Over the past several years, the TSA has been testing facial recognition at more and more airports. These specialized scanners, called CAT-2 units, incorporate facial recognition technology by taking real-time …
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Airports
Pet Peeve: Airports That Do Not Publish The Name Of Their Wi-Fi Network
by joehegby joehegYou know the feeling. You’re sitting in a hotel, airport or restaurant. You go to log onto the wi-fi network, and twenty network names pop up. You know to avoid …
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Hotels
Why Do U.S. Hotels Still Offer Phones in Their Guests’ Rooms?
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegIt’s the 21st century and peoples’ use of technology in hotels is just amazeballs. You make your reservations online You pay for your room electronically You may be able to …
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Just over two months ago, we announced that New York had become the 9th state to accept digital ID at the TSA security checkpoints. California was one of those other …
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While digging around the darker corners of my hard drive, I found copies of my packing lists from 2003 and 2005. I still use a version of this list to …
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I’ve already admitted that while being up to date with the newest tech, I tend to bring quite outdated items with me when I travel. Whether it’s my decade-old Macbook …
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If you’re like me, there are probably hundreds of functions and settings on your phone that you don’t even know exist. When installing an update, it’s easier to leave the …
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Although you have retro places like the TWA Hotel to give a taste of how things used to be, time marches on. And with that, things change. Technology changes. Social …
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The TSA is constantly looking at ways to streamline and strengthen their security process. TSA PreCheck undoubtedly came out of that mindset, and overall, it works well – passengers are …
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If you flew in the years before Covid (and if you’re reading this, I assume you have), you surely remember the drill: when you got up to the officer at …