Emerging Tech

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A new, federally supported framework outlines four key steps to help schools from preschool to college adopt AI responsibly and inclusively. Educators’ judgment is crucial, it said, to successful AI integrations.

The Pentagon has launched its first experimental navigation satellite in nearly five decades, aiming to test out a new technology that could shape future military GPS programs.

These jurisdictions are creating self-service portals and automating common processes.

The hearing has been set to explore whether Lancaster city officials erred in giving two proposed data centers approval to move forward without first holding a public meeting and vote.

After weeks of controversy, a proposal to rezone more than 900 acres of land near Bolingbroke has died after the Monroe County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to deny the proposal.

The state will attempt to bridge the economic divide caused by the federal government’s sudden seeming aversion to paying for scientific research with research funding of its own.

State and college technology leaders examined how to use artificial intelligence most effectively at the recent Texas Digital Government Summit in Austin. Off the shelf, one said, may not always be the best solution.

Two major Texas companies are partnering to develop a $1.2 billion hyperscale data center campus in Bosque County that will be the first U.S. data center to be co-located with an existing energy source.

The Delaware technology office created an Enterprise Policy on Generative Artificial Intelligence, to serve as guidelines and policy for staff who may use GenAI tools. It got a warm reception from state AI commissioners.

A new plan from President Donald Trump proposes that states with restrictive AI laws should lose federal funding. Government Technology analyzed more than 400 state laws to reveal which states would be at risk.

The Delaware AI Commission signed off on a plan to develop a technology sandbox, where new agentic AI technologies and regulations can be explored. The first sector officials are interested in examining is corporate governance.

Sophomores converged on West Virginia University Institute of Technology college campuses for the 31st annual Health Sciences & Technology Academy camp, designed to prepare them for careers in tech and other fields.

Artificial intelligence places whole term papers and complex mathematical solutions within the grasp of today’s students. Rather than simply banning it, educators must train themselves and provide what it cannot.

A new Google and Muon-backed satellite wildfire detection system promises faster alerts and high-resolution fire imagery. But with false alarms already straining fire crews, its real impact may depend on trust.

Transit agencies in New York City are turning to various technology solutions to assist riders in navigating and using their networks effectively and independently. Codes in use can be read in all types of lighting.

A new supercomputer being built at Georgia Tech is intended to make advanced computing more accessible and seamless by providing high-performance computing, AI, data analytics and visualization in the same system.

The project is under discussion, with a vote on approvals possible as soon as August. Comprising 20 parcels on just more than 1,000 acres, Project Cardinal would have two electrical substations.