Branch County looks to provide high-speed fiber internet to whole county

Branch County looks to provide high-speed fiber internet to whole county

BRANCH COUNTY — County commissioners invited Frontier Northern communication executives back on April 18 to discuss holes in the countywide service internet plan.  In a March presentation, Frontier service maps showed significant areas of Sherwood, Butler, Gilead, and Noble townships not receiving Frontier fiber service under the $22.4 million state Realizing Opportunity with Broadband Infrastructure …

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Capital A to Integrate Ant’s Payment Orchestration Services

Capital A to Integrate Ant’s Payment Orchestration Services

Ant International and AirAsia owner Capital A Berhad are exploring ways to integrate more local payments methods and payment orchestration services into Capital A’s platform. The companies have formed a strategic partnership that also includes looking at marketing and digitization solutions for Capital A’s entire business ecosystem, which includes AirAsia, AirAsia MOVE and BigPay, according …

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Air Canada must pay refund promised by AI chatbot, tribunal rules

Air Canada must pay refund promised by AI chatbot, tribunal rules

Air Canada must pay a Vancouver man a partial refund for his flight ticket that was promised by the site’s chatbot, a Canadian tribunal ruled Wednesday, in what could be a landmark case for the use of artificial intelligence in business. Jake Moffatt asked the airline’s artificial intelligence support chatbot whether the airline offered bereavement …

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This airline is first to offer in-flight AR glasses

This airline is first to offer in-flight AR glasses

A young passenger wears Rokid Max smart glasses during a flight. Rokid Sick of those tiny seatback screens on long flights? Thanks to a new partnership between Rokid and Hainan Airlines, that could become a thing of the past. Instead of small, glare-streaked LCDs, you could be enjoying a giant virtual display when you don …

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Contrails — the lines behind airplanes — are warming the planet. Could an easy AI solution be on the horizon?

Contrails — the lines behind airplanes — are warming the planet. Could an easy AI solution be on the horizon?

Artificial intelligence could be used to prevent planes from creating planet-warming condensation trails, or contrails, according to a new study. Exactly how much impact contrails have on global warming is still being studied, but one recent study found the feathery streaks in the sky can trap enough heat to account for about 35% of the aviation …

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