Technology & Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Can state use cryptocurrency? Lawmakers will study issue

Louisiana is launching a committee to determine whether the state should wade into the...

Yokogawa Corporation opening Baton Rouge facility in June 

Industrial automation company Yokogawa Corporation of America, the Japanese company’s U.S. branch, today announced that a Baton Rouge location will open in June. 

After 22 years, Apple is discontinuing the iPod   

The iPod began with a modest goal: Let’s create a music product that makes people want to buy more Macintosh computers.

IBM funding new cybersecurity center at Southern University 

Six historically Black universities in five Southern states, one of them Southern University in Baton Rouge, will be getting the first IBM cybersecurity centers aimed at training underrepresented communities, the company announced this week. 

Try tossing a yellow flag to get meetings back on topic  

At Addigy, a Miami-based software company that specializes in Apple device management, they've come up with a way to snap speakers back on point: tossing a yellow flag, Inc. reports. 

AG Jeff Landry alleges Biden administration colluded with social media giants

As states push back against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ plan to combat disinformation online, Louisiana’s Jeff Landry is among two attorneys general that have filed a lawsuit against him,

Baton Rouge Health District awards three local health care projects $30,000

The Baton Rouge Health District awarded three local health care projects $30,000 each as part of its first Launchpad Innovation Pilot Awards, the district announced today.

Meta offering small businesses greater access to customer data  

Facebook's parent company Meta today announced the launch of a new suite of digital...

LED launches program to grow Louisiana’s high-tech workforce 

Real-time 3D is a computer graphics technology that generates interactive images that is used in building design, the energy industry, manufacturing and aerospace engineering. 

Baton Rouge restaurants using Instagram to reach new customers 

If you dine out often, odds are you’ve seen more than a few people...