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Microsoft has won a contract from the U.S. Army worth a potential $22 billion to produce enhanced versions of its Hololens 2 smart goggles. The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) devices provide better vision...

Over the course of the next 20 years, nation-states will see a rise in targeted offensive cyber-operations and disinformation in an increasingly “volatile and confrontational” global security landscape, according to...

President Biden has announced a new set of initiatives by which he hopes to curb the gun violence he described as “an epidemic” and “an international embarrassment.” Among other things, the ATF will be closing...

Regardless of what you think about Edward Snowden, he’s absolutely right here. This morning, a question came in on Quora that chilled me: Why are some college professors so worried about students being allowed to...

As costs to fight wildfires skyrocket amid warming temperatures and cities look at spending millions to raise sea walls, local leaders say there’s real action local governments can take to combat climate change...

After being called out for discussing secret negotiations about city efforts to purchase a downtown building in Mission Viejo, city council members moved late last month to craft a two-person, temporary committee —...

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to 744,000, signaling that many employers are still cutting jobs even as more people are vaccinated against COVID-19, consumers...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved an obligation of some $18.4 million for permanent repairs to the Roberto Clemente Walker Stadium, a sports facility managed by the Municipality of Carolina. Aside...

Grants available under Technology Adoption and Innovation Program for Victorian SMEs The Victorian Government is accepting applications for its Technology Adoption and Innovation Program – a competitive scheme that...

No one wants to return to Twitter more badly than Donald Trump. When the site banned finally banned our malodorous then-president for inciting the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol, which killed five people, he didn’t give...

Vaccination gaps remain in Orange County and throughout California as more businesses are reopening and state public health officials are expected to lift nearly all coronavirus restrictions in two months.  Some...

I recently had the opportunity to record the keynote for this year’s AWS Public Sector Summit Online. This year’s keynote theme is “Inspiration Everywhere,” and I can’t wait to share a number of inspiring...

I recently had the opportunity to record the keynote for this year’s AWS Public Sector Summit Online. This year’s keynote theme is “Inspiration Everywhere,” and I can’t wait to share a number of inspiring...

A Ukranian government data report indicates that public officials there have declared owning 46,351 BTC, with several whales among them.According to Ukranian government data transparency provider Opendatabot, civil...

Global warming is the gradual increase in temperature of Earth’s atmosphere due to greenhouse gases (GHG) such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. In recent years, global warming is believed to be caused by...

Two homeless outreach deputies at the Orange County Sheriff’s Dept. stopped Kurt Andras Reinhold, a homeless Black man, for jaywalking in San Clemente in September last year — an encounter that ended with Reinhold...

Costa Mesa City Council members ended the eviction ban on commercial tenants the same day state public health officials announced that nearly all Coronavirus restrictions could be lifted in two months. The temporary...