Emerging Tech
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Cybersecurity experts say AI and automation are changing how much impact manipulated data can have on government technology systems. -
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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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.
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The National Academy of Sciences recently held a two-day summer workshop to address a high-stakes question: Can next-generation 5G wireless undermine the accuracy of info gathered by weather satellites?
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Massachusetts’ Newcomb Hollow Beach, where a shark attack claimed the life of a bodyboarder last year, is the site of new technology that alerts lifeguards to the presence of tagged sharks.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis has a plan to boost the state's electric vehicle infrastructure by adding fast-charge public stations at 23 sites along major interstates and throughout the Miami metro area.
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The existence of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ long-running facial recognition database was no secret, but recent scrutiny around how it was being accessed by federal law enforcement agencies has raised new questions.
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Once fully autonomous driving is legalized by lawmakers, the function will also be available while the vehicle is in transit as well as while parked, Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla, announced.
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The new home security IoT product, which has seen widespread use by law enforcement agencies across the country, allows police to view home surveillance footage to assist with their investigations.
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Contention and heated debate over the police department’s use of the technology prompted removal of policy language allowing real-time scanning and outlined punishments for officers who abuse the system.
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The devices are used mostly to investigate serious crash scenes, search-and-rescue calls and high-risk search warrant executions that require SWAT presence. The agency first began using drones in Aug. 2017.
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A Consumer Watchdog report highlights what it describes as the key security flaw in connected vehicles, noting that the potential vulnerability is growing because of the increasing number of such vehicles on the roads.
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The new $45 million SMARTCenter opened at the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty, Ohio to test autonomous vehicle technologies. Planning for the facility began about five years ago.
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The company announced Wednesday the addition of Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; Detroit; and Indianapolis, Ind., to its growing list of next-generation Internet-capable cities. Five other cities already have the service.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed four pieces of gun control legislation this week, one of which focused on limiting undetectable plastic firearms made with 3D printing technology. Critics say federal rules are already in place.
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The AI software was able to generate over five times more clicks than the experienced human copywriters, so the bank has now decided to start hiring more software systems after a successful pilot.
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One of the criticisms of the technology is that it produces false hits on people with darker skin. Police chief James Craig said steps have been taken to create checks and balances and limit misidentification.
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Instead of trying to explain the mystifying mathematics behind how algorithms work, this researcher started looking at how they actually 'see' the world we live in.
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While the private sector has struggled with unethical uses of data, government can learn from these mistakes and craft best practices by creating a data framework that is both principled and innovative.
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A report published by the Brennan Center warns that states and localities are ill equipped to defend themselves against the sophisticated, well-resourced intelligence agencies of foreign governments.
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Officials say that new police technologies such as license plate readers, facial recognition and drone surveillance have led to a drop in crime in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s jurisdiction.
