Lithium-ion batteries don’t work well in the cold. Here’s why

[Photo: Eva Kongshavn/Getty Images] 3.10.24 – Fast Company -BY THE CONVERSATION Lithium-ion batteries have risks that AA or AAA batteries don’t. Rechargeable batteries are great for storing energy and powering electronics from smartphones to electric vehicles....

Emotion-tracking AI is making some workers’ challenges worse

[Source Image: nadia_bormotova/Getty Images] 3.9.24 – Fast Company More than 50% of large employers in the U.S. use emotion AI aiming to infer employees’ internal states. Emotion artificial intelligence uses biological signals such as vocal tone, facial...

Between Us Pros: Remote Guarding Delivers A Knockout Blow to False Alarms

Photo courtesy of Elite Interactive Solutions 3.5.24 – Security Sales & Integration- Scott Goldfine  Remote guarding moves the alarm industry from after-the-fact alerts and evidential information to stopping unlawfulness. Ever since businessman Edwin Holmes...

These States Have the Highest and Lowest Average Cybercrime Victim Losses

Adobe Stock image by Gorodenkoff 3.8.24 – SSI –  D. Craig MacCormack CoinJournal.net study analyzes data from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center for 2022 and identifies losses per cybercrime victim. Alabama has the highest average loss per cybercrime...

Pro-Vigil Survey: 71% of Businesses Haven’t Incorporated AI Into Physical Security  

Adobe Stock image by DedMityay 3.8.24 – SSI Staff -SAN ANTONIO, Texas More than half of the respondents in Pro-Vigil’s latest AI research endeavor are more worried about crime now than a year ago.  Artificial intelligence-enabled remote video monitoring,...

Texas adopts 11% average decrease for comp

2.28.24 – Workcompcentral The Texas Department of Insurance adopted the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s advisory loss cost filing that proposes an average decrease of 11%, effective July 1. According to a bulletin the department issued Friday,...