web Services & Applications : Streamtime. Travel : Google Assistant’s Interpreter Mode on Mobile; Expedia: Hotels, Flights & Car. Game Or Application : Scoops Ahoy: Operation Scoop Snoop by 22squared + m ss ng p eces.

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Everything you need to know about vaccine passports

Vox

People vaccinated in the US currently receive printed paper cards from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that include their name, birthdate, and patient number (if applicable), as well as the type of vaccine they received, when and where they received their doses, and the batch number their vaccine came from.

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