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Jackson County, Mo., could soon take steps aimed to ensure new data centers are not constructed in unincorporated areas of the county, at least temporarily. -
County commissioners will consider expanding the sheriff’s office's use of Flock Safety technology by adding drones through a nine-month pilot program that is free to the jurisdiction.
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Bangor may fast-track an ordinance to pause data center builds for six months as the Maine state Legislature considers a longer freeze that would ban large centers for a year and a half.
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Critical infrastructure and other organizations should create road maps for how they’ll migrate to quantum-resistant algorithms, which are expected to become available in 2024, to help ease and accelerate that transition.
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As global heat waves continue, focus increases on ways to ease the pain of all those extremely high temperatures. But will cities and states actually spend more money on climate — and how can tech sellers respond?
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What began as a project to monitor the health of tunnel ventilation systems within the rail network of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, has evolved into a citywide upgrade of building infrastructure.
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Since late last year when Starlink Internet became available in Alaska, thousands of residents have signed up at a pace that's exceeding expectations, observers say, even though the signal is not perfect.
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One year ago, the Inflation Reduction Act marked the most significant action on climate change to date from the federal government with hundreds of billions of dollars to support new and existing tech.
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The Special Operations Unit will consist of three-person teams working across three eight-hour shifts that will be staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, according to department officials.
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The California Legislature on Monday adopted the nation's first artificial intelligence-drafted resolution, a measure that underscores the state's commitment to AI technologies.
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Citibot has launched its Amazon Translate tool in two California cities. This comes as local officials often struggle to communicate with the growing number of residents who don’t speak English.
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California Public Utilities Commission agreed to allow Waymo and Cruise to expand its autonomous taxi service in San Francisco, allowing the vehicles to operate citywide — any time of day — and without safety drivers onboard.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced that the state has achieved its goal of replacing 500,000 streetlights with energy-efficient smart LED fixtures through the Smart Street Lighting NY program.
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San Francisco-based Cruise has begun testing its self-driving vehicles in Atlanta. A driver will be behind the wheel in the initial phase as its cars roll through parts of downtown, Midtown and Buckhead.
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The acquisition gives Tyler ownership of an artificial intelligence tool that can handle legal redactions and similar tasks — and which could eventually power other government functions. CSI has about 80 U.S. clients.
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The wildfire detection cameras, a first in Washington, have built-in artificial intelligence that can detect a smoke plume 500 feet tall and thermal imagery. If detected, a California-based central command center will alert local fire crews.
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The company, founded in 2020, has raised more than $25 million. The fresh capital will go toward R&D and global expansion as crypto and other factors raise more risks of tax evasion.
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The two-week summer program was designed to give students from various backgrounds the opportunity to collaborate on medical device prototype creation with the guidance of established innovators in the mechanical engineering industry.
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Despite legislation and other forces pumping the brakes on autonomous vehicles on public thoroughfares, self-driving shuttle May Mobility officials are optimistic about the technology’s future.
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NASA's quest to send astronauts to the moon in a spacecraft that later returns to Earth and parachutes into the ocean has gotten a big lift from the Navy, which safely recovered a capsule last week.
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CIO Khaled Tawfik says the city is eyeing the possibility of one day using a generative AI that is specially tailored for city governments, and it is now looking to learn more before finalizing policies.
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