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National Grid is expected to install the devices for 121,000 customers in the city. They will enable people to track energy usage via a portal, and will immediately alert the utility to power outages. -
A new report from the Urban Institute outlines how many of the projects developed as part of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including technology work, have been slow to finish and deploy.
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Data center development, the subject of much public-sector conversation and policy, is predicted to expand, driven by the growth of AI. It's also expected to come at a cost and bring a selective benefit.
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This solar energy work is an all-refugee effort coordinated by the Get Charged Up nonprofit group.
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Goose Island is transitioning from an industrial hub to a tech-focused one.
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Critics say the law is a giant financial giveaway to the phone companies because it would force local governments to let them install antennas on public property for next to nothing.
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The capital city of California is using its leverage as the backyard of state regulators and its willingness to form partnerships to get driverless vehicle manufacturers to the table.
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Many of the states with net metering laws have no limit on how many megawatts can be accommodated, and that’s where solar advocates wanted to see New Hampshire go.
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Thus far, the smart city movement has been focused on core infrastructure like broadband and sensors, but this week, the conversation began to shift to an even more important element — people.
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee met to discuss more than a dozen pieces of proposed self-driving vehicle legislation and begin crafting the framework that will ultimately lead to bipartisan legislation that regulates self-driving vehicles.
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The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit will have its soft launch this week and provide free rides to the public starting Thursday.
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NSF's Erwin Gianchandani discussed in an opening keynote how the agency is working with cities and advancing the greater gov tech movement.
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Researchers say the traffic- and pollution-reducing benefits of self-driving vehicles aren’t guaranteed — at least, not without serious societal changes in how people use cars.
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The L.A. County Metropolitan Transit Agency is launching a pilot program, equipping 150 buses with Wi-Fi devices in an effort to improve ridership and passenger experience.
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In the future, drivers will be able to authorize payments through financial information that has been integrated with the car, much as consumers have done with their cellphones.
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One expert says drones have "a lot of economic benefit" for things, such as quicker search and rescue missions.
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Each month, teams of hackers gather at a vacant West Oakland warehouse where they go head-to-head in a battle to see whose car is fastest, or at least, which one can complete the course.
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The state is partnering with Nexar, a company that makes an app that turns smartphones into smart dashboard cameras.
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The robot is a K5 model manufactured by Mountain View-based Knightscope. It’s shaped like a bullet, has wheels at its base and is about 5 feet tall.
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With Travis Kalanick gone, there is no dude in the car. And for now, someone still has to drive.
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