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Biden administration officials said Monday that the number of migrants crossing the southern border had dropped dramatically over the weekend, following a significant increase early last week in the lead-up to the expiration of Title 42.Some speculated that the end Thursday of Title 42, a policy used amid the COVID-19 pandemic to turn back migrants at the border without giving them access to asylum protections, would bring about an influx of crossings. But the Biden administration has long said it was prepared for the…

Maureen Reid, left, and her guide dog, Gaston, cross the intersection of Wood Street and Roosevelt Avenue with Sandy Murillo, center, and Geovanni Bahena, relying on an audible signal for the blind, on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in Chicago. A federal court ruling slamming street crossing signals in Chicago as dangerous for blind and low-vision residents are giving momentum to advocates who say the community has long been left out of the push for…

Optimizing border crossing with object detection and trackingGenerated image from the proposed solution of the “Blace” border crossing camera in North Macedonia (public domain)Crossing the border can be an exciting part of any road trip, but the frustration of long queues at border crossings can quickly take the excitement out of it. What if we could determine the fastest lane and position ourselves accordingly? Thanks to advancements in machine vision, this is now a possibility. By leveraging OpenCV and YOLOv3, a deep…

The UK government is still expanding the scope of its Online Safety Bill. Digital, Culture, Media and Sport secretary Michelle Donelan said in a statement that politicians will propose amending the bill to ban videos portraying Channel immigrant crossings by boat in a "positive light." Those clips are "aiding abetting" immigration law violations, according to Donelan. As with child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and terrorist content, internet platforms will have to pull crossing-related footage quickly. The culture…

An increasing number of alternative fueled vehicles are transported via ferries. Shipping companies such as Stena Line must respond to this development by implementing new safety systems on board. Credit: Stena Line GmbH & Co. KG Electric vehicles are booming, with more than a million on German roads as of this year. This, in turn, means that an increasing number of alternative fueled vehicles are transported on ferries.…

Pedestrians who become jaywalkers are a major nuisance on the roads, especially during rush hour, and jaywalking is a traffic law violation. But a magistrate’s court in Mumbai has refused to show any leniency to a 24-year-old student and sentenced him to 6 months of Rigorous Imprisonment for crashing his bike into a couple in Andheri back in 2019 and then trying to flee. The impact caused the 1.5-year-old daughter of the couple to fall on the road and suffer a head injury. The toddler had to spend a long time in the ICU…

Permitted left turn. Credit: Oregon State University Research by the Oregon State University College of Engineering and Portland State University suggests a trio of roadway treatments would enable people age 65 and older to travel on foot more safely. The findings are important because older…

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How algorithms trap us in a cycle of shame Working in finance at the beginning of the 2008 financial crisis, mathematician Cathy O’Neil got a firsthand look at how much people trusted algorithms—and how much destruction they were causing. Disheartened, she moved to the tech industry, but encountered the same blind faith. After leaving, she wrote a book in 2016 that…