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Running fiber-optic cable to rural communities is part of Maine’s ambitious broadband plan
January 10, 2023 | News, Cloud & InfrastructureMaine’s governor has pledged that everyone in the state who wants high-speed internet will be able to get it by the end of 2024. In just one small, Down East town, that means installing 60 miles of fiber-optic cable.
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No good deed goes unpunished: How phishing exploits gov workers
January 09, 2023 | News, CybersecurityPhishing attacks target employees’ natural curiosity and their commitment to public service, experts say.
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Counties to field red team pen testers
| News, CybersecurityThe Atlanta Regional Commission wants help conducting penetration tests on local county IT systems.
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Cyberattack turns up the heat on common security problems
| News, CybersecurityThe ransomware attack that crippled a New York county again demonstrated the need for investment, regular updates and an enterprisewide approach to security.
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AI might be seemingly everywhere, but there are still plenty of things it can’t do – for now
| News, Emerging TechArtificial intelligence remains a powerful tool for analytic and predictive capabilities, but just interpreting data is not enough to put AI on the same level of human thinking, one expert says.
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COBOL: You’re thinking about it wrong
January 06, 2023 | News, Cloud & InfrastructureThe workhorse computing language suffers from a “major image problem” rooted in fundamental misperceptions, researchers say.
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NIST cooks up modified yeast for responder biothreat training
| News, Emerging TechThe yeast reference material has qualities similar to harmful biological agents, enabling first responders to practice detecting biothreats.
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‘We have nothing’ showing UFOs are of alien origin, defense official says
| News, Emerging TechSo far, data has not shown unidentified anomalous phenomena to be from an alien source, according to defense officials.
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FCC releases proposed rule to give drones more spectrum access
| News, Cloud & InfrastructureAs unmanned aircraft systems have increasingly versatile uses, the FCC wants comments on how best to share band access with more connected devices.
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The places seeing growth in the semiconductor sector so far
| News, Emerging TechWith a major federal push underway to boost production of microchips in the U.S., a trade group for the industry highlights over 40 major projects nationwide.