HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Flock cameras, which read license plates and alert police if they're connected to any crimes, have been in use in the City of Houston since 2021, according to the ...

The governor’s pen recently halted an Inland Empire state senator’s attempt to rein in how police use data from automated license plate readers. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, Oct. 1, vetoed SB 274, ...

Bill McColl has 25+ years of experience as a senior producer and writer for TV, radio, and digital media leading teams of anchors, reporters, and editors in creating news broadcasts, covering some of ...

You have been warned — do not scan here. An “impossible” to detect smartphone threat is now surging, with a new warning that more than 4 million attacks were observed “in the first half of 2025 alone.

Across the country, police have a tool to indiscriminately track drivers’ movements — even when there is no reason to suspect them of any wrongdoing. Law enforcement agencies say license plate readers ...

What if you could run advanced coding workflows from your phone—no laptop, no desk, no problem? Imagine reviewing pull requests during your morning commute or resolving backend issues while waiting ...

What if students had to pass a class to prove they could manage their cellphones and other tech use before being allowed to use personal devices at school? That’s the idea behind a digital driver’s ...

Tom Bowen is a senior editor who loves adventure games and RPGs. He's been playing video games for several decades now and writing about them professionally since 2020. Although he dabbles in news and ...

With the release of new AI models that are better at coding, developers are increasingly using AI to generate code. One of the newest examples is the current batch coming out of Y Combinator, the ...

Optimizations in programming have mostly been associated with more efficient data structures or algorithms. Any optimization that uses hardware resources explicitly is generally considered premature, ...

Energy companies say a labor shortage is one big obstacle to installing more solar power. They’re turning to machines to speed things up. By Brad Plumer The companies racing to build large solar farms ...