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Brandi Vincent
Tech & Data
How Good Is Your Phishing Training? A New Tool Could Help Figure That Out.
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are looking to pool more data from outside organizations to further refine it.
Tech & Data
Bipartisan House Bill Targets Improving Digital Identity Verification
The measure would create a task force of local, state and federal officials to produce a comprehensive, standards-based approach to digital identity verification.
Tech & Data
USDA Makes New Move in Broad Effort to Bring Innovative Tech to America’s Farmers
The agriculture-focused agency wants public input on potentially disruptive ideas that could be ready to be implemented.
Tech & Data
House Lawmakers to Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Advance Agencies’ Use of Electric Vehicles
Agency charge cards could soon be used for more than refueling gas-powered automobiles.
Tech & Data
Open-Source Project Aims to Broaden Access to Early Alerts for Earthquakes
Using internet of things devices and open-source standards, developers and citizen scientists can help monitor earthquake activity, deliver alerts in moments of risk—and more.
Tech & Data
U.S., International Lawmakers Push Facebook to Stop Online Hate Targeting Women
The social media giant must more aggressively enforce rules that it already has in place, they said.
Health & Human Services
Trump Executive Order Aims to Make Some Pandemic-Induced Telehealth Expansions Permanent
The president's directive also targets improvements to rural health care.
Tech & Data
In Bid to Boost Tech Workforce, University of Florida Develops 'Fastest' Academic Supercomputer
The artificial intelligence-rooted supercomputer, built in part with funding from Nvidia, will be used in AI-centric courses. The university has to hiring 100 new faculty members who are focused on the evolving technology.
Tech & Data
Report: Governments Should Turn to AI Before Disaster Strikes
The technology could help forecast future and impending disasters in real time, assess damage in the aftermath, and predict and evaluate impacts.
Tech & Data
President Trump Signs Law to Curb Unwanted Robocalls
The law supports several federal agencies in more aggressively combating the annoying, automatic calls.
Infrastructure
USDA Accepting Applications to Fund Rural Broadband Services
The agency is making at least $600 million available and the pot is open to rural electrical cooperatives and municipalities, as well as telecom companies.
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