Emerging Tech
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Representatives from leading AI and tech companies signed an agreement Wednesday pledging to protect Americans from higher electricity prices due to data center expansion. -
A once-ambitious bill meant to reel in Washington’s exploding data center industry fell by the wayside during a short legislative session, and a state senator says it was due in part to tech company lobbying.
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Experts and public-sector technologists say the AI-powered software development technique may one day offer government the ability to fast-track ideas, improve procurement and more.
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After trying Internet voting for overseas voters, West Virginia is expanding the option to those with physical disabilities. But MIT researchers now say they’ve found worrying flaws in the app the state has been using.
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Canadian company First Responder Technologies seeks to give schools, places of worship and other institutions an inexpensive and accurate method of identifying deadly weapons before tragedy strikes.
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The company, now called Be Heard, has launched a blockchain-based solution for verifying users' identities it thinks could help with things like municipal IDs. The twist: All information is stored on a person's device.
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The Federal Aviation Administration wants unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to have remote ID technology, similar to an airplane's transponder, built into almost every drone heavier than about half a pound.
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US Ignite, which is a smart city advisory group for local governments, has picked four projects to receive funding as part of the Replicating Success initiative by that group and the National Science Foundation.
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Data privacy regulations are being adopted to protect internet users. Today, humans need to read those rules to ensure compliance. New research suggests machines could interpret them in real time.
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Technology initiatives begun last year are beginning to yield significant results in areas including wildfire response, accessibility and blockchain, the state chief information officer said at the California Public Sector CIO Academy 2020 in Sacramento.
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The House Homeland Security Committee will hear testimony from the National Institute of Standards and Technology regarding how the Department of Homeland Security uses the technology and its limitations.
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Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo reported a decline in crime rates during the fifth annual State of the Department address. He gave a nod to technologies like facial recognition and gunshot detection.
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Never the cleanest or simplest process, the caucuses this year were saddled with new procedures, new rules and new mathematical calculations, all requiring specialized training of participants and leaders.
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The Springfield City Council has long debated police use of facial recognition, but it was unable to reach a consensus on a proposal to block the department from incorporating such technology into its duties.
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Following the delayed results in Iowa, Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill promised Tuesday morning that “voters can have confidence" in that state, noting it does not use apps to tally votes.
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After Iowa Democrats gathered across the state to start winnowing the 2020 presidential field, results were nowhere to be found, with party officials there attributing the delay to issues with technology.
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A simulator is helping school district resource officers prepare in how to respond in the event of an active school shooter. The simulator provides realistic preparation utilizes red lasers to practice firing.
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The use of facial recognition technology is being debated in communities across the country, including in Massachusetts, where some local officials have taken regulating the technology upon themselves.
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The Northern Indiana Public Service Company will deploy small unmanned aircraft systems to identify any repair or maintenance that's needed on its energy infrastructure throughout Northwest Indiana.
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Due to new technology’s inherent likelihood to leave segments of the population behind, experts and stakeholders say government must work to ensure small-cell network rollouts benefit the whole of communities.
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Thermal-imaging cameras are the latest tool in the kit of Glendale firefighters. The technology allows the first responders to see body heat through thick smoke that might otherwise conceal an incapacitated victim.
