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New facial recognition system at US airport nabs an impostor for the first time

Aug24
by on August 24, 2018 at 6:14 am
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A newly introduced facial recognition system that’s being tested across several US airports has just helped catch an impostor for the first time, at Dulles International near Washington, D.C. The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) noted in a press release that earlier this week, a 26-year-old man traveling from Brazil with a French passport was flagged by the airport’s facial recognition tech, which was put in place just three days ago. Upon a secondary check, he was found to be from the Republic of Congo and impersonating the man whose picture was in his passport. That’s a big win…

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What companies that value raw data understand about analytics

Aug24
by on August 24, 2018 at 4:58 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Big data and analytics are becoming more central to organizations in almost every industry, and as they spread, so do the questions that surround them. A significant sticking point — and, in my opinion, one of the more interesting ones — is the way these organizations choose to store their data, and why. Today, there are two major models of how data is stored for analysis: the data warehouse and the data lake. On the surface, they both do the same thing: store data until it’s ready to be called up for processing and analysis. However, the similarities end once…

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Watch: Hoonigan tests Mario Kart banana peel attack with real Audi RS5

Aug23
by on August 23, 2018 at 10:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, distract, gaming, Shareables


We think it’s astounding that no one has ever attempted to win a NASCAR or Formula One race by dropping a banana peel from the back of their car on the next-to-last lap. Don’t judge us, you don’t know — it could work. Actually, it probably wouldn’t. But it might. Hoonigan did an experiment, but we wouldn’t exactly call it science, so we’re more confused than ever. We were going to reach out to a physicist or something, but we can’t stop watching this video over and over: The team’s driver takes a few laps around a private track –…

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