You've probably heard that nothing you delete from a computer or a smartphone is ever really gone, but the FBI has ways of recovering that data as evidence in criminal cases.
Utah lawmakers are gearing up for the possibility that commercial drones and even air taxis could both make life in the future much easier but complicate the state's laws.
Apparently unable to cope with the onslaught of online shoppers looking for deals, Amazon.com appears to have crashed in the midst of its highly-anticipated "Prime Day."
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A Utah Highway Patrol sting this week netted dozens of drivers texting behind the wheel on the freeway. Reporters rode with spotters in an unmarked van. Those troopers watched out the window into the other cars, and radioed ahead to troopers on the freeway. “Notice how slow they go when […]
PROVO — Royce Kimmons, Assistant Professor of Education at BYU, said his interest in the research came from simple curiosity. “You hear stories from women all the time about being harassed online,” Kimmons said. “I think that often when someone has an anecdotal story about what happened to them it’s easy for people to brush […]
If you use a system in your car to make calls or navigate while driving, a new study should make you pause. The University of Utah and the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety compared vehicle built-in systems with systems from Apple and Google. Researchers asked drivers to perform tasks using built-in infotainment systems as well […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah — The Salt Lake County Library is hosting its popular OWL Camp this week. It’s a STEM summer camp that uses the fandom of Harry Potter to get students more exposure to science. The line of kids stretched along the sidewalk before the Viridian Event Center at 8 in the morning Monday. […]
Utah is a good place to be if you have a tech job. You’ll make more but have a lower cost of living than other states. If you have a graduate now looking for a job in tech, a new report shows where they will make more money in Utah. In the Provo area, which […]
Governor Gary Herbert, along with other leaders, revealed Wednesday that Facebook is the Fortune 100 company behind plans for a new, 970,000-square-foot data center in Eagle Mountain.
Memorial Day weekend marks the start of vacation driving season, and as you sit behind the wheel on a long trip, you may wonder how much “smarter” cars and roads may get in the future.
Police continue to investigate whether the autopilot was engaged when a Tesla sedan with that semi-autonomous feature rear-ended a fire department truck at 60 mph on Friday evening, apparently without braking before impact.
Fortnite, the wildly popular video game that gamers love and parents (might) lament is taking the world by storm -- and one of the brains behind it stopped by to chat about the phenomenon with KSL Newsradio.
The following article was originally written by PR Daily. Past episodes of KSL Crimewatch can be viewed at KSL.com/crimewatch. “Virtually every safety video one sees is aimed at delivering a safety message to employees. The Crimewatch series by Bonneville Salt Lake, which owns an AM and FM radio station and a TV station that broadcasts […]
The future of wireless and mobile technology may be found by using Salt Lake City and the University of Utah as a huge test site, with the creation of a new "living laboratory."
SALT LAKE CITY — A significant power outage left tens of thousands of people without electric service along the Wasatch Front before noon on Monday. Rocky Mountain Power’s website showed the number of customers impacted by 1 p.m. to be in excess of 57,000. By 1:30 p.m., the number had dropped below 30,000. The utility […]
20 advocacy groups filed a complaint asking the FTC to investigate YouTube for violating the Child Online Privacy Protection Act. It limits how a company can collect data about kids under 13.
Salt Lake County and conservation experts believe a new trash boom can go a long way toward cleaning up the trash floating in the Jordan River. They hope removing the junk and preventing it from reaching the Great Salt Lake will improve conditions for waterfowl.
SALT LAKE CITY — It started out as a project to measure how quickly Utah’s arches are crumbling, but along the way Utah scientists caught the rocks…singing. Jeff Moore, Assistant Professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Utah, said they measured the vibrations of famous arches to try and determine what how […]
SANDY — It turns out you can save water if you are reminded to do it. A group of Sandy middle schoolers created an app to track water usage, and they say it leads to big savings. They are on a First Lego League Robotics Team called “Bionic Porcupines iii,” and they worked with Sandy […]
TEMPE, Ariz. — Ride-sharing service Uber has decided to pull tests of self-driving cars after a pedestrian was struck and killed. Police believe the accident, in Tempe, Arizona, marks the first time a pedestrian has died in an accident involving an autonomous vehicle. A police statement says the vehicle had a human “operator” to assist […]
Local educators say you need to talk to your teen about sexting, because chances are, they are already doing it. A new study from the journal JAMA Pediatrics says at least one in four teens are receiving sexually explicit messages, and at least one in seven are sending those pics or videos. “Teenagers are impulsive, […]
