The taxis’ first day of operations in the city also yielded their first collision, a minor accident uptown. A human trainer was in the vehicle and the incident was not Waymo’s fault, a spokesperson said.

A tribally owned firm is investing the funds, from two federal broadband entities, to enlarge high-speed Internet access across the Pine Ridge Reservation in the southwestern part of the state.

A class-action lawsuit against a community college in Oregon alleges that the school failed to properly protect student data by storing it in an unencrypted, Internet-accessible environment.

In a survey of over 460 caregivers of children ages 17-30 months about word use and video consumption, Southern Methodist University found that spending less time with digital media was linked to higher vocabulary scores.

The city will make two-way translation in multiple languages available at public meetings through a partnership with Google Public Sector, to ensure equitable access to civic engagement.

The Board of Supervisors voted against a request to rezone 57 acres of wooded land, in order to make it easier to attract data center projects. Protective conditions on the property will remain in place.

The county has forged a seven-year pact with BurnBot to use its tech to reduce the danger of wildfires. Its tools chew up fuel sources, then burn them and extinguish the blaze, leaving a fire line behind.

Pocketalk, a translation tech company, is building AI models for complex languages by partnering with human translation experts who see value in providing the tech as an option when a human translator isn't available.

There is no New Jersey law governing cellphones in schools, but school districts can win a minimum of $500 in grant funding from the state Department of Education for adopting bell-to-bell cellphone bans.

The state has opened grants to cover electric school buses and charging infrastructure through mid-December, with preferences for districts in low- to moderate-income communities.