Technology

OBAE Funds Laptop Distribution To Close Digital Divide

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OBAE News:

ALBUQUERQUE — In the last six months, a state-funded pilot program put laptop computers in the hands of 170 New Mexico families across 33 communities—many of them receiving their first personal computer—and delivered nearly 1,600 digital training sessions to help them use it.

The New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) provided more than $300,000 to Adelante DiverseIT to launch a statewide project called TechUp! New Mexico, with a mission to donate computer hardware to families and to expand digital access and opportunities for New Mexicans. People of all ages Read More

Project Y Robotics Team To Host New Mexico Competition

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Project Y Robotics Team 4153 of Los Alamos. Courtesy photo

Scene of a robotics competition. Courtesy photo

Robotics News:

For years, New Mexico high school robotics teams have traveled hundreds of miles to compete in Texas. Saturday, July 11, Project Y Robotics Team 4153 of Los Alamos is changing that by hosting ABQ RoboRumble, New Mexico’s premier FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) off-season event at St. Pius X High School in Albuquerque.

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an international organization that inspires students through competitive robotics. Read More

LANL 2026 Summer Physics Camp Celebrates 10 Years Of Student Curiosity And Creativity

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A Music House: Student Aryl L. Villa of Silver City demonstrates the electronic grand piano in her Santa Fe Opera House model to LANL Director Thom Mason and U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich. Photo by David Moore/LANL

Robotic Hand Meet Your Creator: A robotic hand was created and decorated by 8th grader Hina Sherhata, of Hilo, HI with floral motifs inspired by the legends and volcanic landscapes of the Big Island. Photo by Mark MacInnes/ladailypost.com

Group Shot: Students, mentors, and invited guests celebrate the conclusion of the 10th Annual Summer Physics Camp in Santa Fe. Photo by David Moore/ Read More

New Broadband Program Expands Public Wi-Fi Access

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CONNECT NM News:

SANTA FE — More local governments and state agencies in New Mexico will soon be able to provide public Wi-Fi access because of $6 million in U.S. Treasury Department funding for a new community broadband program.

Today the Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) launched the New Mexico Community Wi-Fi Digital Connectivity Technology Project, a new program designed to expand and deploy public Wi-Fi in local communities. OBAE will use $5,993,281 available from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Capital Projects Fund.  

“Additional funding for Wi-Fi service is another Read More

UbiQD Expands Los Alamos Headquarters Campus With Economic Development Support

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Gathered at the closing on the new building recently at the Title Guaranty office in downtown Los Alamos, from left, UbiQD Facilities Manager Mike Krajcik, Title Guaranty President Denise Terrazas and UbiQD CEO Hunter McDaniel. Courtesy/UbiQD

Gathered after the closing on the new building, from left, UbiQD’s Chief Admin Officer Liseth Garay, CEO Hunter McDaniel and Facilities Manager Mike Krajcik in front of Title Guaranty. Courtesy/UbiQD

UbiQD News:

  • Facility expansion enables next leg of growth with space for new manufacturing equipment and R&D

LOS ALAMOS –UbiQD®, a global leader Read More

Catch Of The Week: Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. Breach

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Need another reason to dislike Texas (kidding!)? If you or anyone you know bought a Texas hunting or fishing license recently, your personal information may already be in criminal hands.

A breach involving a third-party vendor used by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has exposed data belonging to more than three million people. We are talking driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, email addresses, phone numbers, and home addresses. Yikes!

That combination is worth understanding. A driver’s license Read More

New Mexico Foundation For Open Government Files Lawsuit For Release Of Communications About Project Jupiter

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NMFOG News:

LAS CRUCES – The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (NMFOG) has filed a lawsuit against the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners for release of emails and other communications related to construction of a data center in Southern New Mexico known as Project Jupiter.

The county’s refusal to allow inspection of these public records violates the state Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA), and NMFOG is asking the Third Judicial District Court to order the county to release the records as required by IPRA.

At a meeting on Sept. 19, 2025, the Doña Ana County commissioners met Read More

Fusion Industry Association To Host Inaugural Fusion Supply Chain Trade Show In Santa Fe June 23-24

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By ANDREW HOLLAND
Chief Executive Officer
Fusion Industry Association

Commercial fusion energy is no longer a line on the horizon, with a timeline that stretches to the theoretical. It is now an emerging, multi-billion-dollar global industry transitioning from laboratory experiments to commercial reality – at a pace that will bring this clean, safe, sustainable energy to market soon. Fusion, when fully operational with power plants across the country, will provide unlimited carbon-free, affordable energy that can meet ever-increasing energy demands; and can be built in New Read More

FBI: Man Charged With Making Online Threats To Blow Up White House And Kill Federal Law Enforcement

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FBI News:

HOUSTON – Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck  has announced that a 35-year-old man from a small town in Grimes County, Texas has been charged for allegedly transmitting interstate threats via social media. 

Authorities took Peter James Bloomfield into custody June 10 where he remains on related charges. He is expected to make his initial appearance before a U.S. magistrate judge in Houston in the near future.  

The criminal complaint alleges authorities discovered a Texas-based X account with multiple threatening messages directed at federal law enforcement and others. The Read More

Op-Ed: Response To Matthew Jeremy’s Response To James Rickman’s Op-Ed

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By DAVE WILSON
Los Alamos

Mr. Jeremy brings up some valuable and useful insights in regard to the Fourth Amendment, and the expectation of personal privacy when an individual is in a public space (link). I appreciate the time he took to do so. He is indeed correct that the courts have ruled that there is no legal presumption or expectation of privacy when you walk out your front door and into public areas. Indeed, you compromise your expectation of privacy even when you exit your home and go into your backyard.

“At the time it was adopted, the Fourth Amendment prohibited the government from entering Read More