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WBAL's Commitment 2022 Preview Special

WBAL's Commitment 2022 Preview Special

WBAL AM, November 3, 2022

WBAL NewsRadio's Robert Lang discussed the major races on the ballot.  

WBAL NewsRadio's Ken Duffy had a special report on efforts to keep ballots safe.

WBAL-TV's Mindy Basara reported on the debate over Question 4, the state constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana.

CCBC Political Science Professor John Deidie had analysis of the major races.

Voter fraud and ballot security

Voter fraud and ballot security

SciLine, November 2, 2022

Voter fraud occurs whenever someone casts a ballot that violates election law. Confirmed cases of voter fraud are rare. Less than one in a million ballots cast are later found to be fraudulent.

Hospital Closures Pose Challenges to Care

Hospital Closures Pose Challenges to Care

The Hospitalist, November 1, 2022

When 10-bed Nye Regional Medical Center, in west-central Nevada, closed abruptly in 2015, it meant that the residents of the former gold-mining town of Tonopah would have to drive about two hours across a hundred miles of desert roads to get to the nearest hospital. 

Creating a trusted and secure semiconductor supply chain requires an end-to-end strategy

Creating a trusted and secure semiconductor supply chain requires an end-to-end strategy

Supply Chain Quarterly, October 31, 2022

Semiconductors, the “brains” of modern electronics, power just about everything in our daily lives, from our smart phones to our internet of things (IoT) devices and laptops. Semiconductors are also particularly important to certain industries like auto manufacturing, where new vehicles have computer systems that contain over 100 million lines of code. In the health care industry, high-tech applications like robotic surgery depend on secure, reliable chips. Advanced chips are needed to enable technologies of the future, like quantum computing and artificial intelligence. And most importantly, semiconductors enable the nation’s military capabilities, including transportation, weapons systems, communications, and intelligence gathering capabilities, which make a trusted and secure supply of chips a national security priority.

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AI Hallucinations? Two Brains Are Better Than One

AI Hallucinations? Two Brains Are Better Than One

Computer World, December 28, 2024

A number of startups and cloud service providers are starting to offer tools for monitoring, evaluating, and correcting problems with generative AI in the hope of eliminating errors, hallucinations, and other systemic problems associated with this technology.

Will AI Reboot Supply Chains?

Will AI Reboot Supply Chains?

Global Finance Magazine, December 9, 2024

Catastrophic weather events, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, trade conflicts, global pandemics—the forces disrupting supply chains are multiplying at a rate few could have anticipated.

Healthcare

Supply Chain

Port automation is a sticking point for dockworkers union

Port automation is a sticking point for dockworkers union

Marketplace, January 2, 2025

Dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts could go on strike again in less than two weeks if they don’t reach a contract agreement with ports and shippers. Talks are set to resume next week, according to Bloomberg. The main sticking point between the two sides? Automation.

Climate