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A Pittsburgh startup company that has developed a wearable device to detect and reverse drug overdoses has won first place in the Richard King Mellon Foundation Social-Impact Pitch Competition.

The popular social media app TikTok will be blocked on city of Raleigh-owned computers and cell phones over cybersecurity concerns starting on Feb. 14, as many other jurisdictions have done.

To be sure, the emergency powers yielded some positive outcomes, including making it easier for out-of-state health workers to work in California and waiving licensing requirements so pharmacists and pharmacy technicians could administer COVID vaccines.

Eventually they will see “everyone” in their lifetime.

Hoping to avert potential harm caused by the rise of artificial intelligence, state Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, on Monday introduced legislation aimed at increasing consumer protection and privacy.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is moving forward on plans to ban state employees from using the popular video-sharing app TikTok, recently unveiling a statewide model security plan and objectives.

Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and optimizing it for the classroom will require a careful accounting of its implications, both good and bad: for tutoring, assessments, data security and other functions.

Drones are playing an integral part in keeping birds away from dangerous power lines by placing robotic bird diverters on the lines. Some 1,500 new bird diverters have been launched to protect Atlantic City Electric infrastructure.

Aid groups said the need for recovery and rebuilding funds will be enormous, and will require a unified worldwide effort. The death toll was expected to rise dramatically after the 7.8-magnitude with an epicenter 20 miles from Turkey’s Gaziantep.

The Department of Homeland Security has once again pushed back the deadline to get a federally compliant REAL ID. Officials say lingering problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic are to blame for the delay.

Congress is set to hear from TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew next month about the company’s data sharing relationship with the Chinese government. The situation underscores the overall lack of federal data privacy legislation.

In his proposed budget last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis outlined millions of dollars for the state’s Department of Management Services. The money would fund modernization and cybersecurity efforts among other initiatives.

Answer: Writing cover letters.

School threats aren't new, but their dispersal through technology has necessitated innovations to catch culprits. Pennsylvania's Safe2Say Something tip line, for example, has received nearly 83,000 tips since early 2019.

A new report from the National Skills Coalition used data from 43 million online job postings to assess digital skills demand. The findings reveal that the vast majority of jobs now require some type of digital skills.

A Feb. 13 webinar.

First Selectman David Bindelglass said Easton, Conn., hired Emergency Services Consulting International as officials and had been discussing doing so for years due to a number of issues, including communications and handshake deals.

General information we all can use.

An agreement between a community college and Virginia Tech will help second-year transfer students from diverse backgrounds gain work experience while taking hybrid classes for a bachelor's degree in cybersecurity.

An assistant city manager who oversees public safety in Greensboro, said he began addressing concerns after 45,000 homes and businesses in Moore County lost power in early December when two substations were damaged by gunfire.

With tech in a prolonged phase of magical thinking, its metaphorical drift has paralleled a physical migration into Los Angeles, where Silicon Valley companies have lately entrenched themselves.

Local leaders have frequently tossed out a new nickname for San Antonio — Cyber City USA — and Gov. Greg Abbott recently got on board, calling San Antonio the "cybersecurity capital of the state of Texas."

Anchorage, Alaska, Assembly leaders want it to be easier for residents to see how the municipality is spending public money, and as such, they are proposing the online checkbook concept.

A double whammy of destruction.

With an estimated global market value over $1.38 billion, the esports industry continues gaining popularity in Ohio, where grassroots organizations have been creating competitions at high school and collegiate levels.