Local politicians and city officials hold an over-packed community meeting March 4, 2024, in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, New York, to address growing concerns about a plan for a new emergency shelter to house more than 400 recently arrived migrants. (Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis via Getty Images)
“I think it’s about just getting into the community, asking them what they need and showing what we have and then meeting people where they are,” said…
In an attempt to build on a thriving community of local technology startups and civic technology efforts, city leaders are gathering entrepreneurs to share their work.
Now nearing 20 years of funding projects that drive digital access and education, Seattle's Technology Matching Fund tallies a lifetime total of more than .6 million.
The three U.S. cities won a three-year competition sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development for innovative community-development programs.
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Google’s Larry Page, Eric Schmidt and Sergey Brin in one of the company’s self-driving cars in 2011. (Courtesy of Google)
Self-driving cars are here. Cities and colleges are working on building them, and Google is testing them in several states. But regulatory questions remain.