The new policy bans LAPD from using any other facial recognition technology beyond that used by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department system. It also sets up oversight requiring LAPD to collect data on how the system is being used and whether it’s effective.
The online software system, called PrepMod, is a vaccine management tool designed to manage waitlists and inventory as well as send email proof of vaccinations to patients.
In a stunning procession in December, California lost the leadership of three iconic firms — Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Oracle and Tesla — all to Texas. In addition, many California tech firms, including Uber and Lyft, as well as Apple, have been shifting jobs outside the state.
The boxy, all-electric vehicles from Zoox were cleared for a spin around a couple of blocks in the city, but so far, the fully autonomous, driverless taxis aren’t accepting fares. More work remains.
While the study did not pinpoint a specific number of AI jobs in the region, it did highlight industries with above-average employment in AI fields. They include telecommunications, information technology, software and transportation.
The governor’s estimate is significantly smaller than the one made last month by the independent Legislative Analyst’s Office, which put the size of the unexpected cash surplus at $26 billion for the fiscal year that begins in July.
Experts say they’re confident that California’s data systems are up to the task at hand. The state is working on “a robust data system to track local inventories and doses administered,” and it already has a “confidential and secure” immunization information system.
“The EDD department is so dysfunctional. There has been a backlog, there continues to be a backlog of many, many thousands of people because of the pandemic, because of the lockdowns," said Vern Pierson, El Dorado County district attorney.
Election experts said the county's voting system in Los Angeles appears to have met its high expectations, even while changing long-held routines and habits developed around election night.
Contact tracing is considered a powerful tool in curbing the spread of COVID-19, doing so by informing close contacts of infected individuals of the exposure so that they can self-quarantine. That helps contain case clusters while they remain small.
For the first time, the department has the ability to capture and store video footage of large-scale events. The enabling technology includes two massive hard drives.
The public-private partnership between Beam Global and the city of San Diego could be a blueprint for climate-conscious governments as they grapple with constrained budgets amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Rollout of the county’s Administrative Technologies of Marin (ATOM) project, which encompasses aspects of finance, payroll and human resources, has taken longer than expected but may realize a savings. Full implementation of its final phase is set for Jan. 8.
The 'Merced Recycles' app from the county’s Regional Waste Management Authority, educates residents on trash pickup schedules and how to handle garbage and recyclables.
Outdated technology and a lack of flexibility are among the factors that contributed to the Employment Development Department’s historic claims backlog — which is expected to be cleared by the end of January, EDD staffers told a California state Senate committee recently.
A quick read of the 52-page Proposition 24 proves impossible. In broad strokes, the 2019 consumer privacy law gave Californians the right to know what data companies collect on them, the right to get the data deleted, and the right to tell companies not to package and sell the data to other companies.
Acting on an order from Gov. Gavin Newsom, the California Independent System Operator, the California Energy Commission and the Public Utilities Commission last week released a preliminary root-cause analysis into the first rolling blackouts in California since 2001.
The Employment Development Department has paid more than $93.8 billion in unemployment benefits since March and processed more than 13.6 million claims. But the volume has overwhelmed the agency, and a report last month showed that 1.6 million people were still waiting for claims to be resolved.
The system will use technology that detects, monitors and provides real-time truck parking availability using “roadside dynamic message signs, smartphone and in-cab applications and online via websites and traveler information sites.” The system will track available truck parking at 37 public rest areas and 550 parking spaces throughout the four states that make up the I-10 Corridor Coalition.
The new tool, from Virginia cybersecurity firm ID.me, is expected to reduce the percentage of new claims being flagged for manual processing verification to 10 percent and increase the speed at which new claims are paid.
Proposition 24 on the November ballot is pitched as an expansion of California's already robust consumer data privacy law, but the technology giants seemingly square in its sights — the likes of Facebook, Amazon and Google — haven't shown up to the battlefield.
Pedestrian pathways, bike-sharing facilities, bus-only lanes, charging stations for electric buses and light rail systems would all be easier for transit agencies to construct under the law.
CAL FIRE spent $8.8 million with a California-based company for technology that more precisely anticipates where a fire is heading, which can result in fewer unnecessary evacuations and a better response in firefighting.
Sacramento County will receive $3.1 million, and the city will get a reported $950,000. The University of California Regents will receive $13.1 million and California State University will receive $2.9 million from the settlement, in which the carriers denied wrongdoing.
No more than one in 1,000 callers per day have reached someone at the number the Employment Development Department has told people to call for help with their claims, leaving callers “without a statistically significant chance of being served,” according to a new report.
The program, capitalized with $787,650 in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds, is aimed at providing new job skills to 40 people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg emphasized the impact it could have on a larger scale in the city, if expanded.
With the county’s army of manual contact tracers working in the background, L.A. leaders are betting that any additional contact tracing helps — even if that help comes from a tech company whose approach to public safety has come under fire.
