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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Three augmented reality projects have been awarded $20,000 each by US Ignite to develop projects that use AR technology to address city concerns like transportation, education or health care.
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The Pew Research Center asked 915 experts to share their views on how life will be in 2025. The overwhelming majority said tech will drive many changes, some of which will pose significant problems for humankind.
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Beginning in May, Washington will roll out the ShakeAlert system, which will alert residents and automatically prepare critical infrastructure for incoming shaking. Oregon's system will be available in March.
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With many workers remote as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, some cities and states are putting even more emphasis on the programs meant to attract new workforce talent away from the urban hot spots like Silicon Valley.
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The GM-backed company logged more than 770,000 miles last year, while its rival Waymo LLC drove just under 629,000. Both drove hundreds of thousands of miles more than other top brands in the space.
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At the end of January, Congress received an expansive set of tech-related oversight recommendations aimed at protecting the civil and human rights of American citizens and immigrants.
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Though most consumers around the world have yet to experience the faster speeds of 5G connectivity, global powers are already positioning themselves for the next iteration of the communications technology.
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A bill unanimously passed by the Florida Senate’s Criminal Justice Committee aims to expand the use of drones by law enforcement and government agencies, spurring concern among privacy and civil rights advocates.
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Spin is introducing remote-operated scooters in Boise, Idaho, an indication of the kinds of tech upgrades the devices are acquiring as they re-emerge in cities following the COVID-19-induced slowdown.
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Yesterday, tech company leaders and a chief innovation officer from a local area discussed how the usage of 5G and Wi-Fi 6 tech should be based on both organizational needs and citizen viewpoints.
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The city of Lebanon is debating whether to deploy a new license plate reader system to better identify stolen vehicles. A system in a neighboring community has shown promising results.
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In the aftermath of a riot that included white supremacist factions attempting to overthrow the results of the presidential election, communities of color are warning about the potential danger of the software.
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A new report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) ranked states according to their public policies encouraging the growth of electric vehicles. California took the top spot, followed by New York.
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In a unanimous vote this week, Merced County supervisors finalized a long-awaited contract with the Transportation Research Center Inc., opening the door to the immediate testing of autonomous vehicles.
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The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority will be testing all-electronic tolling at the Newport Pell Bridge. The tolls will be collected utilizing the existing open road tolling technology.
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The new CortexAI for Government platform includes models, data sets, tools and applications that serve a wide range of purposes from interpreting speech to helping identify redundant regulations.
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Speakers at the recent Micromobility World conference debated the future of smart city tech and whether it’s actually been improving urban mobility, or simply facilitating a growth of the surveillance state.
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The proposal out of the Senate is the latest in a string of efforts to limit the use of the technology in Utah. Allegation of misuse first surfaced in 2019, kicking off a long-running conversation about guardrails.
