Emerging Tech

Gov. Kay Ivey said the new Technology Quality Assurance Board will offer state leaders a way to collaborate on cybersecurity and newer forms of government technology. It’s the latest example of states trying to get a better grip on AI.

Senate Commerce Committee members reached agreement on a bill that would speed satellite licensing by the FCC, advancing by voice vote legislation with additional checks to address concerns.

Chatham County is the second North Carolina county to halt the permitting of new data centers, a move local officials say will allow them to develop zoning rules and study the impacts of such facilities.

Powering the Internet and digital services uses millions of gallons of South Carolina’s water every year, and tech companies are likely to demand more in the future as they ramp up AI.

A recent report by the nonprofit EDSAFE AI Alliance warns that school safety policies must evolve from academic integrity to psychological guardrails as students turn to AI chatbots for emotional support.

The technology campus is working with a subsidiary of Boeing Co.’s Wisk Aero, to develop a vertical heliport for electric flying cars. The facility is expected to be the first in the Texas region.

A group of residents in Festus, Mo., is demanding that the city hold a special election to allow residents the chance to decide whether to ban large-scale data centers for the next 10 years.

As Americans grow increasingly frustrated over their electricity bills, states are trying to keep the nation’s growing number of data centers from causing higher energy costs for consumers.

Ahead of the application deadline for the eighth annual Transit Tech Lab challenge, officials and tech leaders from New York City transportation organizations revealed areas ripe for innovation.

The Circuit Court initiative is a trial in replacing an entirely manual process. So far, the sheriff’s office and about 40 municipalities are on board and 20 more are expected by the end of March.

The project won approval on a 5-1 vote despite significant public opposition. Council members argued the center would be a chance to boost tax revenue without burdening area schools.

The Santa Ana Police Department is proposing to spend about $683,000 on a contract to launch the city’s drone program, pending approval from the City Council.

Facing budget cuts? Learn how Fort Myers, Fla., and the South Carolina Dept. of Commerce used a no-code ITSM tool with AI and automation to improve service delivery without adding head count.

State lawmakers are ramping up data center pursuit a year after passing controversial legislation aimed at drawing data centers to West Virginia at the expense of local government control and funding.

The AI Learning and Innovation Hub empowers responsible public-sector experimentation and development of AI technology, using an open source model to support broader applications of tools that emerge.

Through electronic queueing and a pilot of drive-through court services, the governments hope to handle a rise in court transactions driven largely by an increase in traffic violations around school buses.

With a massive artificial intelligence data center set to open in the area outside of Kansas City, Independence plans to reopen and majorly expand the capacity of a decades-old power plant to fuel it.

A community north of Ann Arbor has begun working on establishing local regulations for data centers after grappling with a controversial proposal for a massive data center campus.