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Aerospace engineers, graduate assistants and professors are re-creating the conditions of space as they build and test miniaturized sensors and instruments to help NASA better understand the cosmos.

Liberty Mutual is retiring the "antiquated" technology it uses to manage the dwelling fire policies, "and it is not feasible to create a new system to support this product in California."

The breach stems from a cyber attack that accessed at least 20 computers and a city server, leading to a temporary shutdown of all affected services. The city has notified those affected.

California's prison system has moved to ban the use of a controversial lie-detector test — compared by one expert to a Ouija board or an astrological chart — following an investigation into the technology.

The ACLU of Maryland is calling for safeguards to be incorporated in a statewide policy governing the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement.

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Jeffery Marino, director of California’s Office of Data and Innovation, reminded attendees at last week’s Government Innovation Summit that they make the rules on implementing technology.

The airport said the incident also affects some Port of Seattle systems, and that there’s no estimated time by which systems will be restored. Flights can continue, but some associated services are down.

Many AI systems get their “training” by interacting with human behavior and information. But researchers at Washington University have found humans change their own behavior when they know their actions are being used to train AI.

Crime continues to drop this year in unincorporated Jefferson Parish, part of the greater New Orleans area. The sheriff’s office already fields roughly 30 drones, but is considering adding first responder drones.

Public libraries throughout the city’s southern suburbs — many chronically lacking the funding to make improvements themselves — are getting state grants for purposes including adding hardware or software.

Emergency dispatch workers face a flood of calls that don’t require immediate assistance, or don’t even seem serious. Versaterm’s newest product aims to reduce that problem — and the stress on call takers — via software and AI.

The Cyber Navigator Internship Program, led by the University of Virginia, connects students at several schools with local governments. Established in 2021, it helps election offices strengthen their cybersecurity.

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NWS forecasters said it’s possible the area will see triple-digit heat indexes on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday brings a chance of rain before the cooldown.

The Custer County Sheriff’s Office issued evacuation orders for residents near Stanley Lake Friday and encouraged other Stanley residents to be ready to leave should conditions worsen.

Propelled by plans to ban phones in big-city districts such as New York and Los Angeles, some Philadelphia-area districts are trying new ways to do so — with parent groups often at the forefront.

Rockingham County Schools has announced the implementation of cutting-edge weapons detection systems across middle and high schools in the district, known as Opengate.

Student cellphone use is a hot topic of conversation across the state, and the state Board of Education has adopted guidance urging districts to develop policies to restrict student phone use.

There is a worldwide network of professional, around-the-clock agents who are lending their eyes through a phone app called Aira, which users can deploy at the state’s 42 parks.

By the time state officials learned what was happening, the prisoners had spent nearly $88,000 on digital media products, according to a review of more than 1,700 pages of internal investigative records.

Drone as First Responder programs have been adopted across the country, and in them, police place drones across their coverage areas and send them to determine if a ground response is needed.

The FBI launched a new nationwide campaign this past week to raise awareness of the surge in online fraud and scams impacting the public and to encourage reporting to law enforcement. 

More than 500 applications of AI are in use across Texas agencies, a state representative said, but individual rights remain paramount. Efficiency must not come at the expense of privacy, panelists said.