Emerging Tech
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The Kansas City Council is beginning to rethink the city’s approach to future data center construction while striving to learn more about the booming industry’s impact locally. -
Cybersecurity experts say AI and automation are changing how much impact manipulated data can have on government technology systems.
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The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is set to receive a new remote underwater vehicle after getting approval from county commissioners on Tuesday.
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Agencies in all but three states have a Ring partnership.
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Be Heard started out making tools to verify constituents who wanted to talk to elected officials, then released a mobile app to store identity verification information. Now, it's moving past the public sector.
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Even the best efforts of three big providers can’t stop the technology’s spread or misuse. Licensing agreements might allow police departments to use parts of it even if they can’t use specific algorithms.
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission voted unanimously on June 2 to terminate 492 toll workers in favor of all-electronic tolling. While the move was billed as a safety precaution amid the pandemic, some are calling foul.
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Police forces across the country now have access to surveillance technologies that were recently available only to national intelligence services. The digitization of bias and abuse of power followed.
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The Ultimate Urban Circulator Program is being planned as an autonomous vehicle overhaul of the city’s 1980s-era Skyway monorail. Transportation officials have put out the call for qualifications to advance the project.
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Two months ago, DroneUp conducted a series of tests where drones transported medical supplies under varying conditions. A new report on the tests offers insights about communication, equipment and procedures.
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In letters to several federal law enforcement agencies, House Democrats have questioned whether high-tech surveillance tools like facial recognition and cellphone tracking are being used to monitor protesters.
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Following in Axon’s footsteps, the computer giant has vowed to drop facial recognition development and offered to work with Congress on technology policies to reduce racial bias in law enforcement.
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Smartphone apps and wearable devices can tell when workers have been within six feet of each other, promising to help curb the coronavirus. But they're not all the same when it comes to privacy.
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The storm damage assessment this spring was the shipyard’s first project using an unmanned aerial system, but officials say it will become a regular occurrence for safety and efficiency reasons.
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The Australian company Nearmap, which also operates in the U.S., has accumulated a catalog of high-resolution aerial images for 90 million parcels, and now it’s applying AI to learn when property owners make changes.
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The group that lobbied against mandatory vaccinations has set its sights on COVID-19 contact tracing, calling the effort a tool for government surveillance. State officials say participation in the program is voluntary.
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Money from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act will be allocated to Duncan Regional Hospital for new telehealth conferencing equipment. Some $84.96 million has been distributed across 41 states so far.
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Plus, the dramatic jump in Internet traffic from COVID-19, a new tool from Microsoft that identifies politically incorrect language online and a device that prevents digital home assistants from always listening.
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Arizona Sen. Martha McSally is leading the latest push against drones manufactured in China. Her proposal would prevent state and local agencies from using federal money to buy or operate such technology.
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With the demand for ridesharing diminishing sharply in the age of social distancing, companies are shifting their focus to using driverless vehicles to deliver goods before they ferry passengers.
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The Texas Railroad Commission believes its drone inspection team offers multiple advantages, including quality investigation of areas that humans can't reach and reduced person-to-person contact during COVID-19.
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