Technology

Thousands In Sierra County Gain Access To Broadband

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CONNECT NM News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Nearly 3,000 locations, including homes, businesses, and farms in Truth or Consequences and Williamsburg, now have access to high-speed fiber internet, following the completion of a broadband infrastructure project funded by the state’s Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE).

The project was completed ahead of schedule and under its $14.5 million total budget.

“I am so pleased that the days of sporadic and unreliable internet service seem to be over. I have already received calls of improved service, fewer outages, and better affordability,” Truth Read More

NNSA Issues Final Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement And Record Of Decision For Expanded Operations For Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) today issued its Final Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision to implement an Expanded Operations Alternative to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in the coming years.

The Record of Decision accompanies completion of LANL’s Sitewide Environmental Impact Statement, which followed the National Environmental Policy Act to evaluate potential environmental impacts of three options for continuing LANL Read More

New Mexico Jury Delivers $375 Million Verdict Against Meta In Landmark Case

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Feliz Rael
President
New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association

From New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association:

          • Lawyers Fight and Win for Kids to be Protected From Meta
          • New Mexico Jurors Are the Heroes

SANTA FE — In a major victory for consumers and families, a jury has awarded a $375 million verdict against Meta, finding the social media giant failed to disclose the potential mental health harms its platforms pose to minors.

The case, brought by New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez in partnership with nationally recognized trial firm Motley Rice LLC, resulted in $187.5 million in damages for each of Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Continuously Monitors Air

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Map of all LANL’s air-monitoring locations. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) routinely measures the composition of matter in the ambient atmosphere at the Lab and in the community.

LANL has 68 radiological air sampling locations that continuously monitor the air, making it among the most thoroughly monitored environments in the world.

Details

  • 43 ambient air-monitoring stations;
  • 25 monitored exhaust stacks from Lab facilities; and
  • 8 meteorological towers.

During events such as wildfires, the Laboratory conducts extra sampling to perform specialized Read More

Laboratory Awards 3 Fellowships To Deep-Tech Entrepreneurs

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Firescape AI uses artificial intelligence to help electric utilities predict the paths of wildfires and protect the communities they serve from related power outages. The company will spend the next two years collaborating with the Laboratory to perfect this technology. Courtesy photo

LANL News:

The New Mexico Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (NM LEEP) has selected its fifth cohort of deep-tech innovators. Beginning in January 2026, three new startups will collaborate with Laboratory experts to perfect new national security innovations in AI for wildfire mitigation, quantum Read More

Spiritus Climate Technology Company In White Rock Appoints Dorian West And Kip Hensley To Support Commercial Scale-Up

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Dorian West

BUSINESS News:

Spiritus, a climate technology company based in White Rock that is developing carbon-negative power generation and industrial-scale direct air capture systems, recently announced two leadership appointments that deepen the company’s execution bench as it delivers firm, carbon-negative power infrastructure for AI data centers and other power-intensive customers.

Kip Hensley has joined as Head of Project Development, and Dorian West has joined Spiritus’s Board of Directors.

Together, they bring the leadership required to move Orchard Power from technical Read More

State Urges Release Of $293 Million In Broadband Funds

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OBAE News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) is calling on the federal government to release $293 million in remaining funds from the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program to support broadband connectivity across the state.

The federal government had allocated $675 million in BEAD funding for New Mexico in 2023. After the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) approved New Mexico’s $382 million broadband infrastructure BEAD proposal—which will connect more than 42,500 unserved and underserved Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Researchers Explore Using Fiber-Optic Cables To Detect Moonquakes

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Fiber-optic cables lie on the surface and beneath crushed basalt in an indoor lab at Los Alamos National Laboratory to determine whether they could be used on the surface of the moon to detect moonquakes. The crushed basalt simulates the lunar surface. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Two recent studies suggest that fiber-optic cables laid directly on the moon’s surface could potentially detect moonquakes, offering a simpler way to gather seismic data to support future human and robotic exploration.

“The moon has a lot of seismic activity, but deploying traditional seismic sensors like seismometers Read More

Catch Of The Week: Tax Season Is Also Scam Season

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

It is that magical time of year when Americans gather their receipts, promise themselves they will be more organized next year, and log into tax software with mild dread. Unfortunately, it is also the time of year when scammers come out of hibernation.

Tax season is the prime hunting ground for cyber criminals. People are expecting messages from accountants, banks, and the IRS. That makes it easier for scammers to slip fake messages into the mix and hope someone clicks before thinking twice.

Every year the same tricks come back with a few updates. Read More

How AI-Savvy Are You? Take This Quiz!

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LADP News:

How well do you understand the AI tools shaping today’s information environment?
This true/false quiz tests knowledge of how AI models are trained, why they make mistakes, how companies use data and how AI influences what people believe. Take the quiz to see if you can separate AI hype from AI reality.

The quiz was created by Lynn Walsh and Trusting News as a resource for local media organizations to share with their communities. Participating newsrooms are part of an AI Literacy cohort aimed at helping audiences better understand what AI is, how it works and how it is being used.

How AI-Savvy Read More