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ACLU chapter wants answers on student-monitoring apps in NYC schools. The New York Civil Liberties Union claims large amounts of critical information about the deal, which involved student-monitoring software, need to be made public.

PG&E is testing artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities of HD cameras to differentiate wildfire smoke and fog in California.

The AI offering will have end-to-end cybersecurity and performance monitoring. Among other functions image recognition and fraud detection will be there.

5G would allow drones to transmit data faster than in the past.

Elko County Clerk Kris Jakeman said that she is happy with the Dominion Voting Systems machines the county has been using, but she will investigate possible alternatives in response to a request from the Elko County commissioners.

Idemia will provide the technology and support to Indiana State Police and other agencies. The contract includes fingerprint biometric data capturing and the backend system to process the prints and support.

The IRS announced the launch of an improved mobile-friendly identity verification and sign-in process for easy and secure access to online tools.

Mississippi with the help of IDEMIA launched a mobile application for the citizens to digitally store and display their driver’s license and other ID’s.

Congress passed a $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure package from which $2.75 billion will be used to provide affordable and high-speed internet.

The Small Business Assistance Plan is slated to get $25 billion. It should give a much-needed boost to government programs that provide loans to small businesses and entrepreneurs.