Flights had to be redirected back to land at other airports after a weather computer system that gives details to incoming planes failed late Tuesday night at the Pasco Airport according to news reports. That system, the Airport Surface Observation Weather System, sends important information to the pilots about weather that they need to land when the local control towers are closed...
You may have heard, or seen online, stories about so-called "Death Clocks," or ways to predict how many years you have left on the glove. Using a variety of information sources, your age, health, medical conditions, illnesses etc etc. they predict what year or so you're going to die. Now, it's taken on a WHOLE NEW LEVEL!
You might remember the 2002 Tom Cruise movie, "Minority Report," in which a futuristic team of psychics and computers would 'predict' criminals in the future, and they were tried and convicted before the crime even occurred. Creepy!
Officials are calling it the first ever of it's kind in Washington state, even the nation. The Attorney General's office is suing a restaurant owner who allegedly cheated the state out of more than $395K in sales taxes by using 'sales suppression software.'
In the wake of the legislature passing a new bill strengthening online consumer protection, the state's new Privacy Officer has some cautions for consumers.