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A ruling by the Board of the California Privacy Protection Agency serves as a warning to ed-tech and school-service vendors that digital access to school life cannot be contingent upon being tracked for advertising. -
With funding from the state and The Delta Air Lines Foundation, the Georgia Institute of Technology will revamp its aerospace engineering facility to include advanced labs and research spaces for emerging technologies.
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Lea Eriksen, who has been serving as director of the Department of Technology and Innovation for the Southern California city, will become the next senior assistant city manager in Culver City.
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Free workshops at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology this summer coached Indiana teachers to incorporate hands-on projects, energy conservation practices and renewable-energy principles into their lessons.
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Fewer than 20 percent of eligible New Jersey households have taken advantage of federal government subsidies to help them afford high-speed Internet connections, the White House said Thursday
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The Sterling Heights Police Department’s newly launched transparency dashboard provides a place for the community to access information on items such as arrests made and use of force or complaints.
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In Lancaster County, Pa., evidence this week led to an arrest in a murder case 46 years after it happened, with new highly scientific testing conducted by a private company pointing to the suspect.
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A Pennsylvania school district will offer routers and broadband service, covered by the federal Emergency Connectivity Fund, to students who need Internet at home and to boost interest in the Hazleton Area Cyber Academy.
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Plus, New Mexico has a new leader for its state broadband team; Baltimore is restructuring its digital equity work; FCC leadership is proposing an increase for minimum broadband speeds; and more.
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The controversial proposal to allow the Dayton Police Department to use license plate-reading technology was approved by a narrow margin this week. Opponents of the tech cite privacy as a main concern.
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The education nonprofit has updated its college and career readiness testing platform to report exam results faster, as well as assess skills in data literacy, written communication, critical reading and evaluation.
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The Department of Health and Human Resources and the Department of Motor Vehicles were among the state government agencies affected by the system outage. Issues with the mainframe began Tuesday.
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As a historic amount of money for broadband and digital equity comes down from the federal government to the states, we take a look at some of what's happening in Michigan, New York and Virginia.
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The town of Frederick, Colo., is currently investigating claims about a breach in their network. Officials are working with digital forensics experts to determine exactly if and how the community might be impacted.
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Transit agencies in California and New York, as well as other areas, are adopting fare payment technologies that allow fare capping, setting a limit on what riders will pay regardless of the trips they make.
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Given rising fears about school shootings nationwide, a Florida district will equip 202 of its schools with panic buttons attached to staff ID badges, to work in tandem with the SaferWatch system already in place.
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The 4-year-old startup builds “connectors” to help tech from companies such as Accela and Laserfiche work better together — and it sees the new capital as a way to bring more companies and customers on board.
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Hosting STEM Camp for the nonprofit CFES (College For Every Student) Brilliant Pathways, a New York community college gave students lessons in drone package delivery and various STEM career fields.
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The Georgia district is prioritizing technology this year, with a cybersecurity and incident plan and team, phishing tests, cameras watching building interiors and a fingerprint scanner for meal orders.
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The U.S. Postal Service has plans to make at least 40 percent of all of its new delivery vehicles battery electric, including at least 50 percent of the trucks it purchased from Oshkosh Corp.
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Before the pandemic, remote work — spurred by the demands of young, tech-savvy professionals who didn't see the point of being tied to a particular location — was gaining traction in the private sector.
