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The Maryland county shares its phone system with the city, and first identified an issue with it early Thursday. Phone service to the county and city remains out, but emergency services are not impacted.

Answer: More than a hundred.

An 18-year-old youth advocate from the nonprofit Work2BeWell argues that instead of banning cellphones, schools should teach students proper cellphone etiquette alongside digital literacy.

Houston residents whose property was damaged by Hurricane Beryl are advised to file insurance claims as soon as possible. Some counties are eligible for federal recovery funding unlocked by major disaster declarations.

The Presidio of Monterey Police and Fire Departments held an exercise to test their preparedness for an active shooter scenario and to practice using their strategy and communications plans.

A teen who recently graduated from Sycamore High School in Cincinnati says students need to be able to contact their parents in case of schedule changes or emergencies, but they should take regular breaks from screens.

The New Orleans-based nonprofit MakeGood is now creating customized assistive technology that is intended to help people with disabilities solve the problems they encounter in daily life.

Effective this month, new legislation will allow for self-driving cars to hit Kentucky roads and be regulated by state government, but some say it will be a while before people see the vehicles in public.

Experts say crypto ATMs have become a vehicle for international criminal enterprises, and that millions of dollars’ worth of fraud is carried out using the machines in the U.S. alone.

An effort to address budget woes and declining enrollment, EWU's rebranding will entail a renewed focus on hands-on learning over theoretical discussions. Critics say the move will drive away arts and humanities students.

Preparations for the Paris Summer Olympics have been going on for years. And given the expected global audience and international participation, cybersecurity is at the center of the action.

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Nelson P. Moe is a high energy, results-driven executive with proven track record of success and superior leadership in enterprise IT. Nelson recently served as the chief information officer (CIO) of the Commonwealth and led the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA). He was appointed by Gov. Terry McAuliffe effective June 8, 2015 and reappointed by Gov. Ralph Northam on March 28, 2018. As CIO, he led a 220-person organization responsible for oversight on the IT infrastructure services as well as governance of the Commonwealth’s IT procurements, cyber security and enterprise architecture.

Researchers at the University of Missouri say the automation and speed of large language models could be useful in cyber defense, but they can’t yet replace human cybersecurity experts.

Interim CIO Michael Makstman, in place since Jan. 1, has been made permanent and will lead the city-county’s Department of Technology. Makstman has been with San Francisco more than six years and was previously its CISO.

In an email Wednesday, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said it will revise the Florida Smart ID application, and asked users to delete it. The app has since been deactivated.

The local government declared a “local disaster emergency” due to a “significant disruption in services as a result of a criminal ransomware attack.” This follows disruptions to the county courthouse and probation/community corrections.

Still in committee as part of the Kids Off Social Media Act, Eyes on the Board aims to tie E-rate funding to the restriction of social media access on any school networks supported by these federal funds.

The bus maker will receive the money under the Domestic Auto Manufacturing Conversion Grants program plan, which aims to spur U.S. production of electric, hydrogen or hybrid vehicles. It will convert a factory to produce the buses.

Answer: YouTube TV.

The mapping techniques will create accurate floor plans of every building in the 573 schools, providing essential information to local first responders during a critical incident response.

One of North Carolina's largest counties is deploying a new emergency communications system from Hexagon. The exec running the 911 center — now the new president of NENA — details what will happen and what’s at stake.

There have been improvements in location accuracy in the next-generation environment that push data from the call center to the first responder, but complete NG911 deployments have been slow.

Public safety threats are increasingly blending physical violence, cyber attacks and online influence campaigns. The report calls for new law enforcement training, a national threat system and more.