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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With OnGuard, Maryland-based security company Rekor has packaged several AI algorithms and human-conducted services together to detect violent school threats before they occur — online, on campus and at bus stops.
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Seismologists say an earthquake strikes the area once every 3,000 to 4,000 years, with the most recent major event happening about 4,500 years ago – indicating the fault is overdue for another earthquake.
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Pilots and scientists from the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration made the first official beyond-visual-line-of-sight flight approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Teen Driver reports on distance driven, maximum speed the vehicle traveled, any over-speed warnings, any time there's a wide-open throttle and number of times other safety systems were activated.
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New technologies and services aren't creating irreversible damage, even though they do generate some harms. Preemptive bans would stifle innovation and block potential solutions to real problems.
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The planned closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct in downtown Seattle mobilized collaboration and data sharing across several public transportation agencies, helping to establish new behavior towards commuter travel.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo said new license plates are needed to work with cashless tolling systems, red light cameras and the readers used by police. An estimated 3 million vehicles will be affected by the changes.
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The program will provide Ring doorbell and floodlight cameras to homeowners, for free or at a discount with matching funds from Ring. A memorandum of understanding is being finalized with the Baltimore Police Department.
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PlanetM, which is an arm of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, awarded these grants to six companies that are seeking to launch mobility pilot projects soon somewhere within the state.
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The company will start its operations in Naples on a closed course to test the sensors and computing abilities. The vehicles will then roll out to public roads in Miami and then along highways as far north as Orlando.
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A new bill in the state would require Medicaid to cover telehealth the same as in-person services in terms of both its coverage for patients and its reimbursement for providers who see them.
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Suffolk County legislators will return from summer recess to debate whether to allow lawmakers to videoconference into meetings — an issue touched off by one official's request to Skype into a meeting while on vacation.
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Using machine learning and natural language processing, researchers are developing an algorithm that can distinguish between real and fake news articles that are being increasingly spread on social media.
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To tame the onrushing technological tide, society needs dams and dikes. Just as has begun to happen with facial recognition, it’s time to consider legal bans and moratoriums on other emerging technologies.
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Collectively, the doorbells foster a virtual neighborhood watch in which neighbors share videos and photos with each other and police — an enmeshment of policing and tech that raises concerns about privacy and overreach.
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An effort by Caltech that began eight years ago, called the Community Seismic Network, has resulted in the installation of 1,000 sensors across the region, on a wide range of public and private buildings.
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A new study by researchers at North Carolina State University concluded that e-scooters have a larger environmental footprint than other forms of micro-mobility. They're greener than cars, but still have room to improve.
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Virgin Galactic’s mother ship VMS Eve soared across the southern New Mexico desert above Spaceport America last week, conducting test maneuvers in preparation for commercial space flights the company plans to launch.
