Firms such as Serco and Virgin Active pull facial recognition and fingerprint scan systems used to monitor staff attendanceDozens of companies including national leisure centre chains are reviewing or pulling facial recognition technology and fingerprint scanning used to monitor staff attendance after a clampdown by the UK’s data watchdog.In February, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) ordered a Serco subsidiary to stop using biometrics to monitor the attendance of staff at leisure...
The Rio Grande Valley is getting what educators and medical professionals say will be the first Registered Nurse Apprenticeship Track, which they hope will help address the current local and national nursing shortage.
KANSAS (KSNT) - The Kansas Hospital Association (KHA) released its annual Health Care Workforce Report, the report found employee turnover is still at record-high levels. Over 100 hospitals participated in the survey, the largest number of participants in 10 years. According to the report, vacancy rates were the highest for sonographer/ultrasound technologists, nursing assistants and []
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Microsoft and Amazon’s dealings with AI start-ups, inviting comment from market players to determine if recent partnerships have the potential to hurt competition in the country.
Britain's competition watchdog said on Wednesday it was seeking comments on the AI partnerships between Microsoft and Mistral AI, as well as between Amazon and Anthropic. The Competition and Markets Authority also said it wanted to hear the views of third parties on Microsoft's hiring of former employees of Inflection AI and related arrangements. Microsoft last month appointed DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman as the head of a newly created consumer AI unit and hired several employees of his...
A child was transported to the hospital after a medical emergency on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
Exclusive: Registrars at University Hospitals Sussex NHS trust say they were physically abused by colleague, whom others also accused of bullyingManagers at a hospital where police are investigating dozens of deaths promoted a consultant surgeon months after they allegedly assaulted junior doctors during surgery, the Guardian can reveal.Two female registrars at the University Hospitals Sussex NHS trust in Brighton sent written statements to the trust’s chief medical officer in March 2022...
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Local hospital employees are taking a stand when it comes to their staff and wages. The unionized workers are less than a month away from voting to strike. 28/22 News Reporter Emily Allegrucci was at a meeting they held Thursday evening. Geisinger Wyoming Valley's Unionized Technical Employees met Thursday evening []
He most recently held the position of Senior Director A&R at Concord Music Publishing in the UK Source
The Dutch data protection authority Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens has urged the infrastructure ministry to take action about the growing number of traffic lights that have been fitted with software, allowing them to track road users. The traffic lights connect to the mobile phones of road users and follow them to gather information about traffic volume and speed. But the traffic lights also collect personal information about motorists, enabling them, for example, to follow a complete route...
Flood and frozen pipe damage caused by series of storms, says Association of British InsurersStorms and heavy rain pushed up weather-related home insurance claims in the UK by more than a third last year to a record £573m, according to industry data.The repair bill for storm damage and other extreme weather during 2023 was £150m more than in 2022, the Association of British Insurers said, contributing to an overall 10% rise in residential property claims settled last year. Continue reading
Microsoft Defender for Individuals has expanded its privacy protection features to iOS users in the US and UK along with Android users in the UK, with plans for more regions and platforms.