PCWorld reports that Microsoft Teams is launching a Workplace Check-in feature in June 2026 that detects employee office presence through company Wi-Fi connections. The tool allows managers to monitor ...

Presenteeism, or attending work despite being ill enough to warrant absence, is endemic among working Americans. Although research suggests that paid sick leave mandates reduce presenteeism, it has ...

If you have ever shopped at a Uniqlo store, you've likely been as amazed as I have by the automated checkout: You put all your items in a basket, and they are instantly scanned rather than needing ...

United Parcel Service is rolling out technology to more closely track the billions of small packages that move through its U.S. network each year. The parcel-shipping giant said Tuesday it has ...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UPS (NYSE: UPS) is rolling out radio frequency identification (RFID) package sensing across its U.S. small package network, bringing unprecedented visibility and reliability ...

What’s RFID, again? That’s radio frequency identification – and it powers unprecedented visibility and transparency in our U.S. network. While scanning technology has been the industry standard since ...

Schools’ progress in fighting chronic absenteeism has slowed over the past few years, remaining stubbornly higher than pre-pandemic absence rates. But a new analysis shows that progress has been ...

In February 2025, officials say, more than 38% of students in New York’s Dunkirk City School District were chronically absent, meaning they had missed more than 10% of school days. Just one year later ...

Qualcomm, which purchased microcontroller board manufacturer Arduino last year, just announced a new single-board computer that marries AI with robotics. Called the Arduino Ventuno Q, it uses Qualcomm ...

While JD Sports executives offered a lukewarm assessment of RFID technology as recently as mid-2023, the retailer has since signed a multiyear global software agreement with Checkpoint Systems, a ...

Central High School students march in an anti-immigration enforcement protest to the Minnesota State Capitol with fellow students on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. Citing safety concerns ...