Policy

Albany Law professor Rob Heverly says scholars, industry leaders and government regulators need to start pondering quantum Internet regulations, and discussions should be informed by lessons of the past.

What can a county do against COVID-19 misinformation? San Diego County has tried a number of tactics, including gathering doctors to quickly fact-check public meetings and standing up a website.

A legislative bill that recently passed the Education Committee would integrate computer science into elementary and middle school curriculums and require five credit hours for high school graduation.

The center, which would be located within the Iowa State University of Science and Technology, would focus on training different groups to prevent cyber attacks and deal with active threats.

As lawmakers look deeper into the negative effects of social media use, researchers at Meta Platforms say that the company's social media apps like Facebook can increase feelings of isolation and loneliness among users.

In response to studies showing that use of Instagram contributes to declining mental health in teens, Instagram plans to offer a parental control feature. But this idea allows the company to avoid responsibility.

Funds from the Governor's STEM Advisory Council will go toward cybersecurity and computer science programs at Waterloo Career Center, and industrial technology at Dike-New Hartford Community School District.

Greensburg, Pa., residents and developers will no longer have to step foot into City Hall for permitting services in the coming months. The city may move other services online depending on the success of this initiative.

Connecticut Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden said the state will eliminate any Russian-owned assets from its retirement plans and trust funds. The decision is as much about protest as it is business sense.

A bill introduced in the California Legislature aims to make the transit experience across the San Francisco Bay Area's 27 providers more seamless. The bill would appoint a regional commission to lead the effort.

Responding to lessons learned from the implementation of a 2015 student privacy law, Maryland lawmakers want new measures to redefine protected information and require oversight of technology used by students.

Metaverses could be fertile ground for misinformation to spread if left unchecked. Reducing that danger means seizing the moment and starting thinking through tricky content moderation policies.

As part of Mayor Ben Walsh’s technology-focused development plan for Syracuse, the former Central Tech High School will be converted into a new school focusing on science, technology, engineering, arts and math.

The nonprofit Institute for Digital Engineering and Life Sciences has submitted a 20-year plan to convert the former B&M Baked Beans factory into a high-tech graduate school and research center.

This week, the "In Case You Missed It" crew is joined by Luke Stowe, acting deputy city manager and CIO of Evanston, Ill. We discuss MIT's 10 breakthrough technologies of 2022 and explore how the role of CIO has changed.

Offers for air filtration systems such as bipolar ionization technology came pouring in after COVID-19, but the EPA and other experts have warned that the technology is largely unproven outside of lab conditions.

The online tutoring company will use new investments to hire more certified teachers, with the goal of serving more than 10,000 K-12 students struggling with learning loss in the wake of COVID-19.

In a recent opinion article, National Cyber Director Chris Inglis called for private companies and federal government to assume more responsibility for creating a secure cyber space.