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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Plus, Dell’s 75 4K Interactive Touch Monitor features 20-point multi-touch screen that works with fingers and styluses, and InFocus Corp. re-introduces its ScreenPlay projector line with two models.
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Plus France fines Google $57 million for violating Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation laws, and Microsoft expands its Code Jumper software to teach visually impaired students basic coding skills.
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Blockchain, cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning — the market for how we identify ourselves online is estimated to reach nearly $23 billion by 2025 and is poised to disrupt the way we appear on the Internet.
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Lawmakers are working to codify new rules that would ban unmanned aerial systems near the state’s correctional facilities. Under the legislation, offending pilots could be charged with Class A misdemeanor or felony.
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A $15 minimum wage will force companies to raise their prices and chop labor in favor of automated machines, all putting mom and pop stores at a distinct disadvantage.
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In Clovis, N.M., the painstaking, manual task of geocoding every street sign and roadway object has been automated using an imagery platform from Mapillary that integrates cameras, computer vision and algorithms.
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Technology allowed a Texas man to print the components needed to create a functioning firing mechanism. At the time of his 2017 arrest, authorities said he was also in possession of the names and addresses of several federal lawmakers.
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“We can download that phone … and we would be able to tell if that person was texting at the time of the crash,” Lt. Cary Madrigal said. “There’s a lot of information that we can pull from these devices.”
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In recent months, even the people working on self-driving vehicles have started to publicly acknowledge that it's unlikely we'll stop driving by 2020. But new data from California hints that the technology is improving.
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With 3D printers, anybody can create undetectable and untraceable guns made of materials like plastic, something that Rhode Island elected officials want to crack down on before they become a problem.
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The Houston Police Department was criticized for its lack of clarity regarding body camera use. Officers were not wearing body cameras in a raid that killed two civilians and wounded five officers.
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The state Senate Public Safety Committee passed legislation that creates no-fly zones over all detention facilities in the state. It also bans photography of the facilities without a permit.
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The order comes at a time when China is aggressively focused on developing the technology and could dominate if left unchallenged. The order does not outline any specific funding goals.
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A "battle" over preschool subsidies pitted champion debater Harish Natarajan against a machine in what was the first public debate for the IBM artificial intelligence platform Jan. 11.
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Detroit-based Quadrobot is set to deploy 2,000 of their autonomous delivery vans with the Chinese postal service later this year. The company also hopes to test 30 of the vehicles in suburban areas of Detroit.
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If successful, the proposal by state Sen. Cynthia Creem would place restrictions on state law enforcement agencies with regards to the acquisition, possession or use of biometric surveillance.
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A 40-by-60-foot mural in the capital city springs to life with the help of an augmented reality smartphone app. Google and artist Taylor White partnered on the project, believed to be the first of its kind.
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Officials say the aerial technology would be useful — but not totally necessary — when it comes to rescue operations, investigating suspicious packages and even monitoring beach erosion.
