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(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—InnovateOhio, under the direction of Lt. Governor Jon Husted, today released the Ohio Broadband Strategy. See more at ... InnovateOhio Issues Statewide Broadband Strategy

Even though banking and financial services have been slower than other industries to adopt the latest technology into their operations, financial organizations are trying to catch up by incorporating artificial intelligence, blockchain, and other technology to benefit their customers, remain competitive and improve business results.

See more at … The 7 Biggest Technology Trends To Disrupt Banking & Financial Services In 2020

Traditional banks are experiencing a period of unprecedented disruption driven by an evolving customer base, demands for new services, and new technology that makes these services possible. See more at ... Why The Bank Will Be Platform-Based

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio is moving to strengthen its cyber defenses by creating a new unit tasked with responding when local governments are digitally attacked, under a new law signed on Friday by Gov. Mike DeWine.

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These and many other fascinating insights are from Swiss consulting firm consulting firm EconSight's patent analyitics research that first identified all the patents that are supposed to protect particularly relevant innovations - in this case, as defined as innovations for the digitization of applied technologies - using the PatentSight database.  See more at ... The Most Innovative Tech Companies Based On Patent Analytics

On August 29th, as Hurricane Dorian tracked towards America’s east coast, Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla, an electric-car maker, announced that some of his customers in the storm’s path would find that their cars had suddenly developed the ability to drive farther on a single battery charge.

See more at … How the world will change as computers spread into everyday objects

Sometimes a technology comes along and changes the way we live forever. It often starts quietly. The tech might have to pass through a few iterations before its value becomes clear.

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HOUSTON — At the public library in Wilmer, Tex., books were checked out not with the beeps of bar code readers but with the scratches of pen on notebook paper. Out on the street, police officers were literally writing tickets — by hand. When the entire computer network that keeps the small town’s bureaucracy afloat was recently hacked, Wilmer was thrown into the digital Dark Ages.

See more ... Ransomware Attacks Are Testing Resolve of Cities Across America

China, once seen as an imitator when it came to technology, is now looking to take the lead in areas from blockchain to artificial intelligence (AI), much-hyped technologies that are seen as critical to the future.

See more at … China throws its weight behind A.I. and blockchain as it aims to be the world’s tech leader

One of the perennial challenges for any civic initiative is to encourage the public to get involved. Following the lead of e-commerce companies and social networks, some city governments are turning to gamification, defined as the use of game design elements in non-game contexts, to introduce an element of competition and social activity to public engagement.

See more ...  City of games - Interact - Empowering Spaces