Connecticut

An ambulance billing company has agreed to pay Connecticut and Massachusetts $515,000 for a 2022 data breach that exposed private information of nearly 350,000 residents, officials said.

In the wake of a scam last year, the state agency has refocused on data encryption and security, and will do monthly cyber training and awareness. It has recovered nearly all of the stolen funds.

Developing policies to establish phone-free schools and a playbook for artificial intelligence, including curriculum, rules and professional learning, are among Connecticut's legislative priorities for 2026.

In the two years since the state released guidance for localities interested in speed or red-light cameras, fewer than 10 percent of its municipalities have submitted and won approval of plans.

Connecticut state lawmakers are moving to ban facial recognition technology in retail stores throughout the state, citing a CT Insider report on the practice.

After transitioning from Fairfield University’s leader of enterprise systems to director of IT strategy and enterprise architecture for the state of Connecticut, Armstrong will return to higher-ed leadership in January.

Connecticut is committing up to $121 million to develop quantum technology, state officials and leaders of the University of Connecticut and Yale University announced Thursday.

The Connecticut ACLU is demanding officials turn off automatic license plate reader cameras across the state until laws are passed to prevent misuse of personal data collected by the surveillance.

A multistate agreement between New York, California, Connecticut and Illuminate Education reinforces growing expectations that technology vendors take stronger measures to protect student information.

Glitches with new ballot tabulators delayed the vote counting in some of the most closely watched and contested local elections across the state of Connecticut this week.

The mayor and Board of Selectmen in Putnam, Conn., will convene this week for a special meeting regarding the police department’s use of license plate readers and security cameras in town.

Since enacting restrictions on cellphones in school, educators are reporting positive trends in student engagement, discipline and academic achievement, and students have attested to improved focus and mental health.

Police Chief Michael Lombardo said Trumbull residents have complained about speeding getting out of hand in town, which spurred the department to find new ways to get it under control.

A collaboration between the Connecticut Department of Education and the Office of Workforce Strategy has enlisted industry partners to work with high schools on offering more than 300 Industry Recognized Credentials.

Greenwich school leaders are notifying families, particularly of middle school students, that a new law went into effect in Connecticut this week requiring an operator's license to ride e-bikes and e-scooters.

New Haven is the first of three Connecticut cities to emerge with a share of $100 million designated by the state to promote the expansion of next-generation technology in Connecticut.

The state Department of Consumer Protection proposes adding Internet websites and social media to the definition of advertising, and adding Internet sales to state residents to price comparison regulations.

Professors at Central Connecticut State University worry that reliance on artificial intelligence tools is already changing student behavior — less thinking abstractly, less engagement and potential cognitive decline.