Technology

Today on the Conversation, we'll have a panel discussion on the future of artificial intelligence.

Hawaiʻi residents with internet access problems can now tap into millions of dollars in federal funding — and a nonprofit created a tool to help take advantage of these funds.

As summer travel starts to pick up, the Transportation Security Administration wants to remind travelers about some of its relatively new technology at Oʻahu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.

Vanuatu’s prime minister has visited a Chinese company to look at surveillance technology used to enhance policing and reduce criminal activity. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

The Conversation was interested in understanding what was learned about the way the internet and digital technologies are impacting local businesses. We spoke with State Digital Equity Coordinator Burt Lum, who also hosts HPR’s weekly tech program Bytemarks Café.

How much of your day do you spend looking at a screen? If you're like many adults, part of your day may involve a computer, and you're likely to have your phone with you or nearby for most of the day. However, researchers in Singapore are taking a closer look at what screen behavior means for children. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

The Lei Pua ʻAla Queer Histories Trail project aims to document and memorialize gender and sexual diversity across Hawaiʻi's multicultural landscape. HPR's Cassie Ordonio explains more about the sites.

Gov. Josh Green has named Christine Sakuda as the state’s new chief information officer. Sakuda has been the executive director of the nonprofit Transform Hawaiʻi Government for the past seven years.

During a state of emergency, mayors and the governor can cut the transmission of electronic media. Anything from news broadcasting to texting and social media could be blocked. Hawaiʻiʻs Legislature passed a bill to eliminate this, but Green may veto it.

The Public Utilities Commission is considering whether Sandwich Isles violated the law when it failed to provide sufficient notice to customers about the abrupt cut to telecommunications services earlier this month.