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Students and faculty at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with backgrounds in physical and social sciences are trying to design an energy system that better serves the needs of low- and moderate-income households. -
Called Civiq, the platform assembles in one color-coded place voter registration info, past election results, campaign finance totals, census details and other public data sets related to elections.
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The state is weighing legislation that would require companion chatbots to notify users that they are interacting with AI and not a human at the beginning of the interaction and every three hours.
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An organization representing the likes of Facebook, X and YouTube has filed a lawsuit over a new requirement that children under age 16 get their parent’s consent to open social media accounts.
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The city will deploy four electronic voter checklist tablets at each voting location. The tablets, which contain all voters' names, addresses, party affiliations and wards, will be connected through a secure network.
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Construction is expected to begin this year on a project that will allow multiple Internet service providers to operate on the same infrastructure. The project will be financed through general obligation bonds.
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The second-largest metro region in the nation aims to become a clean transportation leader ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics. The action plan calls for even more charging infrastructure investment among other things.
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The $418 million allocation includes contracts with Zearn, Ignite Reading and Lexia to help boost reading and math test scores. Elementary and middle school students statewide will have access to the added technology.
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The coding education platform CodeMonkey has launched a new course in data science for students in grades five and six. The offering features hands-on coding lessons and interactive learning games.
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On Jan. 15, a new law is scheduled to take effect in Ohio that will compel many other social media platforms to ask for a parent's permission before establishing an account for minors under the age of 16.
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In California, a new law will require all students there to learn cursive handwriting — a skill that had been mandatory for generations, but started to fall by the wayside in the digital age.
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During his tenure, he oversaw 128 employees within the city’s Technology and Innovation Department, along with a $27 million accelerated applications and infrastructure portfolio replacement.
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Disputes over voting machines and election security culminate in a federal trial this week, a test of whether Georgia’s election system is dangerously vulnerable to errors or hacks that could throw an election.
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The remains or DNA of “Star Trek” stars, presidents, scientists and many others will be among the payload aboard the rocket that will also carry the first NASA lunar lander launched from the U.S. since 1972.
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In the United States and elsewhere, 2023 was a blockbuster year for artificial intelligence and the regulation of evolving technology, and this next year is guaranteed to bring even more action.
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With the modern Internet, it’s easier than ever before to learn from, imitate and even plagiarize other people’s work. So how will new generative AI tools change our media landscape in 2024 and beyond?
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The city of Huber Heights, Ohio, is still in a state of emergency nearly two months after a cyber attack took down multiple government systems and functions. All city services are functional, though additional work is still underway.
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This new AI Elections Initiative, launched this week by the Aspen Institute's Aspen Digital program, seeks to strengthen U.S. election resilience against the evolving risks posed by generative AI tools.
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The university has put a new Digital Accessibility Policy in place to make digital resources more accessible to students with visual, auditory, cognitive and motor-control disabilities.
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As the world gets hotter, technology offers governments a fresh way to track emissions and the progress of officials in meeting climate goals. What benefits do these dashboards offer, and how are cities using them?
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Assemblymember Damon Connolly, of San Rafael, has proposed a state law that would ban individuals under 16 years old from riding class 2 electric bicycles. The state prohibits minors from riding the speedier class 3 e-bikes.
