By Mark Breen’s calculation, the pandemic has propelled his school district three to five years into the future. Breen is the chief technology officer for the 14,000-student Vail School District near Tuscon, Ariz. The question now facing him and his colleague Kelly Pinkerton—who, as the director of assessment and innovative learning at Vail schools, runs the district’s
Let's get started. 1. Google faces calls to compensate its underpaid temp workers. After reports that the tech giant illegally underpaid thousands of contract workers, more than 140 Google employees signed a petition calling on the company to properly compensate them — calling it a "massive moral failing." READ MORE FROM THE ORIGINAL SOURCE HERE
When Smart House aired on Disney Channel in 1999, it was a massive stretch of the imagination; while smart home technology has thankfully not tried to take over as anyone’s mother, it has come a long way. New technologies for homes have really taken off as devices are being introduced for every room in the house.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption and modernization of technologies and digital services in the federal government as agencies realized the need for advanced capabilities to fulfill their mission. These advancements aren’t going away, and could help prepare agencies for the future. READ MORE FROM THE ORIGINAL SOURCE HERE
BLOG POST TECH UP THOUGHTS BY MEG HATTON, TECH UP FOR WOMEN TEAM As artificial intelligence becomes intertwined in all aspects of life, both lovers and skeptics of this new technology have expressed their views. Artificial intelligence has the capability to reinvent the way we accomplish daily tasks, powering deep learning algorithms that can make
BLOG POST TECH UP THOUGHTS BY MEG HATTON, TECH UP FOR WOMEN TEAM Since the creation of 1G in the 1980s, the internet has come a long way from simple voice calls. Approximately every decade, wireless connections get a major upgrade - a new “G” of connectivity. Using mostly 3G and 4G today, cell phones
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BLOG POST TECH UP THOUGHTS BY MEG HATTON, TECH UP FOR WOMEN TEAM As the Olympics have unfolded in Tokyo over the past few weeks, people all over the world have been tuning in to watch their favorite athletes compete. Though the delayed Olympic games have been a bit different with COVID-19 rules in place,
While there has been much discussion about the extent to which COVID-19 is changing the workplace, one of the few things that appears to be true is the fact that many industries have been forced to embrace a work-from-home model across much of the organization. Even still, in some departments and for some roles, work
How vulnerable are your facility systems to cyberattacks? Can bad actors hack into your building automation systems (BAS) and then gain access to sensitive information technology (IT) data? As building system technology continues to emerge and mature, facility managers, operators, and occupants are becoming increasingly reliant on the internet of things (IoT) and related technologies
