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Some ways to master the essential tools to protect your privacy without sacrificing the convenience of modern smart technology. -
Transit buses in the Silicon Valley city are traveling 20 percent faster following a technology upgrade that gave them traffic signal priority at certain intersections. The project, an official said, is scalable.
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Speaking to the challenges of ed-tech procurement, Lisa Berghoff of Highland Park High School said school districts should overlook hype and focus instead on whether a new tool is accessible and backed by sound research.
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The cloud computing service for public agencies will tap the expertise of retired generals, a former governor and a CIA engineer to help clients build digital tools. Projects have focused on data and wildlife protection.
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Former ACLU of Idaho Legal Director Richard Eppink said at a U.S. Senate hearing that a lack of public transparency and other factors led to damaging effects when the state tried to use algorithms to determine Medicaid funding.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced that 20 mayors from North and South America are joining the City Data Alliance, a collaborative initiative to accelerate data use at the local government level.
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Repowering older, internal combustion school buses as battery-electric versions can extend the life of bus fleets and save districts a lot of money as they transition to EVs.
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The grant looks to build off of last year's Internet Safety Labs study which noted that almost all ed-tech apps had shared students' personal info with third parties. New funding will allow the research to continue.
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The social media business model is simple: Trade Americans’ data for dollars, which has led companies to exploit our children’s anxiety and obliterate their attention spans by keeping them online as long as possible.
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Student data, including names, birth dates and addresses, are not always kept secure by school districts or the state Education Department, the state Comptroller's Office found in an audit issued Tuesday.
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Kiran Ahuja, director of the Office of Personnel Management, which oversees hiring for the 2.2 million-person federal workforce, said there are about 1,000 job openings in metro Atlanta for federal jobs.
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As migrants continue to surge to the U.S., they have increasingly turned to TikTok and other social media sites not just for family contact but also for updates on policy changes and how they might affect them.
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Cybersecurity experts say deepfake technology has advanced to the point where it can be used in real time, enabling fraudsters to replicate someone's voice, image and movements in a call or virtual meeting.
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Lawmakers in the state are considering a bill that would allow police agencies to charge a fee for body camera footage. Under the proposal, police could charge as much as $100 an hour to redact requested footage.
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Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, the Indiana Broadband Office, and the Office of Community and Rural Affairs announced Decatur County has been designated as the state's 77th Broadband Ready Community.
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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer has been consulting experts on the best way to regulate the advanced technology. Under his framework, independent experts would have to test new AI technologies before they are publicly released or updated.
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Officials say plans to turn Purdue's Discovery Park District and the university into a focal point for emerging tech research and development efforts have made major progress in recent months.
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Nashville, Tenn.-based Sovereign Sportsman Solutions focuses on digital permitting and licensing for outdoor recreation. PayIt, among the fastest growing companies in gov tech, has raised almost $200 million.
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The city's recently announced cybersecurity and digital services apprenticeship program will help upskill job seekers in underrepresented communities and connect them to the city’s IT workforce.
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Finalists from North Carolina, Indiana and Pennsylvania created technology to change how student outcomes are assessed in a $1 million contest run by XPRIZE and an arm of the U.S. Department of Education.
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CyberPatriot, the world's largest National Youth Cyber Education Program, was created to help direct students toward careers in cybersecurity or other STEM disciplines.
