Technology

The yearslong push to put guardrails on when — and how — companies can commodify key aspects of a person’s identity has taken on new urgency in Montpelier. But the tension between strict consumer protections and their potential impact on local businesses continues to thwart compromise over an issue that states are reckoning with nationwide.

Tech industry lobbyists are urging Gov. Phil Scott to veto the bill, and claim the legislation would violate the First Amendment.

The proposal has gathered the support of a broad coalition of farmers and academics, who say drones could make their jobs cheaper and more environmentally-friendly.

Climate tech as it's known, is an industry which looks to come up with solutions to combat and adapt to climate change. The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center is spearheading the effort.

A robotics championship attracts more than 100 teams from schools across Connecticut.

Data centers are already a reality in Connecticut, but Gov. Ned Lamont says he wants them to be prioritized. Lamont said artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a crucial sector of the state’s economy.

The instrument, known as IMAP-Lo, is part of a spacecraft launching on the fifth mission in NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Probes program.

The science and technology company Battelle is running the liquid left over from its “PFAS Annihilator” through testing in Massachusetts to make sure the chemicals are gone.

A new study from Dartmouth Health found that algorithms were able to use large sets of data to come to conclusions that were accurate, but not logical, including that beer consumption was evident in knee X-rays.

In a freezing laboratory in New Hampshire, a modified 3D printer spit out a structure the size of a toaster made of ice.