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(TNS) — As conversations continue on the use of technology in schools, Petaluma City Schools district leaders are considering scaling back on district-issued devices for younger students while updating the district’s policy on which devices older students can use to complete their classwork. Following a presentation by Heather Ramme, the district’s director of technology, innova...

(TNS) — You don’t need money or a college degree from Carnegie Mellon to get a Google certification in Miami. Miami-based tech entrepreneur Hilmon Sorey is committed to leveling the playing field for South Florida professionals interested in tech jobs. So, Sorey and his organization, The Source, are offering an opportunity. With support from The Source, Miami nonprofit Get Tech ...

(TNS) — The hulking ghost of Remington Arms, a deserted campus of 44 industrial buildings, loomed over the Ilion municipal building on a recent Monday evening as roughly 100 village residents crowded inside. Eight cops checked everyone for weapons as they filed in. Those who spoke up at the public hearing told the village board they did not want the vacant gun factory converted ...

(TNS) — The City Council gave its final approval to a ban on data centers during its meeting Thursday night. The zoning amendment, filed by Mayor Dominick Pangallo in July, defines data centers within the city’s zoning ordinance, as a “facility, or portion thereof, primarily designed or used to house computer servers and related information technology infrastructure for the stor...

Do you know who — and what — is on your network? If yes, do you know what "they" are actually doing? In this case, the "what" and "they" mentioned could be an AI agent or two — or even hundreds. Identity and access management (IAM) has been a core component of cybersecurity for decades, even as technology has changed. But one major new aspect of this challenge includes predictio...