New York

Energy-hungry cryptocurrency mining operations have caught the attention of state and federal lawmakers. While some welcome the operations, others are taking a more critical look at what they bring to the table.

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.

The state’s plan addresses how current and anticipated initiatives support its larger goals of building resilience, preparedness and unification across cybersecurity efforts. The strategy takes a holistic approach across sectors.

The nonprofit National Institute for Innovation and Technology is working with BOCES and two dozen school districts in the Albany area to upgrade their technical education curricula to suit specific industry needs.

In setting policy on facial recognition, the New York State Education Department will take a cue from a new report from the State Office of Information Technology Services that found the risks may outweigh the benefits.

Through SUNY Canton and his own company, CyberSpara, a cybersecurity professor developed the DigitalPASS game to teach K-12 students responsible practices through their own interactions, as opposed to didactic instruction.

While states like New York, Illinois and Maryland have forged new legislative roads to regulate AI use in hiring and review processes, more than 20 states have no proposed or enacted AI-related hiring bills.

Researchers at SUNY’s Albany campus, its Downstate Health Sciences University and the international Health Innovation Exchange expect an AI supercomputer to become a key player in combating mental health problems.

NYC’s Automated Employment Decision Tool law, which came into force on Wednesday, says that employers who use AI in hiring are required to tell the relevant candidates they are doing so.

A new report ranks states for their transition to electric vehicles. California leads the list, followed by New York, largely because of the Empire State’s robust plans to transition all of its school buses to zero-emission vehicles.

Chief privacy officer roles exist in 21 states and counting. As the job gains traction in government, we look at where those IT leaders sit, how they collaborate with their peers and where the field is going.

Following debate at one district, a civil liberties lawsuit and what was initially an 18-month moratorium, the New York State Department of Education is drafting recommendations for facial recognition in schools.

The New York Joint Security Operations Center supports collaboration and information sharing, while an endpoint detection and response shared service provides local government with 24/7 monitoring and threat alerts.

Minnesota is the fourth state to require manufacturers to share parts and repair information.

Plus, Ohio launches a workforce program to support broadband deployment, New York aims to improve digital literacy for older adults, and more.

Plus, San Francisco launches a new initiative to support awareness for the Affordable Connectivity Program; Charter Communications commits another $1 million to a digital education initiative; and more.

The funding will establish an Institute for Inclusive and Intelligent Technologies for Education on the Urbana-Champaign campus. The research focuses on non-cognitive learning skills among K-12 students.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the New York state Department of Labor is launching a new, free digital literacy program to help job seekers gain skills needed to be more marketable to an employer.