Technology
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Pennsylvania Is Open for AI Business. Shapiro’s New Rules Decide Who Gets In
Josh Shapiro is betting big on artificial intelligence. The question is whether Pennsylvania residents will end up footing the bill, writes Zoë Read for WHYY. The Abington native and Pennsylvania governor recently finalized a set of accountability standards aimed at turning the Commonwealth into a magnet for data center investment. The plan offers developers a…
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New AI-Powered Lab at Penn’s Kennett Campus Is Changing How Pennsylvania Farmers Monitor Animal Health
What if a farmer could detect a sick animal days before any visible symptoms appear? That’s the promise behind a new artificial intelligence research lab quietly taking shape in the heart of Pennsylvania’s agricultural country, writes Dave Lefever for Lancaster Farming. The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) has opened the DAT-AI-LAB…
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New Analysis Reveals How ChatGPT Views Philadelphia, Its People
A new analysis has unveiled what artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT thinks of Philadelphians, and its response is quite interesting, writes Emily Bloch for The Philadelphia Inquirer. According to the bot, Philadelphians are annoying, unfriendly, and stressed. However, the city also has the best sandwiches. The new analysis is the result of a new project by…
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Aramark Bets on AI Infrastructure Boom With New Data Center Services Strategy
Aramark is expanding into the rapidly growing data center market with a new strategy centered on its Aramark Nexus platform, designed to support hyperscale AI infrastructure and campus operations, writes Emma Dooling for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Philadelphia-based facilities, food, and hospitality giant is betting on “human infrastructure” at a moment when billions of…
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Comcast’s Bet on Generative AI is Helping the Philadelphia Media Giant Reinvent Innovation
Comcast isn’t waiting for disruption to arrive, it’s building infrastructure to outrun it, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. At the center of that effort is LIFT Labs, Comcast NBCUniversal’s innovation accelerator, which has quietly become one of the more consequential experiments in how a legacy media and connectivity giant reinvents itself from…
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Comcast’s Chief Product Officer Aims to Simplify TV Viewing Experience, Here’s How
Comcast Chief Product Officer Fraser Stirling acknowledged that the TV viewing experience has become increasingly complicated and is working to simplify it again, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Customers have never faced such an array of streaming services, numerous ways to watch sports, and ever-growing content libraries. Stirling plans to simplify this…
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Philadelphia Parents Will Soon Be Able to Track Their Children’s School Buses En Route to School
Starting with the 2026-27 school year, Philadelphia parents will be able to track their kids’ school buses as they travel to and from school, writes Cherise Lynch for NBC10 Philadelphia. This reality is thanks to a new partnership between the School District of Philadelphia and Zūm to make its student mobility operations more modern. The…
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Philadelphia Ranks Among the 10 Smartest Cities in the United States, New Study Finds
A new study ranking the smartest cities in the United States has Philadelphia ranked at number 10, according to Andreea Neculae for CoworkingCafe. The rankings were heavily determined by how each city is doing in terms of technology-driven urban development. It uses 13 key metrics, which are then categorized in three weighted groups: Smart Infrastructure…
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This Delaware County Woman Helped Artemis II Get to the Moon and Back
When Kristin Houston was still in high school, a chemistry teacher noticed her fondness for math and science and suggested she might want to study engineering. That conversation started her down a career path that would fuel her passion for the space industry and place her in a prominent role in the Artemis II mission…
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Penn Grad Named Next Apple CEO, Giving a Global Story a Philadelphia Connection
Apple announced last week that University of Pennsylvania alumnus John Ternus will become the next CEO of the company, starting September 1, writes Alastair Goldfisher for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Ternus will be the successor to incumbent CEO Tim Cook, who will be stepping into the role of Apple’s executive chairman. In a statement, Cook…
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How a Philly EdTech Company is Helping Transform Professional Development, Training for Educators
KickUp, a Philadelphia edtech startup, helps educators become better connected with professional development and training in conjunction with their teaching needs, writes Holly Quinn for Technical.ly. Founded in 2014 by Jeremy Rogoff and Victoria Kinzig, the startup was conceived when Rogoff was an early-career high school teacher. Upon being sent to a professional development session,…
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Norristown Robotics Firm Powers High-Tech Farm Security in Hawaii
A Montgomery County company is helping reshape how farms protect their crops, and it’s happening thousands of miles away, writes Chris Mccullough for Future Farming. Norristown’s Asylon Robotics is providing high-tech “robot dogs” that are now being used to patrol large agricultural operations. DroneDog tech is deploying at major farming sites in Hawaii, where it…
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Downingtown STEM Academy Alum Helped Make NASA’s Artemis II Mission Possible
Chester County native Cameron O’Rourke helped send humans around the moon for the first time in 50 years through his important work on NASA’s Artemis II mission, writes Justin Heinze for Patch. A payload and spacecraft mechanical engineer at NASA, O’Rourke was a key member of the Artemis II launch team at Kennedy Space Center.…
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West Rockhill Considers Rules for Data Centers, Including Solar Power Requirement
West Rockhill officials are considering a new ordinance regulating data centers, even though no formal applications have been submitted to the township, writes Lacey Latch for the Bucks County Courier Times. Under a proposed zoning ordinance, data centers would become a new land use category in the “PI – Planned Industrial” district, along with formal…
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These Two Separate Philly Startups Use AI to Help Residents Buy Homes and Keep Them Livable
Two individual Philadelphia startups are using AI and data analytics to help residents not only purchase homes, but to also help with maintaining aging properties, writes Sarah Huffman for Technical.ly. Rajesh Tripurneni developed the Zip Scoring Algorithm, an open-source tool used to identify neighborhoods with strong potential for housing investment. The Zip Scoring Algorithm gives…
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East Whiteland Revising Data Center Zoning Ordinance Following Opposition
As public pushback against the proposed 1.6 million-square-foot data center intensifies, East Whiteland officials are set to begin revising the township’s zoning ordinance regarding such facilities, writes Brooke Schultz for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The “curative amendment” process enables municipalities to revise existing zoning ordinances if they are found to be substantively invalid. However, this will not impact the project currently before the township’s board of supervisors,…
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Everything Begins With An Idea: myNextory Helps Employees Take Control of Their Career
From early-stage startups navigating their first steps to more seasoned innovators building momentum, Everything Begins With An Idea explores the challenges, breakthroughs, and lessons learned that shape the entrepreneur’s journey. ______ Startups rise or fall on one thing. They solve a real problem or they do not. myNextory is built around a problem many companies…
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From Banner Towing to Eagles Playoff Shows: Verge Aero’s Drone Evolution
From its humble beginnings flying banners in 2015, Philadelphia’s Verge Aero now produces dazzling drone light shows, including the memorable Eagles playoff display, writes Holly Quinn for Technical.ly. When the company first started, even getting a handful of drones into a flying formation was a challenge. “We started a company just thinking about automation,” said…
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