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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Plus, Code for America adds a new Brigade in Eugene, Ore.; San Francisco Planning looks to hire a data and analytics manager; What Works Cities hosts a good governance forum next week; and more.
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The vote comes as the city finds itself in the midst of a heated debate around its current surveillance programs and the 2017 purchase of facial recognition technology from a South Carolina company, DataWorks.
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The technology would avoid many risks, such as money laundering and undermining the Federal Reserve’s ability to set monetary policy. But some say allowing tech companies to become bankers carries risks.
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The newly codified group will investigate how automation, artificial intelligence and other emergent technologies could be regulated, while at the same time examining how the technologies could benefit economic growth.
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Before the village can get the ball rolling on smart city technologies — connected infrastructure, public Wi-Fi and the like — officials need to find a supplier for the next-generation Internet backbone.
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From 5G networks to specially equipped communications trucks and drones, the nation’s first responders have a growing arsenal of tech tools that keep them communicating during the worst kinds of emergencies.
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A recent webcast tackled the challenges facing IT shops at the state and local level and national trends in fighting ransomware, migrating applications to the cloud and adopting artificial intelligence technologies.
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Though some communities have strongly objected to police drones, that hasn’t been the case in Pittsburg, Calif., where drones are only used with approval in specific incidents rather than for routine surveillance.
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Police officials insist they are years away from adopting the tech that’s being used more often in criminal investigations nationwide, but Council Member Steve Fletcher says it’s better to be too soon than too late.
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An increase in stolen trade secrets, hacked texts and corporate spying has pushed some executives and law firms to embrace protective architectural safeguards such as security glass that can block data theft.
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The buyout of WatchGuard brings Motorola Solutions into some of the largest police departments in the country, simultaneously creating a potential path for facial recognition to those departments.
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More than ten years since blockchains were developed, their usefulness is only just being discovered.
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A company in Ann Arbor, Mich., is testing the hypothesis that full-sized autonomous vehicles are not the answer to making short-distance food or grocery deliveries, and is instead betting on small electric vehicles.
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EcoSPEARS, the maker of a spike that absorbs contaminants from the soil and groundwater, is partnering with the Port of San Diego in the Blue Economy Incubator Program. The startup has raised $2 million in investments.
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In the months since Holmes Beach, Fla., installed five special cameras around the city, police have made more than 40 arrests and 127 traffic stops. Officials say it’s a win, but privacy advocates see a problem.
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The latest social media craze –– an AI-enabled app that virtually ages faces –– has sparked concern among privacy experts and lawmakers. The app’s Russian origins have some questioning its access to Americans’ data.
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Earlier this year, the company rolled out the next-generation technology in Minneapolis, chiefly along a route from U.S. Bank Stadium to Target Center and along portions of Nicollet Mall.
