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A West Virginia school district will connect facial-recognition software to a database of faculty, staff and parents who are approved to visit school grounds, thus allowing front office personnel to identify visitors.

The short answer, according to industry experts, is yes, it can. In fact, some states are already expanding their broadband workforces with the help of new federal and state government funding.

Initially believing the WorkDay ERP system might save them millions, SUNY public college officials say it cost them $12 million while failing to meet their needs, and now they'd rather replace it than spend more to fix it.

“What we’ve seen almost over the last 10 years now is a huge change in the ways fires have been burning throughout California,” said Jon Heggie, a battalion chief with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

As Los Angeles Unified School District recovers from a cyber attack, other school officials and cybersecurity experts discuss precautions they take against such threats and the costs associated with them.

The first tranche, sent last year, was focused on recovering from the pandemic. In some local jurisdictions, that meant law enforcement agencies got millions, a federal oversight website shows.

This is the catastrophic flooding Pakistan is facing.

The number of cameras capable of detecting vehicle descriptions and license plate numbers as cars traverse streets will more than double after action by the Greensboro City Council on Tuesday night.

The San Francisco 49ers have recently acknowledged that a ransomware attack during Super Bowl week that compromised its systems affected 20,930 individuals who may be victims of identity theft.

Half of all auto cyber attacks in history occurred in 2021 alone — up nearly 140% from 2020 — while automakers plan to add millions of additional connected vehicles to the roads in the coming years.

Stage 2 means the organization is “forecasting an energy deficiency” and directing utilities reduce the strain on the grid. That could include calling on backup generators sitting idle because of air pollution regulations.

I think some of the traits are in alignment.

New sensors atop Marin’s Mount Burdell are the latest additions to the West Coast ShakeAlert network. The system is a collaboration between universities in California, Oregon and Washington and the U.S. Geological Survey.

UF researchers are working with the data analytics company SAS to gather data and investigate the connections between pollution, ocean circulation, coastal water quality and economics using water forecasting technology.

A proposed decision from the California Public Utilities Commission, if adopted, will adjust California LifeLine subsidies for service plans that receive federal ACP subsidies. Reaction to the proposal is mixed.

Duke Energy, a utility company based in North Carolina, hopes to test the viability of using electric vehicles to support the grid during peak demand. A pilot will be launched in North Carolina and Florida next year.

In anticipation of Banned Books Week, the National Coalition Against Censorship is offering online multimedia resources and lesson plans for middle and high school teachers to talk with students about free expression.

California lawmakers are working to block or amend a federal privacy proposal that could upend their state’s more comprehensive existing law. The federal proposal has the support of the tech industry.

Answer: Brazil.

“The concerns that we have heard have been mostly from students. It’s interesting. I hadn’t thought about it actually, until you asked that, but I haven’t heard from parents.”

Navigating the complex world of disaster recovery.

This time it is Las Vegas, N.M.

Three years after the Alabama State Department of Education launched CS4Alabama to promote computer science in K-12 schools, proponents say legislative support and educator certifications have made all the difference.

The private university will host the annual Kentucky Cybersecurity and Forensics Conference this November, at which attendees will be able to network and hear strategies to protect their Internet and communications.

A cyber attack over Labor Day weekend took down website function, email and other systems used by teachers at the nation's second-largest school system. Now federal officials from the FBI and CISA are involved.