Chris Teale
Managing Editor at Route Fifty
Now: Managing Editor @RouteFifty | Then: @MorningConsult (RIP), @SmartCitiesDive, @arlnowdotcom, @alextimesnews and more | @uniofeastanglia grad | Views own
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1 week ago |
route-fifty.com | Chris Teale
BALTIMORE—Some military bases and installations are hundreds of years old, badly in need of maintenance or perhaps simply retirement. Others lack power and water that could be relied upon in wartime, or broadband and other digital infrastructure to meet today’s needs. “Essentially, we’re fighting tomorrow’s wars with yesterday’s facilities, and we need to fix that,” Brig. Gen. Andrew W.
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1 week ago |
route-fifty.com | Chris Teale
In the past, residents trying to get help by phone from one of the South Carolina Department of Social Services’ call centers might be faced with dropped calls, long wait times and server outages that sometimes required a full reboot.
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1 week ago |
route-fifty.com | Chris Teale
The 2013 movie “Her,” which follows a man who develops a relationship with his sentient artificial intelligence device, introduced the notion of humans relying on chatbots for companionship and complex relationships. But the science fiction of the silver screen, which incidentally some argue was set in 2025, could be becoming a reality as people use generative AI for more than just productivity assistance and instead ask for life advice and even therapy.
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2 weeks ago |
route-fifty.com | Chris Teale
States’ efforts to ban cell phones in schools received bipartisan support in a Congressional hearing this week, although Democrats warned that education and mental health services still need federal support as Republicans float massive cuts.
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2 weeks ago |
route-fifty.com | Chris Teale
Just days after the federal government announced changes to the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program, stakeholders have expressed both outrage and optimism as states search for answers on a path forward. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced a slew of changes to the $42.5 billion BEAD program after a three-month review, including that states must now be technology-neutral, rather than prefer fiber.
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Made my debut in Defense One (yay for corporate synergy!) with this joint about what's keeping base commanders up at night. It was a great discussion at the Maryland Defense Forum. https://t.co/GGfSXREcMC
South Carolina's Department of Social Services took its call centers to the cloud, and has seen a big uptick in performance. https://t.co/uF49gSB2hI
Apparently the movie "Her" was based in 2025? This is a thing I learned while writing this story about regulating human/AI relationships. https://t.co/2tMwxke030