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Artificial intelligence may have potential benefits for businesses across Connecticut, but U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has raised concerns that an airline is using the technology to hike fares for consumers. -
The U.S.-India satellite will scan nearly all of Earth's land and ice surfaces twice every 12 days, providing high-resolution data for scientists to monitor the planet's land and ice surfaces.
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The police drone program began in 2023, in response to thrill-seeking stunts that have lead to at least 16 deaths. In related news, the city has debuted a public safety alert tool on a popular app.
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The state already leads the country with regards to unmanned aerial system testing, but one state lawmaker is advocating for more of the technology and a new state agency to oversee it safely.
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The new Extended Reality Technology Center will bring together researchers from computer science, engineering, IT, fine arts and humanities departments to create new technology and curricula.
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The new meters — which are being deployed now in upstate New York — can tell you how much energy you are using minute by minute and even have the capacity to show how much individual appliances use.
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Plus, plans to digitize the permanent collection at the British museum to the tune of $12.1 million, Motorola’s new bendable smartphone, and testing for type-2 diabetes with a voice recording.
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As New York City’s busiest tourist season approaches — with travelers visiting holiday attractions across the city and the famed New Year’s Eve ball drop — the options of where to stay are shrinking.
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Utilities and cities — along with local companies and universities — are seeking to turn more of a growing abundance of solar energy into an around-the-clock source for power.
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A new executive order mandates that a council of representatives with backgrounds in IT, artificial intelligence, racial justice and cultural change will create a plan that outlines how government workers can use AI in a fair, equitable and transparent way.
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The Newsom administration's new examination of generative artificial intelligence tools in state government identified significant areas of potential risk, including privacy, security and several others.
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The first trans-Atlantic flight by an airliner powered by pure sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has taken off, with Virgin Atlantic operating the flight from London’s Heathrow to New York’s JFK airport.
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On Monday, the Plano City Council tabled an item to amend zoning that would allow for unmanned aircraft drone delivery from commercial drone delivery hubs and air taxi operation within the city.
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The explosion of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and fears about where the technology might be headed distract from the many ways AI affects people every day – for better and worse.
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A new report has found that Massachusetts has some key strengths — especially related to research — but could benefit from a clear quantum strategy and efforts to bring stakeholders together in collaboration.
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The Ohio Federal Research Network has awarded $6.85 million to several businesses and colleges in the state to pursue national security-focused research. The hope is that the work will lead to new jobs and even new companies.
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As the top Republican appropriator for NASA in the Senate, Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas is set to play a key role in the emerging space race between the United States and China.
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The state of New Jersey now has a new policy to guide the use of generative AI by state employees; this closely follows the state’s creation of the Artificial Intelligence Task Force last month.
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The business of sending humans into space has not yet risen to the levels seen during the famed space shuttle program, but 2024 could see the most U.S.-based orbital launches in 15 years.
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Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport has entered into an agreement with California-based eVTOL company Overair to assess the feasibility of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft within airport operations.
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A drone company is wrapping up a contract to inspect all the churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, which has so far seen a crew of operators look at 46 churches over the past three years.
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