Policy
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With the popularity of electric bicycles and scooters on the rise, here’s what state and local laws say about their use in Fort Worth, Colleyville, Texas Christian University and elsewhere. -
As tech titans invest billions into data centers and high-tech computer chips to fuel their AI ambitions, concerns are building over energy costs, especially in communities where data centers pop up.
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New Mexico schools are part of a nationwide push to curb phone use in classrooms, driven by teacher concerns about disruption and growing worries about record daily screen time.
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The new fees are necessary to comply with Oregon's constitution that requires everyone who uses the roads to pay their fair share, and electric car owners can avoid costs by allowing the state to track their mileage.
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Baltimore Police stated their support for a pilot program that will use three private surveillance planes over the city. City council members continue to raise concerns about the proposal.
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Under a new proposal from the Douglas County Public Utility District, cryptocurrency mining operations would see an immediate 20 percent rate hike. The money will go toward a $500 million dam repair project.
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Congress sends the White House $7.6 billion for the Census Bureau and Facebook revealed that it would remove incorrect or misleading census information from its platform in the new year.
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City auditors reviewed Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) projects in 2016 and 2017 costing at least $250,000. The audit, published Thursday, stated that DoIT processes may have raised costs and delayed projects.
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The company has been rebuffed several times over the years in the General Assembly as lawmakers sided with the Connecticut Automotive Retailers Association that opposes Tesla dealerships.
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Starting Jan. 1, 2020, Californians will be able to deny retail and social media site owners permission to sell their personal data. But new methods of incursions into personal privacy are constantly being cooked up.
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All levels of government, as well as the private sector, face growing dangers from cyberthreats. That’s why there needs to be a centralized approach to cyberpolicies before a crisis occurs.
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Aberdeen City Council held a recent debate on drone usage regulations, discussing rules that prohibit operating a drone flying over anyone without consent, over traffic and over property that the operator does not own.
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State Auditor Elaine M. Howle raised questions about the ongoing Financial Information System for California project, saying that it costs too much, underdelivers and could imperil the state’s creditworthiness.
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Officials from Winchester plan to implement a policy to regulate small cell facilities for 5G wireless services. The town has drafted a policy that outlines exactly where these small cell sites can be located.
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Critics of the project say the system is intrusive and could be used to spy on citizens, although police insist they are not monitoring camera feeds. Some critics also raise concerns that there is a lack of oversight.
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Researchers believe that steps taken by the U.S. Census Bureau to safeguard individual response data could degrade the value of that data in areas like housing policy, transportation planning and legislative map-drawing.
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A machine learning expert predicts a new balance between human and machine intelligence is on the horizon. For that to be good news, researchers need to figure out how to design algorithms that are fair.
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Customers gain additional rights on Jan. 1 to stop businesses from sharing personal info, but the state is not expected to begin full enforcement until July, once officials finish drafting regulations to implement it.
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Commissioners approved updates to their rules for approval to place cell signal-boosting equipment in public right-of-way, opening the door for their potential siting on local open space property.
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Bad actors are increasingly using artificial intelligence to manipulate images to misrepresent their subjects. As states work to legislate deepfake technologies, perhaps a federal approach would be better.
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An app designed to streamline the ticket-paying process is causing a stir. Traffic ticket lawyers argue that the business of contesting traffic citations must be handled by licensed professionals.
