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Defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton took part in the gathering that zeroed in on strategies for dealing with cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. The Conversation talked to the company's Global Defense Sector President Judi Dotson and Chief Technology Officer Ed Barnabas about the company's efforts to build our local workforce.
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Island residents, including Hawaiian homesteaders, may qualify for free internet service through the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation’s Hawaiʻi Connect Broadband Project.
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Heading into 2024, some of the positive local business stories include entrepreneurship. Young companies in Hawaiʻi are thriving in sectors ranging from food products to autism care. We get some details from Pacific Business News editor in chief A. Kam Napier.
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The Conversation recently sat down with Patrick Sullivan, CEO of Oceanit, and Paul Brewbaker of TZ Economics. The duo wrote a paper challenging lawmakers and all of us to think about investing in our young minds — our talent, our human capital — or risk losing our future.
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County officials said they received an unprecedented high volume of records requests following the Maui Wildfires in August. In accordance with Hawaiʻi law, an online records management portal will launch on Jan. 24.
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A total of 45 laptops were tested and upgraded before being given to low-income families identified by Maui Economic Opportunity (MEO), including those impacted by the wildfires.
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Pāhala has become the first community on Hawaiʻi Island with full access to Hawaiian Telcom’s fiber internet services. The utility, which is the state’s only provider of fiber internet, says it can now offer high-speed service to all residents and businesses in the 96777 zip code.
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Drones, high-tech tools and software have helped create a 3D picture of the fire-damaged areas, giving more information than previous mapping methods.
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Connect Kākou was launched on Tuesday by Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke. It's a collaboration between the University of Hawaiʻi and several state agencies, including the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Hawaiʻi Broadband and Digital Equity Office.
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Artificial intelligence is playing a growing role in many aspects of our lives. It's also an area that advertisers are watching closely. And in Japan, that attention now includes a new TV commercial. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today’s Asia Minute.