One teacher complained that the lack of working computers robs students of practice time typing, and the tiny screens make it impossible to do many of the test tasks.
The scorecard was based on eight criteria outlined in a document of shared principles signed in May by a broad coalition of civil rights, privacy and media rights groups.
Milner has devoted part of his fortune to various fields of scientific research. In July, he announced he is also giving $100 million for a new SETI effort based at UC Berkeley to detect signals from civilizations on planets in distant solar systems.
Launched last month, the app allows users to request inspections, find development service centers and review the status of a permit request. The app is called LADBS Go, and is available as an iPhone or Android application.
Officials said city-operated websites had experienced periodic disruptions and outages since Thursday, when it was identified as something more severe than an internal IT problem.
The announcement underscores the rapid changes occurring in the industry, as mobile and cloud computing and even the evolving Internet of Things create new demands for faster deployment of networks through software as well as hardware.
With competition to develop self-driving technology, robotics and AI getting increasingly intense, Toyota’s move is an apparent bid to place itself ahead of the pack.
Trident Winds has filed early paperwork with Morro Bay city officials for a plan to install 100 floating turbines -- each up to 636 feet tall -- about 15 miles off the San Luis Obispo County shoreline. The project would generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 300,000 homes.
By acquiring all those companies, Yahoo also acquired roughly 100 company founders and CEOs as employees — potential visionaries whose technology and ideas could infuse the company with new energy.
Mobile Data Labs joins a growing roster of mobile application startups that Microsoft has acquired in the past year in an effort to bolster its presence on mobile devices.
San Francisco residents have voted to allow Airbnb to continue operating within the city, defeating Prop F, which would have drastically altered the regulations for short-term rentals.
San Franciscans have approved Prop G, which allows the city to promote CleanPowerSF, a city-run renewable energy program as 'green' even though it’s not 100 percent greenhouse-gas free.
The rules, which will take effect in about six months, allow private companies to raise up to $1 million a year from small-time investors without most of the reporting and auditing required of larger firms or companies raising more money.
The dissecting of HP and its 300,000 employees were assigned to either HP Inc., which makes printers and personal computers, or Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which sells data center technology.
Many states are hesitant to embrace autonomous vehicles, but California could serve as a model on how to establish regulations for this new technology.
The funds would continue research that the USGS already is doing with the California Institute of Technology, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Washington and the University of Oregon.
The school plans to do the research and development that’s needed to realize robots of the future — robots that are safe, useful and autonomous in any environment.
ThingSpace is the name of Verizon's new IoT platform, which includes staff to help smart device makers create applications and devices, especially for agriculture, health care and consumer electronics.
Between 2011 and 2015, about 15 million domestic cars have been sold with cellular radios as automakers tout mobile technology almost as much as horsepower and gas mileage to lure buyers.
Orange County has long had an established tech industry, particularly in the healthcare and hardware sectors, but the county is known less for start-ups however that could change soon.
FIS Mobile will open an office in Petaluma to serve its workers who live in Sonoma County and recruit computer science interns from Sonoma State University.
