Pacific Northwest Tribes Call for the Removal of River Dams
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Rising Number of Older Americans Burdened by Housing Costs
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The Legislative Push to Bring Back Cursive
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Use of Artificial Intelligence Poised to Grow in State Government, Survey Finds
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5G network now live at Mcity test facility
The University of Michigan's Mcity campus now features a 5G network for smart city autonomous vehicle safety testing.
Intelligent virtual assistants: The perfect marriage of human and artificial intelligence
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Hackathons and challenges drum up creative solutions for responders
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‘It’s Time to Overhaul the System’: Why Socialists Are Taking Aim at City Councils
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Sanctuary Cities Protecting Gun Rights and the Unborn Challenge the Legitimacy of Federal Law
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No More Tater Tots? California Schools Put Healthier Lunches To The Test
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Tech Giants Fight Digital Right-to-Repair Bills
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Effort to Recall Oregon Governor Fails to Gain Enough Signatures
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Midwest Cities Among the Worst Places to Live for African Americans
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Customer Service, State and Local Partnerships Key for CIOs
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Information-age Army depends on cloud, data investments
The Army wants to spend $700 million on cloud and data by 2025, but a lack of funding or a potential delay in the JEDI cloud contract is a concern.
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Building automation systems relying on internet-of-things technologies open entry points for malicious actors to attack other mission-critical networks.
Cloud roundup
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How the US census kickstarted America’s computing industry
Punch-card processing first used in the 1890 census served as a scaffolding for vastly more rapid and space-efficient purely electronic computers that now dominate.
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