How the UK created her majesty's cyber service
Britain's Active Cyber Defence program offers agencies basic, automated cybersecurity services to protect "the majority of the people from the majority of the harm from the majority of the attacks the majority of the time."
Sidewalk Labs' transit platform offers APIs for parking, tolls data
Coord is a cloud-based platform that integrates and aggregates data from curb signage, parking lots and toll gates and provides standardized application programming interfaces for transportation data.
States step up pace of cyber regulations
With the increasing frequency and severity of cyberattacks, state legislators are raising their security requirements, a new report says.
Minneapolis puts new video platform to work for Super Bowl policing
FieldWatch will allow commanders to view video streamed from officers in the field and coordinate resources.
Air Force seeks 'virtual wingman' for intel analysts
The conversational digital assistants would make complex analytics possible for nearly anyone, regardless of technical ability.
Micro-jamming tech could kill prison cellphone use
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons is testing whether it can prevent inmate cellphone use without disrupting services in the surrounding area.
Smarter Medicaid will be built with cloud, APIs
A truly "smart" Medicaid system would use open application programming interfaces and cloud platforms to take advantage of machine learning, geographic information systems and internet-of-things technology.
CES spotlights smart city innovations
The annual consumer electronics show honored 11 innovative smart city products.
DOT taps into Waze, GPS data
The federal Department of Transportation announced plans for two pilot programs to integrate its existing datasets with near-real-time data sources to improve highway safety.
NIST wants to consolidate its e-commerce in a Salesforce cloud
The National Institute of Standards and Technology wants a single Salesforce-based e-commerce system to handle sales of everything from bovine liver samples to instrument calibration services.
IBM expands cloud-based quantum access
Members of the IBM Q Network will have cloud-based access to the 20-qubit IBM Q system and eventually to the company's 50-qubit prototype processor.
Traffic analysis at the intersection of AI and supercomputing
Artificial intelligence and high-end hardware can automatically analyze video data from traffic cameras and provide actionable information for decision-makers.
Why agencies struggle with performance analytics
Many local governments have not been able to capture data and successfully apply it to their decision-making process, according to researchers at the Brookings Institution.
Baltimore gets $5M grant for crime-fighting tech
The grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies will bolster Baltimore’s Citiwatch video surveillance program, expand license plate readers and increase the number of gunshot detectors.
Cisco launches smart city financing
Cisco's new City Infrastructure Financing Acceleration Program offers $1 billion in debt and equity capital financing to cities and smart city services providers.
NASA plans for 'Earth-independent' space exploration
The space agency wants research proposals for processes that turn in-situ resources into water, oxygen and fuel.
What makes hackers tick?
For a new study, ethical hackers will wear monitors that measure their biological responses as they attack computers in a network simulation.
NIH launches Data Commons pilot
The pilot will test ways to store, access and share biomedical data and associated tools in the cloud so that they are findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable.
DHS seeks tech for a better border-crossing experience
Technology that counts international travelers in airports and guides them to the correct inspection areas would streamline the inspection process and improve travelers' experience.
CDC eyes blockchain for exchanging health data during disasters
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is experimenting with the distributed ledger technology to monitor the spread of infectious diseases in crisis situations.
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