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Americans' Urge to Help Overcomes Lock Down Limitations

VisionLink

Visionlink is providing pro bono licenses for COVID-19 response to each state and territory, access to agencies and state governments, as well as training and technical support for response. Adoption among states is proceeding rapidly. Visit NVOAD at nvoad.org.

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Apple is reportedly relying on states to pay for digital ID rollouts

The Verge

Apple will soon let users in participating states digitally store their driver’s licenses or state IDs on their iPhone’s wallet, but according to a report by CNBC , the initiative will be partially funded by the states — and their taxpayers. Image: Apple.

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Emerge Career’s pre-release job training lands $3.2M seed and new state contracts

TechCrunch

At first the subject was strictly getting a commercial driver’s license, and that has helped numerous former inmates find jobs soon after release in a sector hurting for labor. Emerge changes that with modern video lectures and regular video call office hours with educators who specialize in the subject matter.

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How heavy metals get into baby food—and what California is doing to help parents

Fast Company Tech

For example, local water that contains heavy metals is often used to rinse debris and bugs off natural products, such as leaves used to make a widely used supplement called kratom. California enforces noncompliance by embargoing misbranded baby food products, issuing penalties, and suspending or revoking registrations and licenses.

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Emerge Career’s tech-forward job training lets incarcerated folks hit the road on release

TechCrunch

” These providers tend to be local vocational schools and community colleges with very limited resources. There are also ways of getting the required paperwork, identification, and other personal and professional documents that are a logistical challenge unlikely to be taken on by a small local trade school.

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The Station: Uber seals a deal with NYC taxis, Aurora rolls into ride-hailing and LG Energy invests in North America

TechCrunch

in a bid to localize manufacturing and become less dependent on sources overseas. Finn , a European car subscription platform, is expanding into Western Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Washington, D.C. There is particular interest in adding more capacity in the U.S., Miscellaneous . following an initial U.S.

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The most innovative companies for energy in 2025

Fast Company Tech

By tapping its deep pool of usage data, analytics, and energy billing expertise, the Connecticut-based company is betting it can cut most clients energy bills by 30%. Customers then pay Budderfly up to 5% less than what they would have paid their electric company before the upgrades, while Budderfly keeps the rest of the resulting savings.