HavocAI builds robot boats with help of AI in Quonset, East Providence
Havoc is one of many companies working on maritime drone technology in Rhode Island, part of the ecosystem state leaders call the "Blue Economy."
R.I. doctors urge CVS to expand access to injectable PrEP to prevent HIV
We finally have the technology, infrastructure, and the political will to end the US HIV epidemic, write the Brown University doctors who lead the Rhode Island Public Health Institute. But access to PrEP medications remains incredibly uneven.
Employee Retirement System of RI seeks cybersecurity assessment
The Employee Retirement System of Rhode Island wants to conduct an assessment of its information technology systems, and review and update its security policies and procedures.
An alumna just gave the University of Rhode Island the largest gift in its history
The $65 million donation will provide up to $20,000 a year for four years to high-achieving undergraduates majoring in science, technology, engineering, or math.
Pro-Palestinian protesters retake MIT encampment, occupy building at Rhode Island School of Design
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology retook a barricaded encampment, those at the Rhode Island School of Design occupied a building, and Columbia University said its university-wide commencement ceremony will not happen following weeks of protests.
🌊 The Ocean State wins some love (and maybe a bunch of money) from President Biden
Rhode Island and Massachusetts were designated one of 31 tech hubs nationally, focusing on undersea technology, manufacturing, composites, and ocean engineering.
Dominican immigrant saw a digital skills gap in R.I. Hispanic community. So he set out to close it.
Wilkin Sanchez founded the Rhode Island Group for Hispanic Technology, also known as RIGHT.
R.I. hotel industry wants to be able to kick out verbally abusive guests
Existing law “does need to be modernized to reflect the changing world, the changing technology, and particularly this growing level of animosity toward people working in these establishments,” a lobbyist for the Rhode Island Hospitality Association said.
‘This is wrong’: Warren criticizes Raimondo’s response to EU efforts to regulate US technology companies
Warren’s comments were a response to a video of the former Rhode Island governor discussing legislation moving through the European Union that seeks to regulate major players like Google, Facebook, and Amazon.
Lawmaker calls for banning robot police dogs in Rhode Island
Citing uproar in New York City, Representative David Morales warns against using “dystopian technology” to police communities of color