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The technology that helped investigators track one of three men accused of opening fire in the French Quarter, killing one and wounding three, has also raised criticism about the actions of an Orleans Parish judge.
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The roughly 200,000-square-foot facility allows the Alphabet Inc. subsidiary to outfit vehicles with driverless technology at mass scale. The company signed a three-year lease and agreed to hire 100 employees by 2021.
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The Advanced Mobility Initiative Roadmap is an extension of the Advanced Mobility Initiative launched in April 2019. It will function as a guide for a three-year project to reimagine transportation.
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The company’s latest efforts will also expand its network of Atlanta nonprofits in its “Grow with Google” program that works to train small businesses. More than 40 metro Atlanta nonprofits are a part of the program.
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The fear around job automation has grown as the technology that could one day take over improves. While many have argued that blue-collar jobs will be hit hardest, the research shows white collar jobs are also in danger.
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New technologies like doorbell cameras, video surveillance systems and crime-reporting platforms are playing a role in people of color being reported as “suspicious” while they are simply going about their daily lives.
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A newly enacted state law threatens to take revenue out of city coffers by cutting the fees paid by telecommunications companies using city-owned land for their infrastructure. The move has been called corporate welfare.
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Most of the outages were in Southern California, with a dozen cell sites down in Orange County and two dozen in San Diego. None were reported out in Los Angeles County, where the Tick Fire is burning.
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The city has been planning to replace the radios since its vendor informed the fire department that certain components were no longer being manufactured and it was unable to repair them.
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ExxonMobil is partnering with tech startups to put virtual reality to work simulating emergency situations, among other scenarios. The training will give employees the same muscle memory as working inside a facility.
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Westmoreland County, Pa., commissioners are defending their selection of new voting machines amid criticism that the system is both less secure and more costly than other options on the market.
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A report by the International Council on Clean Transportation looked at the growth of the electric vehicle market across the U.S. It found that adoption is strongest in urban centers and along the east and west coasts.
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The decision to withdraw Starship Technologies’ automated food delivery robots came after a student flagged issues with the robots blocking access to sidewalks for people using mobility aids like wheelchairs.
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A partnership with the U.S. Secret Service is giving the police department access to new training, technology and funding to investigate electronic evidence. The new gear is expected to be in place in fall 2020.
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As government agencies and nonprofit groups help prepare communities for the nation’s first high-tech Census, digital inclusion advocates see a chance to bridge digital divides that span well past next year’s count.
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Companies and job seekers alike are navigating a changing digital landscape. And North Carolina is particularly vulnerable, said Melinda Bernard, digital skills coordinator for Goodwill of Central North Carolina.
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Each year since 2020, 38-year public employee Bill Mann has focused on an individual theme designed to protect both the public and private sectors, and this year’s features weekly cybersecurity lessons.
