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The U.S. Department of Energy is investing a combined $72 million in five new industrial technology centers and various other programs to train new workers for advanced manufacturing and clean energy industries.

Officials revamped workforce efforts by implementing new virtual training models, creating digital literacy programs and designing a data-centered platform to connect users with job opportunities based on work history and skill sets.

As part of an ongoing statewide initiative to boost poor math scores, school districts can sign up to provide students and teachers with free access to digital resources from the New York-based nonprofit Zearn.

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The company, founded by Navy Seals, markets an AI-powered gun detection platform designed for first responders. Now, via a new subsidiary, ZeroEyes hopes to gain more revenue from federal agencies.

County commissioners have approved a $2.5 million grant application to the Appalachian Regional Commission to help incentivize the buildout of broadband infrastructure in the region.

The city of Colorado Springs is installing 26 sensors in the downtown corridor as part of a program to collect foot and vehicle traffic data. The sensors detect and categorize moving objects but do not collect personally identifiable information.

Several states are pushing legislation that would limit online access and social media use by kids, setting up yet another potential confrontation between states and Congress on technology policy.

Adjunct professor Russell Crispell at Niagara County Community College in New York uses VR headsets and 360-degree YouTube videos to immerse students in different scenarios requiring first aid training.

Legal system reform advocates say new policing technologies such as decision-making algorithms and facial recognition can exacerbate problematic practices, making them more efficient as well as more opaque.

Higher education leaders and students predict the State Board of Higher Education's ban, scheduled to take effect July 1, will have a negligible impact on students and university operations.

OU energy faculty met with tribal leaders, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff recently to discuss the potential of geothermal energy production as a component of energy sovereignty.

“For any data that a forecast produces, there’s uncertainty in future conditions, For these last ten years we’ve seen a lot of extremes ... forecasting procedures are trying to adapt to that.”

The promise of the AI future is efficient and abundant content, but AI models have proved time and again that they perpetuate biases, misunderstand cultural context and prioritize being convincing over telling the truth.

The Biden administration is unveiling the "strongest ever" tailpipe emissions standards that are expected to push automakers to accelerate the proportion of electric vehicles in their U.S. sales to 67 percent by 2032.

The app has a strikingly similar interface to the ByteDance platform: A "For You" page, a nearly identical menu bar at the bottom of the screen and an endless roll of short-form video content to consume.

Among the people shot Monday was Louisville officer Nickolas Wilt, who had been sworn into the force less than two weeks prior. He was shot in the head and was still in critical condition Tuesday afternoon.

Money from a federal court settlement with an e-cigarette company will help many school districts across the country to install vape sensors, some of which resemble smoke detectors but are more sophisticated and costly.

Attorney General Chris Carr has announced that the Prosecution Division will be participating in a nationwide investigation into suspected users of Genesis Market, a marketplace known to traffic in the stolen credentials.

The state has been awarded nearly $60 million in federal funding to aid in the transition to electric school buses, making it a leader in the country, despite a lukewarm embrace by the state’s congressional delegation toward public policy advancing EVs.

A Minnesota school district has gone back to pencils and paper since officials shut down its network due to suspicious activity. Classes were canceled Monday so teachers could prepare for "old school" lessons.

Nevada State Parks is modernizing reservation processes with a cloud-based reservation software to simplify the visitor and staff experience. Officials say the state is the last to modernize its reservation system.

New London, Conn., Emergency Management Director tom Curcio said getting people to evacuate is difficult. Police have two high-water vehicles to extract people from neighborhoods when they get into trouble.

Answer: To prevent battery fires.

Michigan launched the EV Scholars program, a $10,000 scholarship for students who accept job offers as electric engineers or software developers at 15 companies partnering with the state, to staff growing industries.