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American Airlines Discloses July Data Breach But Remains Tight-lipped on Details

IT Toolbox

Employee and customer data, including names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email IDs, and documents such as passport numbers and driver’s licenses (numbers), and/or medical information, could have been compromised.

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Both United Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines saw service outages in 2023 resulting from wonky software upgrades, and Southwest ended the previous year with a Christmas travel meltdown blamed on outdated systems. Probably the worst IT airline disaster of 2023 came on the government side, however.

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Fraport goes all in on private 5G network

CIO Business Intelligence

Here, we actually get a licensed frequency we don’t have to share with anyone, so there’s no interference,” he says. Independence through private 5G Because of this licensed frequency, network slicing offers from mobile operators were out of the question. As a result, the Private 5G project had to be put on hold.

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How do you tame AI? Scientist sees a need for regulating bots like drugs or airplanes

GeekWire

“A good model here is commercial airlines, which are incredibly safe, where you put people in a flying bus at 30,000 feet, and they’re much safer than they are in their own cars,” he said. “We should use generative AI for images, for example, only from companies that properly license all of the underlying stuff.

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10 emerging innovations that could redefine IT

CIO Business Intelligence

A number of high-profile software failures at companies like Southwest Airlines or EasyJet show how code that runs well most of the time can also fail spectacularly. Main constituency: Businesses like airlines that can’t live without their technology.

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Gogo sells commercial in-flight internet business to bankrupt satellite provider

The Verge

Gogo, the in-flight internet provider, has found a buyer for its commercial airline business. The FCC is clearing out the C-band (4-8 GHz) to make space for 5G customers, and Intelsat is participating in the program that could net the company nearly $5 billion by selling airwave licenses it currently owns.

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CIOs Need To Prepare For The Arrival Of Face Scan Technology

The Accidental Successful CIO

Fans of Los Angeles FC, a Major League Soccer club with a 22,000-seat stadium, will next year be able to use an app called Clear that is currently being used by some airline passengers to speed through security checks by presenting their fingerprints or showing their faces. Buyers usually pay a recurring license fee for the software, too.

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