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The chief technology officers from Boeing, Airbus, Dassault, GE Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, RTX and Safran called for a Government research programme to improve scientific understanding of aviation’s non-CO2 impacts, such as contrails, nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur, aerosols and soot. According to a Boeing statement, the technology leaders issued a joint statement at the 2024 Farnborough International Airshow, emphasizing the importance of accelerating vital efforts to understand and reduce aviation’s non-CO2 impacts. “The aerospace industry is actively working with research institutes, universities and other stakeholders to improve our understanding of non-CO2 emissions. The Forum called for increased funding for the scientific research…

Introduction The Alma Ata Declaration of 1978 recognised primary healthcare as the foundation of health systems in most of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Following the Declaration, SSA restructured the entire health system within the framework of primary healthcare, instead of focusing solely on the first level of care.[3] However, primary-healthcare implementation has suffered obstacles due to political instability, structural changes, natural calamities and HIV/AIDS pandemics, impacting access to equitable and sustainable care and the health outcomes of the people.[4] Barriers to Effective Care in SSA 1. Insufficient access to primary care: Primary healthcare systems are governed by a set of policies…

Dear Miss Manners: Every year, my family spends a week at the beach with my in-laws. We are always so grateful that they pay for the beach house, which we cannot afford. At my in-laws’ suggestion, my son and daughter each bring a friend on the trip.Last year, they rented a house with just enough bedrooms for two of their four children: their son and his friends shared one room, and their daughter and her friends had to sleep in the hallway. It wasn’t a big deal; they’re about the same age, so there’s no reason they should have any…

Radar, a technology-based retail inventory tracking company, announced Tuesday that it has appointed Zach Little as its chief technology officer, effective July 22.Zach Little – RadarIn this role, Little will oversee all product development efforts at Radar and report directly to CEO Spencer Hewett. Little succeeds Paul Petras, who will continue to serve as a senior advisor to Radar and one of the company’s largest shareholders, according to the New York-based company.A technology veteran, Little has more than 20 years of experience leading the development of products leveraging computer vision, lidar and radar technologies. He most recently served as Vice…

The design goal of CRSBT is to maximize the response rate of the smart city-based application services by reducing wait time in the IoT environment. In a smart city, the wait time for services for processing is reduced using linear regressive and digressive learning for improving application services and restrictions. Hence, the digressive response is suppressed for all the application services. The digressive and regressive patterns used in the learning and service recommendations are responsible for the decomposition and reconstruction of service broadcasts. In the digressive mode, the SC service reliability factors such as wait time, loss, etc. are analyzed…

SAN FRANCISCO — As Tesla Inc.’s profits continued to fall in the second quarter, CEO Elon Musk stepped up his support for former President Donald Trump’s desire to eliminate tax credits for electric vehicles, even if such a policy would likely hurt the company. But the billionaire said he’s focused on the long term and that such incentives are irrelevant to him going forward. “Tesla’s value is, overwhelmingly, autonomy,” he said on an earnings call on Tuesday, highlighting the company’s focus on self-driving technology. “Everything else is just noise compared to autonomy.”Musk’s comments came after Tesla reported disappointing results on…

Source: WISH-TV INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Advances in DNA technology are helping to more quickly identify alleged serial killer Herb Baumeister’s victims. Dr. Krista Latham, director of the University of Indianapolis’ Human Identification Center, told I-Team 8 the work will be slow because they want to be 100% certain that all of the bodies are identified. Latham was still in high school when investigators discovered thousands of bone fragments at Fox Hollow Farm in 1996. In 2016, she became director of the Center for Human Identification. Latham has been tracking advances in DNA technology, and “there’s not technology that exists now…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google parent Alphabet reported another quarter of solid growth amid AI-driven transformation of the ubiquitous search engine that is the foundation of its internet empire.Google is still working to woo advertisers since introducing an artificial intelligence feature in May that provides conversational responses to users’ search queries while forgoing the traditional display of related links to other websites, according to its second-quarter report released Tuesday.The change has sparked fear and anger among online publishers who worry their traffic will plummet, but Google is still thriving and propelling Alphabet’s success.”AI is expanding the types of questions we…

SAN FRANCISCO — Meta has released a new artificial intelligence model that it says rivals technology from OpenAI and Google, and made it available for free for anyone to use.The new model, called Llama 3.1, extends Meta’s strategy of open-sourcing its models, allowing anyone to use and modify them without paying the company a fee.If Meta is successful, it could undermine the business models of rival tech giants and make it easier for startups to compete with the likes of OpenAI, while also giving fraudsters, state-sponsored hackers, and other bad actors access to cutting-edge technology.Meta released the latest version of…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Mayor Linda Gorton’s office announced Tuesday that the city of Lexington has filed a lawsuit against Hyundai USA and Kia Motors, alleging that vehicles from both manufacturers “lack anti-theft technology.” “Hyundais and Kias are being stolen at an alarmingly high rate in Lexington and across the nation because they lack engine immobilizers and other proper anti-theft technology that other automakers have used for decades to prevent vehicle theft,” Gorton said. “Our number one priority is keeping our streets safe.”The mayor’s office detailed that about 40 percent of the cars stolen in Lexington this winter and…