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The federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Act came with billions to invest in broadband nationwide, for rural areas, schools and businesses. Application requirements and other mandates, however, threaten to constrain the deployment of high-speed Internet.

The federal agency accused the company of making false claims about its tools, which are used in schools and by public transit. The company denies wrongdoing but might have to let some clients cancel contracts.

The U.S. Department of Energy has chosen Nevada Gold Mines to get as much as $95 million for a solar project. It intends to construct solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage systems at mines in Humboldt and Lander counties.

Created by Gov. Phil Murphy in October 2023, the group wrapped up last month by issuing a required report with recommendations. It could be re-formed if needed, but the state’s work in artificial intelligence continues.

Humanoid robots could offer valuable support before human first responders arrive on the site of an emergency. The Italian Institute of Technology has a prototype in the works.

One of the projects is $40 million to renovate the Dearborn campus’ computer and information science building to update infrastructure, as well as building a small addition to aid the program, documents show.

The state has made the money available for the next five years for students pursuing degrees and certificates in science, technology, engineering and math, and education degrees.

At least 18 Kentucky school districts canceled in-person classes Tuesday due to winter weather, with at least six of those districts canceling school altogether.

Spokane County deputies will now be provided real-time information pulled directly from surveillance cameras, social media feeds and other law enforcement agencies while responding to calls for service.

If successful, the proposed project is intended to disseminate information to motorists using connected and autonomous vehicles about everything from traffic conditions to road obstructions.

A proposal for a data center was tabled by its sponsor on the Atlanta City Council after widespread pushback from the community. The new facility would have run counter to a recent ban on the businesses.

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The president-elect is expected to take a predominantly deregulatory approach to technology, and to aggressively pursue foreign cyber threat actors. He returns to office in a time of international tension in cyber space.

Seven states have passed mandates requiring buses be replaced with electric models to reduce air pollution and dependence on fossil fuels. But the journey to modernizing a fleet can be expensive and complicated.

The local government will migrate to Civic Plus next year, after county commissioners voted to spend more than $20,000 to do so. The county’s existing offering was bought out and officials decided to look elsewhere, querying other counties to learn what they used.

The award, part of the federal CHIPS Act, will aid a company in business since 1986. Powerex may be one of the last such vertically integrated entities in the U.S., creating silicon chips for power systems in MRI machines and elsewhere.

In the biannual Digital States Survey, top performers are prioritizing cybersecurity and constituent services, as well as harnessing AI. The following takeaways offer a snapshot view.

Why AI and ML are fundamental to protecting government services and improving user experience.

Mountains of snow continue to provide problems for area governments, school districts and residents, as more than three feet of snow accumulated across the northern parts of Ashtabula County.

Built on bottomland east of Eureka, the St. Louis Area’s Times Beach was vulnerable to the periodic rages of the Meramec, a river that drains a wide area of wooded hills.

Last month, King County Metro started a pilot project mounting cameras equipped with artificial intelligence on two buses to watch for drivers in transit-only lanes.

Jason Balderama, a county technology official, has started working as a consultant for the housing authority to coordinate the investigation and advise on how to strengthen its Internet defenses.

A virtual tutoring program called Brainy Bulls connects grade school students in Western New York with vetted UB undergrads and graduate students to receive help in English, math, science or social studies on Zoom.

Some Minnesota educators have signed onto apps and platforms that use machine-learning algorithms to help translate websites, newsletters and even texts to parents into multiple languages.

A private liberal arts college in Maryland may have to reimburse thousands of people up to $5,000 in “extraordinary losses" after it failed to notify victims of a cyber attack for almost 250 days.