Emerging Tech
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The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office on Monday arrested the man after he reportedly stole a vehicle from a business in east Fort Collins, set it on fire and damaged nearby agricultural land. -
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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The website for VivaSLO.org launched in January after several months of development by Shower the People, an all-volunteer nonprofit dedicated to bringing free hygiene services to the county’s homeless population.
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With beta testers in the private sector and interested parties in the southeastern United States, Public Bloc wants to encourage infrastructure spending by offering employee-level focus on project accountability.
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Congestion at the intersection of Interstates 94 and 65 ranked among the worst trouble spots in the nation in a recent report. Questions remain as to whether autonomous trucks and dedicated lanes are the answers.
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The state task force focused on the feasibility of linking St. Louis and Kansas City with a hyperloop system recommended building a 15-mile test track that is expected to cost between $300 million and $500 million.
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The roughly 200,000-square-foot facility allows the Alphabet Inc. subsidiary to outfit vehicles with driverless technology at mass scale. The company signed a three-year lease and agreed to hire 100 employees by 2021.
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The Advanced Mobility Initiative Roadmap is an extension of the Advanced Mobility Initiative launched in April 2019. It will function as a guide for a three-year project to reimagine transportation.
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The fear around job automation has grown as the technology that could one day take over improves. While many have argued that blue-collar jobs will be hit hardest, the research shows white collar jobs are also in danger.
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The U.S. defense community is coming to understand that AI will significantly transform, if not completely reinvent, the world's military power balance.
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Massachusetts CIO Curt Wood is eager to explore ways new technologies can be incorporated into the enterprise, but current procurement processes aren’t set up to easily adapt to new vendors offering the latest tech.
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New technologies like doorbell cameras, video surveillance systems and crime-reporting platforms are playing a role in people of color being reported as “suspicious” while they are simply going about their daily lives.
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ExxonMobil is partnering with tech startups to put virtual reality to work simulating emergency situations, among other scenarios. The training will give employees the same muscle memory as working inside a facility.
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To reach the greenhouse gas emissions goals outlined by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, electric vehicle sales would need to surge in the next decade. Industry experts say it will be a hard sell.
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Governments often contend with many issues when attempting to link public dollars to real-world outcomes captured by data in disparate systems. EY claims its OpsChain Public Finance Manager will reduce those struggles.
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While algorithms have become more powerful and ubiquitous, evidence has mounted that they reflect and even amplify real-world biases and racism. Recent research shows black patients are disproportionately impacted.
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The decision to withdraw Starship Technologies’ automated food delivery robots came after a student flagged issues with the robots blocking access to sidewalks for people using mobility aids like wheelchairs.
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During congressional testimony on the social media company’s plans for its own cryptocurrency, House Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters raised the question of whether Facebook should be broken up.
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West Virginia CTO Josh Spence on why tech chiefs need to be cautious when taking on new projects if they do not serve a greater purpose for the organization, and how that plays into the state’s resiliency.
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A California tech company is testing remote-operated and autonomous scooters at a site in Georgia. The hope is that the technology will better connect riders while also helping to manage them in the public right-of-way.
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The situation in New York mirrors the national debate over technology supporters say is a key crime-fighting tool but that critics have dubbed Orwellian by nature. Some cities have already banned the technology.
