Search results for

Pamela Martineau is a freelance writer based in Portland, Maine. She moved to Portland in 2019 after a 30-year stint living and working in California. A UC Berkeley graduate, Pamela worked at numerous daily newspapers including The Sacramento Bee. As a freelance writer, she has written about health care, education, technology, climate change, and water issues. She has two adult sons and a mischievous cocker spaniel.

Exponential increases in global cyber crime. Ransomware crippling governments and businesses. Nations ignoring cyber criminals operating on their soil. The time for international cooperation on cybersecurity is now.  

ITsimple’s newest product aims to provide what amounts to a mobile safe space for residents and law enforcement to interact. The launch of the tools comes amid recent hurdles for many community policing efforts.

Answer: Yes, but it only contains data from four providers.

With a fuel load similar to California’s, Austin, Texas, firefighters are gearing up for the eventuality of a catastrophic wildfire that threatens the urban interface. They now are getting the tools they need for the battle.

The COVID-19 pandemic and various studies have exposed nationwide disparities in who has access to physical and mental health care, and a recent funding windfall for schools and broadband could help close those gaps.

In order to meet the goal of 75,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2025, Sacramento, Calif., will need at least 3,800 EV charging stations. The city had fewer than 1,000 stations installed in 2020.

Last month, a dozen prisoners at the state penitentiary in Bismark, N.D., began taking tech training classes as part of a new program. The program is funded by a $250,000 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grant.

Thanks to an initiative involving many public and private organizations, a digital COVID-19 vaccination card has been created using technology from the Boston Children's Hospital. A few states have adopted the card.

According to a statement released yesterday, officials in Joplin, Mo., believe the city lost its computer system in early July due to a ransomware attack. A ransom was paid to prevent sensitive data from being released.

The proposed legislation would examine technology- and policy-based approaches to detecting and combating maliciously deployed deepfakes. This marks yet another attempt to legislate the controversial technology.

Since all-virtual classes aren’t permitted for the coming year, Palm Beach County teachers are debating whether turning on their cameras for students quarantining at home is a viable way to keep them from falling behind.

This week, the Texas comptroller announced the creation of a Broadband Development Office, which will help the state in its effort to bring broadband access to unserved and underserved areas.

What’s most unsettling is that everyone inside Parkland Memorial Hospital understands that delta is not the end of the game — it’s only the current game. There’s another variant out there waiting.

During an annual cybersecurity inspection, university officials discovered that hackers had exploited a vulnerability in the university’s website to access the College of Education database.

The food services company Sodexo has partnered with robot delivery company Kiwibot to bring about two dozen vehicles onto campus that will be able to manage door-to-door deliveries of drinks and individual meals.

A panel of judges outlined some of the benefits and drawbacks of handling court hearings through video technology Thursday as state lawmakers pondered how they should make remote hearings part of standard court practice.

The owners of several nuclear power plants, including two in Pennsylvania, have formed ventures with cryptocurrency companies to provide the electricity needed to run computer centers that “mine” bitcoin.

Sometime before midday, YouTube removed a video recording of Tuesday’s St Louis County, Mo., council meeting for violating its terms on COVID-19 misinformation, but by about 6 p.m., YouTube had changed its mind.

Cal Fire spokesman Rick Carhart said “there were a number of homes and buildings destroyed,” but a full assessment of the damages wasn’t immediately available. Numerous photos and video posted on social media showed buildings on Greenville’s Main Street burning.

Answer: To look for child abuse imagery.

Plus, National Day of Civic Hacking is set for next month; the Department of Commerce is putting $268 million toward connecting minority communities; and New Jersey is helping hearing-challenged individuals get online.

Washington State University and the University of Washington will head new research geared toward using artificial intelligence to solve problems associated with climate change and real-time machine learning.

Businesses in the state could soon avoid punitive damages if their personal or restricted information becomes compromised. However, this protection only works if businesses meet certain cybersecurity standards.

Initially frustrated by the demands of virtual instruction last year, some math teachers in North Carolina have permanently integrated tools such as digital whiteboards, Canvas and Google Classroom into their work.