Cloud & Computing
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Next year will bring a complex mix of evolution, correction and convergence when it comes to AI. It will become more powerful, more personal and more ubiquitous — and also more expensive, more autonomous and more disruptive. -
Minnesota Chief Transformation Officer Zarina Baber explains how modernizing not only IT but all executive agencies and moving to an agile product delivery model is driving maturity statewide.
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Plus, meet the 2020 Innovations in American Government Award finalists; check out these five tips for cities doing data inventories; and take a look at this pair of new digital U.S. Census tools.
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Washington state has an opportunity to create a groundbreaking privacy law, placing guardrails around facial-recognition technology and giving consumers control over personal information collected online.
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The head of the FBI issued a warning Wednesday to cybercriminals at home and abroad in countries including China, saying feds “want to burn down their infrastructure” as offenders have become more dangerous.
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The New York city hopes to strengthen communication with software that would provide real-time data for officers on duty. The department said in a memo it wants to integrate 25 years of data into the system.
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The tentative settlement, awaiting a judge’s approval, would resolve a class-action lawsuit by consumers across the U.S. alleging Apple slowed iPhone performance to address problems with batteries and processors.
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In 2018, Gov. Brian Kemp accused the Democratic Party of attempting to hack voter registration systems. A newly released report shows that there was no evidence to support this claim.
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As anxieties about foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election grow, concerns about other vectors of misinformation are evident. Deepfakes, realistic video forgeries, have some of the most damaging potential.
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Machine learning technology was first to sound the alarm about the new coronavirus. Its success illustrates how AI is boosting epidemiology.
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There were at least 113 successful ransomware attacks on state and local governments last year, according to global cybersecurity company Emsisoft, and in each case, officials had to figure out how to respond.
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Information Technology Commissioner Jessica Tisch has said the city is on track to enable texting to 911 by June, with a goal of opening up 911 services to deaf and other New Yorkers unable to make voice calls.
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Core functions, including web browsing and email, were back up and running after the Vernon, Conn., town government and schools were without internet access for about a week in the aftermath of the incident.
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Police body cameras and a comprehensive townwide video surveillance system could soon be coming to Waterford, Conn., with expenditures for both proposals awaiting approval by local gov officials.
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The Technology Resource Center in South Bend, Ind., aims to teach residents there about technology and data, providing digital skills training that will improve their employment prospects and boost the city’s future.
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A new bill moves forward as Maine’s public safety commissioner acknowledged for the first time recently that state police use facial recognition scans as part of some criminal investigations.
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Lee County, Ill., is using ChangeFinder, a software that identifies changes to building structures by comparing historical aerial photography to current photography, and it has spotted hundreds of new code violations.
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SponsoredRansomware attacks continue to be a major cyber threat for organizations of every size. Discover seven steps your organization can take to help prevent and limit the impacts.
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The 2016 presidential election launched a set of cybersecurity concerns that still exist today. With a repeat of the troubles from four years ago seemingly certain, the U.S. is engaged in a cyberwar that it’s losing.
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Electric scooters are banned along the San Diego boardwalk from Mission Bay to La Jolla, with police officers there enforcing the restrictions by issuing warnings for the first 30 days and citations thereafter.
