Emerging Tech
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The Kansas City Council is beginning to rethink the city’s approach to future data center construction while striving to learn more about the booming industry’s impact locally. -
Cybersecurity experts say AI and automation are changing how much impact manipulated data can have on government technology systems.
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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 Unmanned Aircraft System, announced Monday, will offer another perspective for the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office when responding to critical incidents and during special operations.
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While the plan has gained support from privacy advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union, some worry the bill would make it more difficult for officers to do their job and crack down on criminals.
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By embracing a digital low-code application development platform, the city has been able to combine 911 and 311 in a way that offers public servants more efficiency and citizens more functionality.
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Police in Plaquemine are pushing for a range of surveillance technologies they hope will help investigate crime in a community reluctant to talk to the authorities. Opponents say the move would only breed more distrust.
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U.S. Reps. Donald Payne, D-N.J., and David Cicilline, D-R.I., have introduced legislation that would stop retailers from going completely cashless. They say low-income families would be left locked out without other payment options.
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States like California have been at the forefront of privacy innovation in recent decades. A possible federal law could bring their experimentation to a halt, ultimately harming consumers.
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With highly intelligent traffic signals on major 10-lane arterial roads, the county has been using cloud technology and edge computing to control the flow of traffic for the benefit of cars, bicycles and pedestrians.
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The attraction of drones and balloons is they could cost much less than building cell towers in remote areas. And their location, closer to Earth than satellites, could offer faster response times.
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This powerful technology requires oversight and caution to prevent it from being abused. But a ban would throw the good uses out with the bad ones.
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Plans include grants toward a speech recognition app that helps people with speech disabilities communicate in real time and a chatbot that prepares job seekers with cognitive disabilities for interviews.
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So far, mobile voting pilots have been limited. West Virginia used the technology to allow military personnel to vote abroad and Denver tested it among several dozen voters.
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The sprawling desert metropolis has mined the Internet of Things to grapple with homelessness, traffic and public safety. But as tech makes this easier, the hard part is serving in an ethical and sensitive manner.
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New Jersey Chief Data and Privacy Officer Carrie Parikh explains how she’s working to standardize protocols for keeping citizen data safe across the state enterprise while also incorporating emerging tech.
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Following extensive input from law enforcement and civil liberties groups, lawmakers voted this week to put a moratorium on municipal use of the technology. San Francisco is the first in the country to make such a move.
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In 2006, the Legislature created Space Florida, not only as a public-private state agency, but as an independent special district. Now, five “spaceports” address concerns much like state and local long-range intermodal plans.
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After a legislative session filled with debate about overriding the power of local governments, the Florida League of Cities and three communities have challenged a law dealing with wireless technology.
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Syracuse officials have negotiated the right to conduct on-demand safety inspections of 5G antennas. It joins Portland, Ore., and Brussels, Belgium in setting up safeguards due to scant research on 5G's health effects.
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According to a report published on the day of a coordinated protest by rideshare drivers, Uber and Lyft have accounted for two-thirds of a 62 percent rise in congestion in San Francisco over six years.
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