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Federal funding helping with Broadband projects, access to technology | News, Sports, Jobs
Photo Courtesy/WV Legislative Photography BROADBAND EXPANSION — Economic Development Secretary Mitch Carmichael briefs lawmakers Tuesday on broadband expansion projects slated to launch later this month. CHARLESTON – Thanks to Congress and President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, federal funding is helping West Virginians gain access to high-speed broadband and computers, with …
Erin O’Toole isn’t breaking through — and Jason Kenney and Doug Ford aren’t helping
Unable to make any headway in the polls against the Liberals, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole could use a little help from his friends Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Basically, he needs Ford and Kenney to avoid doing anything that makes matters worse for him. Trailing the Liberals by six percentage points …
Pet facial recognition technology helping owners reunite with lost pets | News
ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) — When Bella, a local dog, went missing, her family searched for her everywhere. They uploaded her photo to a pet-facial recognition technology, Petco Love Lost. “Anyone who has lost or found a dog can use it, all you need is a computer, smartphone, or tablet,” said Heather Friedman, with LifeLine Animal …
The UK is already stretched to breaking point. Boris Johnson’s pile of scandals isn’t helping matters
His former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, said recently that the Prime Minister’s plan to “have donors secretly pay for the renovation were unethical, foolish, possibly illegal and almost certainly broke the rules on proper disclosure of political donations.” Government officials are concerned that Cummings, who left government in November amid a public power struggle, is …
New technology helping to fix an overactive bladder
Family road trips can be fun, but not when you have to stop every 5 minutes for a bathroom break. Luckily, CHI St. Vincent has something to help with that. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Family road trips can often mean good times, but there was a time in the life of Anne Collins when trips …
PNC technology aims at helping customers reduce overdraft fees
Pittsburgh-based PNC Financial Services Group, which has branches in Erie and Crawford counties, has announced a new program to reduce the number of overdraft fees consumers pay each year. The bank, one of the nation’s largest, has introduced Low Cash Mode, a digital program designed to help Virtual Wallet customers manage through low-cash moments or mis-timed …
Mobile Police show technology helping solve shooting cases
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The City of Mobile saw five shootings over the weekend. Two of those shootings were fatal. On Monday, April 12, city leaders came together, discussing initiatives to slow the violence. Police report 14 homicides in 2021, which’s compared to 10 around this time in 2020. Officers are not able to give …
Local teens lend a helping hand to address student mental health
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — After more than a year of isolation, mental health remains a concern for students across the Las Vegas valley. Although getting professional treatment is beneficial, kids sometimes need another avenue to seek help. Some organizations are getting teens involved in providing peer-to-peer resources, when it comes to conversations about mental health …
Latest Technology Helping Student Identify Harmful Algae |
Graduate student Rebecca Rogers with the Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) at the Marine Sciences Center in Southampton. Rebecca Rogers has learned to go with the flow — the Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB), that is. The IFCB is a cutting-edge technology used to aid in the research efforts of marine scientists — an automated submersible imaging flow cytometer …
US Coronavirus: The race between variants and vaccines in US will be a close call, expert warns, and eased restrictions aren’t helping
“It’s going to be a close call,” Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health told CNN on Tuesday. “We are vaccinating really well, that’s the good news. These variants are spreading pretty quickly across the country, that’s the bad news.” “To me, I think the vaccine should win out,” Jha …