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Pending approvals from the Denton City Council, an Austin-based company intends to convert its bitcoin mining facilities into data centers, investing an estimated $4 billion. Its site would double to nearly 43 acres and would offer high-performance computing for artificial intelligence.

A new study of San Francisco considers nonprofits’ unique cybersecurity challenges in that community as well as ways the local government could help. The research team hopes to study other cities soon.

Answer: Germany thinks so.

An annual competition gives students a chance to earn scholarship money, and industry professionals a chance to find workers and to highlight the national shortage of automotive technicians.

A new survey of federal chief data officers conducted by the Data Foundation and Deloitte reveals the need for more governmentwide clarity and guidance in the face of rapid artificial intelligence growth.

A private research university in Georgia agreed to pay damages to students and an instructor, as well as implement new data security measures, in order to resolve a lawsuit over a hack in February 2023.

After the state replaced Houston ISD's superintendent and school board last year, open records requests to the district more than doubled. Some parents want the district to bring back an online dashboard of attendance data.

The state was approved for a Fire Management Assistance grant through FEMA, in which 75 percent of the cost will be picked up by federal dollars and the remaining quarter through state and local resources.

At a recent event for police leaders, the message seemed to be that if your department is slow to adopt AI, now is the time to fix that because the future of policing will rely on it in all its forms.

A company helping the Traverse City local government offices deal with a recent cyber attack will help the city split off its computer network from one it shares with Grand Traverse County.

The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences Small Business Innovation Research program offers funding for the development of ed-tech tools by companies with fewer than 500 employees.

Easterly was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to lead the agency. The precise timing of her departure is unclear, but is expected to take place in advance of the incoming President-elect Donald J. Trump administration.

A Government Technology data analysis of the Chula Vista, Calif., police department’s six-year groundbreaking drone-as-first-responder program reveals impacts on response times, officer safety and citizen privacy.

Author Fern Tiger discusses how genuinely connecting with communities before launching projects can drive progress by ensuring feedback is more than surface-level. Tailoring engagement can shape more accurate policies.

From hornbooks to projectors, televisions, ARPANET and remote learning, history is full of technological innovations that changed education, and we have something to learn from them.

Assembled in Wyoming, Minn., the new rig is the city’s inaugural electric fire truck. It features an adjustable height, enabling it to maneuver rain and snowstorms that might sideline lower-riding trucks, and wheels capable of turning so as to round tight corners.

A federal framework for self-driving vehicles could be on the horizon, people in President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team have reportedly told advisers. Such rules could potentially facilitate the wider deployment of cars without human controls.

Answer: Christmas Day.

Ladris CEO Leo Zlimen outlines how artificial intelligence can help government agencies and communities prepare for disasters, refine emergency response plans, mitigate risks and speed up the recovery process.

The North Star for the federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program is comprehensive connectivity for all homes and businesses, officials said at the Connecting Communities Summit. That could come through fiber or fixed wireless.

Boston City Council intends to seek more information from school officials about a report on the city's surveillance technologies, including which areas of school buildings are filmed and how the footage is used.

As part of its new Nursing and Artificial Intelligence Innovation Consortium, the university will offer a first-of-its-kind master’s program to prepare nurses for leadership roles in health care technology.

Being designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity, the University at Albany offers a scholarship for cybersecurity students willing to work for the Department of Defense after graduation.

Residents in three fast-growing Boise neighborhoods say that evacuation efforts could trap them there if the wind blows the wrong way or the main road becomes blocked.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, as the commission’s next chair, he said in a statement.