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California electric utilities plan to launch a program to help pay for electric vehicle charging, for income-qualified households that do not have charging at home. Other initiatives are already underway. -
The outgoing governor has signed a memorandum of understanding with tech company NVIDIA to support AI research, education and workforce development. The state has invested $25 million to support the work.
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Officials at the capital city this week approved a one-year moratorium on data center development. The suspension will provide time to review potential impacts and guide responsible development.
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Greenwich Public Schools are restricting access to YouTube on school-issued devices for grades pre-K-5, largely at the request of elementary principals who saw the app as an unnecessary distraction for young children.
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California will soon start using satellite technology to track down methane and other greenhouse gas emissions, such as oil and gas operations, landfills and livestock facilities.
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Texas lawmakers are trying to figure out how the state's already-strained power grid can keep up with the data centers that want to come to the state and consume large amounts of electricity.
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A local program called the Santa Fe Creative Coding Initiative, run through Santa Fe Community College, set up off-site learning labs and out-of-school programs to provide learners of all ages with digital instruction.
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Kelso teachers now have a standardized scale to tell students how much the use of artificial intelligence is allowed or appropriate for each assignment, ranging from completely forbidden to highly encouraged.
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Gov. Greg Abbott announced the debut Wednesday of the Naloxone Distribution Interactive Map, which shows where to get the opioid overdose-reversing drug. The state required tracking of overdoses starting in late 2023.
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An expert panel told the Center for Digital Education that a vacuum of federal leadership is an impetus for state and local leaders to budget carefully, seek new funding sources and work with partner organizations.
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Plus, the Supreme Court is addressing the Universal Service Fund, Idaho is changing its Broadband Advisory Board structure, Boston funds digital literacy and more.
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The Auburn University Center for Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Engineering builds on the school's existing security research as threats and technologies shift in the era of AI.
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The Massachusetts Broadband Institute has awarded upwards of $10.4 million to upgrade online access across public and affordable housing in Salem, Gloucester and 24 other communities.
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The bill, which would ban using the algorithms critics and investigators have said were used to raise apartment rents in Denver and nationally, now heads to the state Senate. A similar measure died there last year.
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The president signed an executive order in January calling for the removal of references to diversity, equity and inclusion in federal government programs. It is already impacting those doing digital equity work.
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Ivy Tech Community College's Kokomo branch handles the academics for apprentices of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which has grown with electric vehicle battery plants and other local developments.
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Teachers are experimenting with ways to incorporate generative AI tools into math classes, using it to create lesson plans and student materials, to differentiate instruction, and as a tutor for students.
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Gov. Jeff Landry's administration released a new strategic plan for economic development on Wednesday that included a road map for making investments in the technology sector and other growing industries.
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President Donald Trump and Georgia lawmakers both say they want to encourage innovation in the field of artificial intelligence. But they are poised to take different approaches.
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At least 15 public school districts and about 25 charter schools in Minnesota use the PowerSchool software that was breached in January, according to state records and an analysis by the Minnesota Star Tribune.
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The New York Institute of Technology and HelioCampus are piloting AI Insights, a chatbot with a "semantic layer" to understand conversational language so that less tech-savvy users can still get reliable analytics.
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