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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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Teachers, students, parents and allies rallied outside the Comcast regional headquarters in South Baltimore on Monday afternoon, calling on the company to improve the quality of its Internet services. -
Telehealth has become increasingly common as a way for doctors and other health care workers to see patients without risking exposure to the coronavirus. But there are still many people who don’t have a way to connect.
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More than 2,000 school children are expected to be able to access the network, and other residents will be able to access the network for services such as unemployment, rental assistance and info on new health orders.
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After months of delay, Portland councilors voted unanimously Monday night to ban the use of facial recognition technology by city officials, doing so via an ordinance that will take 30 days to go into effect.
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The state needs federal investment and the assistance of private businesses in order to expand broadband Internet in Kentucky, particularly for students, a group of current and former state officials said Monday.
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Cleveland launched an effort Monday to tackle the digital divide in the city – the gap in access to the Internet that has left as much as two-thirds of Cleveland schoolchildren unable to go online in their homes.
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The Maine Judicial Branch has issued guidance for members of the public and the press who want to watch virtual hearings, more than four months after the pandemic first disrupted court operations.
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As California grapples with requests for unemployment benefits amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some state workers processing claims say they are buckling under pressure, hampered by outdated technology, and other challenges.
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In the race to innovate our way out of a global pandemic, things like telemedicine and a coronavirus vaccine usually grab the headlines, but there is also a need for new means of making routine encounters safer.
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Hundreds of Louisiana candidates will rely on technological interactions to replace meeting voters in person — the traditional method that political strategists say is the most effective way to accumulate votes.
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City officials in Tucson have announced that they are moving forward with a plan to expand access to free public Wi-Fi throughout the city, particularly in areas that are suffering from the digital divide.
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As part of an effort to move electrical infrastructure underground, Longboat Key, Fla., is also building a townwide fiber-optic network with the potential to foster 100 percent Internet connectivity.
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In one way, the pandemic has made life harder for municipal clerks across the country. In another, it has helped officials imagine what's possible with technology, both now and in the future.
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After hackers jammed Garmin’s aviation database, the U.S. Department of Transportation gave Ohio State University a $1.9 million grant to develop anti-jamming technology.
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Athens School District will pay hackers $50,000 in cryptocurrency after district servers and data were encrypted. The cyberattack delayed the start of the school year by at least another week.
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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.
