Broward County and Palm Beach County's elections websites were temporarily down earlier this week as early voting for the upcoming presidential election commenced within the state.
The new addition to the FixIt FTL app is in response to a state law that will soon prohibit municipalities from allowing people to sleep or camp in public places, such as the beach or parks.
The documents removed from the city’s website contained sensitive personal information about residents, including Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and federal tax identifications.
A new camera system from Miami-Dade County Public Schools is responsible for catching and fining drivers who don’t stop for school buses, resulting in approximately $2.5 million in citations.
Earlier this week, Florida county election officials had trouble posting primary results due to slow and crashing election websites managed by VR Systems.
Approximately $963,000 will be used to purchase technology for the center, and $525,000 will be used by the county’s Digital Forensics Unit to pay for hardware, work stations and computer software.
The program would use drones to deliver a defibrillator, a tourniquet or naloxone — an opioid overdose antidote — to emergency scenes in order to reduce response times for life-threatening situations.
Within Florida's recently published $117.5 billion state budget, lawmakers have allocated millions for tech projects across South Florida, including city surveillance efforts and simulator technology for first responders.
HiPerGator AI, a supercomputer constructed by Nvidia at the University of Florida, is losing out on hiring skilled AI researchers thanks to SB 264, which prevents the state from working with “countries of concern.”
With the new tech, residents can make video calls to first responders during an emergency to help identify their location and assess surrounding danger.
The city has contracted a third-party drone operator for $240,000 to lease four drones to locate missing persons, respond to crimes and assess major accident scenes.
For the next year, the city’s police department will continue using ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection program, thanks to a $280,000 grant from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
