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Bus driver shortages and new concepts like school choice, offering a range of potential campuses, pose new challenges for school transportation planners. Digital route-planning tools with artificial intelligence can address both. -
Prepared, launched in 2019, is gaining ground with its assistive AI tools for emergency dispatchers. Andreessen Horowitz again invested in the young company, known for its livestreaming and translation tech.
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Grand Traverse County reports reveal how its human resources team is quickening around key tasks with new software and best practices. Elsewhere, no longer providing IT services to Traverse City will yield a revenue loss.
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Gov. Jared Polis indicated he would prefer to wait for existing court challenges to “run their course.” Polis’s office had signaled skepticism toward the bill throughout the legislative session.
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Flock’s Nova platform for law enforcement reportedly used data gained from breaches. In response, the gov tech supplier is defending its product evaluation process and says it won’t use information from the dark web.
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The Leadership Conference’s Center for Civil Rights and Technology’s new Innovation Framework aims to guide the responsible public- and private-sector development, investment and use of artificial intelligence systems.
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A school district in Connecticut is crafting a policy that allows students and staff to use AI tools, including stipulations that students may not misrepresent AI or partially AI-generated work as their own.
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One year after launch, Southern Connecticut State University's Office of Workforce and Lifelong Learning, with programs in subjects like coding and cybersecurity, is in higher demand than the university expected.
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Duke Energy has settled a class-action lawsuit over a data breach last year which exposed personal information to cyber criminals, according to court documents filed in U.S. District Court.
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Super Micro Computer has won approval from top city planners for a building that totals 333,400 square feet and would eventually be a tech campus where a Fry’s Electronics store once operated.
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The nonprofit AI Education Project recently posted the first several episodes from aiEDU Studios, a platform for long-form, in-depth conversations with experts on artificial intelligence and education.
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Plus, Hawaii students were recognized for their contributions to broadband data mapping work, a report shows more than half of New Yorkers use free public Wi-Fi, another shows progress in rural broadband expansion, and more.
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A project to connect Union Station in Los Angeles to Dodger Stadium via a mile-long gondola run aims to be done for the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. A similar aerial initiative is moving forward in neighboring Orange County.
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Free public Wi-Fi hosted by cities is booming, boosting digital access. But as reliance grows, so do cybersecurity risks like "evil twin" attacks. Can cities truly make free Wi-Fi safe?
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The city is calling for tech companies to send proposals for such a program, via a request for qualifications. In it, officials suggest drones might be first on scene to 911 calls, better informing emergency crews.
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The autonomous vehicle firm, a sister company to Google, will begin road trips this summer to test and explore its offerings in Houston, San Antonio and Orlando, Fla. In Houston, about 10 vehicles will be on the road.
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The state wants to improve the customer experience for people who use the DMV, as well as boost security against digital criminals. This move is just the latest tech upgrade for DMVs in the U.S.
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A venture fund within Tulane University's Innovation Institute will lead a $1 million funding round for a New Orleans-based company Hilight, whose online tool proposes to save schools up to $25,000 to replace lost staff.
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The new center will update obsolete technology for the university's aviation program and feature a new dispatch center, book store, private debriefing spaces and a 16,000 square-foot event space.
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Sixty-three percent of teachers say that the amount of time students spend on their cellphones has a very negative impact on their learning, compared with just 2 percent of middle and high schoolers who agree.
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The city launched its 12-month e-scooter pilot program over Memorial Day weekend, allowing private and shared electric scooters to operate on designated portions of the Shoreline Pedestrian Bike Path.
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