CHICAGO (WLS) — Some Chicago aldermen and Mayor Brandon Johnson are disagreeing over who can effectively end the use of ShotSpotter technology in Chicago. On Wednesday, the majority of City Council members approved an order, giving themselves control over the technology and allowing more time to collect data on how it works. ABC7 Chicago is…

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CHICAGO (WLS) — Some women are making the empowering decision to be single moms by choice. ABC7 Chicago’s race and culture series, “Black Moms Rising,” takes a look at women choosing to take control of their birth story. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch Ashley Hunt’s daughter was her dream. She’s…

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Educational Technology Trust announced the 21 schools selected to receive grants for the 2024-2025 school year. Established to provide the latest technologies and teacher training to Oklahoma schools, OETT, administered by Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, is awarding each of the 21 schools with $40,000 to purchase new technology equipment. Additionally,…

DOWNERS GROVE, IL — Community High School District 99 recently added two new hires to its ranks. Robert Godinez was brought on as dead of Downers Grove South High School and Philip Howard was hired to serve as the district’s chief technology officer. Godinez has worked in Chicago Public Schools for close to a decade…

ZeroPoint Technologies AB, a startup with hardware that enables processors to make more efficient use of DRAM, has secured $5.5 million in Series A funding. The company said in its announcement of the raise today that Munich-based Matterwave Ventures was the lead investor. Industrifonden, Climentum Capital and Chalmers Ventures participated as well. ZeroPoint is a…

Credits: NASA NASA has awarded the Consolidated Agency Technology Transfer Services contract to Summit Technologies & Solutions, Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia, to provide support for the agency’s Technology Transfer Program. The performance-based firm-fixed price contract has a potential mission services value of $26 million and a maximum potential indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity value of $55 million. The contract…

Direct air capture (DAC) company Zero Carbon Systems has acquired Global Thermostat, bringing together Global Thermostat’s cutting-edge technology with Zero Carbon Systems’ advanced engineering capabilities. David Elenowitz, founder and CEO of Zero Carbon Systems, expressed excitement about the acquisition in a joint statement published Wednesday. Elenowitz, who co-invented Zero Carbon Systems’ innovative engineering design, has…