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The number of daily users of Twitch, a streaming service owned by Amazon that is primarily used for video gaming and was used to live-stream a shooting in Germany on Wednesday.
New law hopes to remove advantage of paying companies for earlier DMV appointments. But, anticipating Real ID deadline, many fear long lines and wait times. “I’m hoping this bill won’t make the situation worse.”
Gov. Newsom signed a bill on Tuesday that bans police departments from using the software for three years. Advocates celebrate reduced discriminatory surveillance; police fear unidentifiable suspects and missing persons.
Spokane County Jail to implement scanners to search all inmates, mail for drugs and other contraband in efforts to reduce jail overdoses and deaths. While costly, “It saves lives, and you can’t put a price on lives.”
In an unprecedented move, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. cut power to millions across California on Wednesday morning in efforts to reduce fire risk in adverse weather conditions. Outage may continue until Tuesday, or longer.
Everyone seems to acknowledge that Virginia's IT department faced an uphill battle transitioning to a new multi-supplier service model, but a recent audit raises multiple critical concerns.
The height of 500 new telephone poles that will be erected around Denver’s neighborhoods to upgrade the cellular network to 5G, renewing NIMBY concerns among neighbors as the infrastructure for the next generation of wireless services gets built out.
The goal is to protect vital infrastructure in the same way our bodies protect us.
Fires dumped 45 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the most in a decade.
Last Tuesday's ruling allows the state to continue protecting its net neutrality law. While just the first round, the “decision is a victory for consumers, broadband deployment and the free and open Internet.”
Detroit is seeking to add kiosk technology that helps people with free Wi-Fi, dining suggestions, and open shelter bed locations without the fear of facial capture, ongoing video or data sharing.
The Pennsylvania county’s council gave the go-ahead to borrow $20 million to upgrade the existing analog emergency dispatch system to digital technology, and to install a voting system with a paper trail.
The cars are being constructed in a Massachusetts factory run by a rail manufacturer from China, which is embroiled in a dispute with domestic rail manufacturers and Congress over low bids and security concerns.
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposal would push starting salaries to $47,500 as part of an effort to help solve the state’s teacher shortage and improve education. The pay boost will cost $603 million.
The city government is seeking an appraisal for the system in response to an offer from Erie Water Works, which currently leases the system and runs it to serve nearly 60,000 customers.
The amount of damages that University of Wisconsin would have received from Apple Inc. had the US Supreme Court not declined to review the lower-court decision on Monday. In 2014, the University had claimed infringement on computer processor technology that, the school claims, were used by Apple without permission.
The Air Force is thinking like a tech company and investing in promising innovations.
With more than 100 EV new models about to hit the streets, policymakers and utilities are grappling with how to best support the emerging technology.
The tech giant awarded total of $300k to the nonprofit RefugeeRISE AmeriCorps Program to help resettle refugees on the Internet in rural settings.
A federal court ruling opened the door to state action but makes no guarantees.
Marks the move away from diesel- and gas-powered school buses and toward modern electric models to save money and cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.
The virtual guarantee of foreign meddling in the 2020 election poses a challenge to state and local officials, IT staff included, to protect American democracy. Experts say the keys to success will be cybersecurity, paper trails, risk-limiting audits and inter-agency communication.
The investment by Frito-Lay in its Modesto, Calif., plant to reduce carbon footprint using Tesla’s first-ever electric-powered semi-trucks. “The project is funded in part by a $15.4 million grant from the California Air Resources Board, which taps into the statewide cap-and-trade program.”
The new app-based feature demonstrates the latest policy lag in the wild world of autonomous vehicles.
The document should have been made public “in the spirit of good governance and transparency,” says the Georgia secretary of state’s office.
Gov. Tim Walz says it is important for policy makers to “stay in the lane of the facts” regarding cybersecurity risk.
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