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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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Despite myriad threats bearing down on the U.S. presidential election, officials in Washington state contend that their state and local systems are better positioned against cyberattacks than they were in 2016. -
The Vallejo Police Department would like to adopt the cellphone site simulator technology known as stingrays to track and identify people via their cellphones, and the city council is slated to discuss.
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A majority of Latrobe, Pa., council members spoke out against a proposed ordinance that would establish guidelines for participating in meetings remotely, once the coronavirus pandemic has receded.
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In San Francisco and Silicon Valley, the epicenter for research and development on driverless cars, residents cannot hail a robot taxi. But, that could change thanks to proposed new state regulations.
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The legislation, which would loosen restrictions for electric cooperatives to offer broadband service, was approved unanimously in both legislative chambers last Wednesday before being sent to Gov. Tom Wolf’s desk.
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The Minnesota law enforcement agency is responding to a Web service data breach that has exposed the information of 1,400 people, officials confirmed. The office was initially notified of the exposure in June.
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Unless residents in Maine live in small towns that hand count ballots, they’ll feed completed ballots into a machine that scans ovals to determine votes, making an electronic record of the results.
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Remote learning will quietly hit an important milestone in the Buffalo Public Schools this week after the school district reaches its goal of distributing a laptop or tablet to every student.
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A bill is ready for Gov. Tom Wolf's signature that would boost broadband in the state's rural areas by loosening restrictions on electric cooperatives' ability to attach broadband units to existing utility poles.
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Land O'Lakes and Microsoft joined forces over the summer to address, among other issues, the rural broadband gap. The two organizations, along with other partners, just released a Wi-Fi access point map.
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The city has entered into a no-cost deal for 50 solar charging stations to be deployed next year. Because the units are not tied into the city's electrical grid, they can be installed in as little as five minutes.
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One district has requested permission from the Iowa Department of Education to transition its junior-senior high school to a 100 percent digital format for two weeks amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Plus, New York City is relaunching its Neighborhood Challenge initiative to benefit small businesses, a new report notes that government agencies benefit from collective wisdom for COVID-19 problems, and more.
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A recent study examined projects to reduce car use and increase walking and biking on neighborhood streets in five cities, offering a look into how transportation data can be used to craft similar future projects.
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When body cameras were first introduced to local police nearly two decades ago, La Crosse County Sheriff Jeff Wolf said officers were initially wary. However, he now says attitudes have changed.
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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.
