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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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AirTags could be far more versatile than anyone initially thought

TechSpot

As Patently Apple highlights, Apple notes that the tags could be waterproof, or at the very least, splash proof, and might be rugged enough to withstand physical bumps. An internal battery, sensors, a wireless communications system and the ability to make noise / provide haptic feedback is also mentioned, but.

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The Super Mario and Tag Heuer collaboration is a $2,150 Wear OS watch

The Verge

A few days ago, Tag Heuer posted a teaser for a Super Mario-themed watch. You might have assumed that a Swiss-made mechanical timepiece was in the works, but now the news is out: it’s actually a limited edition version of Tag’s Connected Wear OS smartwatch. with Mario, all in pixels.” (As

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Privacy Device Designed to Defend Against Illegal Wireless Tracking

SecureWorld News

As the world becomes increasingly digitized, our personal privacy and even physical safety are under threat from a variety of sources. One technology that has raised particular concerns is personal Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) trackers.

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Contactless shopping gets fashionable: Inside the newest store from clothing rental startup Armoire

GeekWire

At Armoire Go, subscribers place apparel for pick up or drop of on a table capable of detecting RFID tags sewn into the clothes, allowing for contactless exchanges. The high-tech physical store, which opened this week in Seattle, gives subscribers the opportunity to touch, try on and exchange items in-person.

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Google Cloud for Retailers adds AI-based inventory, e-commerce tools

CIO Business Intelligence

Shelf-checking technology for inventory at physical retail stories has been a sought-after capability since low — or no — inventory is a troubling issue for retailers. Empty shelves cost US retailers $82 billion in missed sales in 2021 alone, according to an analysis from NielsenIQ.

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Zero Trust with Zero Data

Phil Windley

Summary: The physical world is full of zero trust examples, but they gather attributes for the access control decisions in a very different way than we're used to online. The other thing that's interesting about zero trust in the physical world is that authorization is also usually done using Zero Data. We authorize every access.

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