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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 Amazon Web Services Summit Thursday in New York was attended by hundreds of protesters calling for an end to the company’s relationship with U.S. Immigation and Customs Enforcement.
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Larry Calderone, vice president of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, told lawmakers he did not think a uniform approach to body cameras would work, given the number of variables in different communities.
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The Overland Park Public Safety Committee voted this week to approve $430,000 toward the purchase of body cameras. The department opted to work with the vendor that supplies its in-car cameras.
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Oregon Liquor Control Commission IT staff manually intervene every day to keep the state's third-largest revenue generating agency functioning as optimally as possible while mitigating system failures at least twice a month.
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Assuming representatives from Facebook testify at Senate and House hearings next week, the consensus among industry observers is that the most serious inquiries from lawmakers will deal with the privacy of users.
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The controversial decision to eliminate the state's chief information security officer has inspired criticism, though state officials have promised a continued commitment to cybersecurity efforts.
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As critics of next-generation technology urged supervisors to push back on the rollout of new telecommunications equipment, representatives from the industry criticized the new rules as overly restrictive.
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An effort to raise the annual registration fees paid by the owners of electric vehicles in North Carolina has faltered, leaving the sponsors of the legislation to vow that they will try again.
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Counties across Washington state are rushing to enter a backlog of voter registration data into a new system — one that’s struggling to handle the influx of traffic — ahead of a mid-July deadline.
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As many as 2,000 speed cameras will be placed throughout 750 school zones to catch speeders. Since the program launched in 2014, speeding at locations with cameras has decreased by more than 60 percent, officials say.
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If the governor signs the legislation, electric scooters would be allowed in the city under the rules. But the rentals would be banned under an ordinance that prohibits their use before a pilot program has been tested.
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Proposals to ban handheld phones while driving have gone nowhere in the General Assembly for several years. Similar legislation failed in 2011, and attempts from the Senate to ban devices also fell short.
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Originally designed to expand Internet service in rural parts of the state, the final bill would have charged subscribers about $4 a year, with most of the money going to help subsidize rural phone service.
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The city’s ordinance requires dealers to notify customers that the federal government sets radiation standards for cellphones, and that exposure “may exceed the federal guidelines” in some instances.
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The ordinance, known as Article 52, passed in December 2016, preventing owners of both residential and commercial multi-unit buildings from blocking tenants from accessing the Internet service provider of their choice.
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Assembly Bill 730 would prohibit knowingly distributing deceptive audio or visual media of a candidate with the intent to injure their reputation or to deceive voters within 60 days of an election.
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Last year, Palm Beach County had 2,509 distracted driving crashes, the fifth-highest in the state. One hundred thirty-four of those crashes resulted in serious injuries and three were fatal.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature turned the Agency for State Technology into the Division of State Technologies, placing it under the Department of Management Services. Now, leadership is being named.
