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A multimillion-dollar data farm is growing in Lowell and the local planning board there recently heard neighbor concerns with noise and pollution emanating from the facility during a meeting.
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A cross-sector partnership has helped pave the way for electric AV shuttles to start rolling off the assembly line in Florida by the middle of 2026, meeting Buy America requirements.
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Connect Superior, a community-owned fiber-optic infrastructure project, was developed to provide high-speed broadband access to every home and business in Superior, Wis.
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Tech and biotech companies have chopped hundreds more Bay Area jobs, with the latest staffing reductions hitting workers at two green energy companies and a veteran life sciences firm.
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ShotSpotter’s days in Chicago are numbered, but some aldermen are trying — once again — to throw the gunshot detection system a last-minute lifeline as its time ticks down.
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The work to install new video monitors, microphones, cameras and other equipment began a few months ago with the first courtrooms getting the makeover being those that handle criminal cases.
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Telecommunications giant Comcast announced earlier this summer the company will be extending its multigig broadband speed Internet services to rural parts of Clark County.
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The Drones as First Responder program would expand on this use by providing a cost-efficient way for the agency to get support in the sky and respond to 911 calls quicker as the county continues to grow.
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The Portland City Council voted to expand a police drone program, enabling its use for all precincts and divisions despite pushback from some community members over surveillance concerns.
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The devices, which are used by several U.S. military branches, can withstand being dropped from 30 feet in the air onto concrete, according to the website of the manufacturer, ReconRobotics.
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If all goes as planned, newcomers will have an interactive way to get to know the town starting in October, after the town government collaborated with others on an illustrated map of downtown.
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Police Chief Mike Lee said the technology is part of the Flock Safety law enforcement system, which also includes license plate readers in Anderson and in several other locations in Madison County.
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Millersville University will use a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry to teach computer skills and hold job-searching workshops, among other initiatives, in Columbia.
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More Massachusetts police departments than ever are embracing body-worn cameras, recognizing not just benefits to the public, but to their officers as well. Yet the cameras can come at a steep cost.
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Burlington County, N.J., election officials are providing voters with an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the county’s new voting machines prior to the 2024 general election.
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The latest expansion of ShotSpotter sensors covers parts of the Level Green and College Park communities, which are on the west side of Interstate 64 in the city’s fourth precinct area.
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Cobb County is rolling out a site aimed at educating voters ahead of a transit tax referendum, during which residents will vote on the 30-year, 1 percent sales tax to fund public transit projects.
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