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​Alachua County will be in the national athletics spotlight this week as nearly 1,200 elite athletes compete in two major championship events at the Alachua County Sports & Events Center and the Celebration Pointe streets surrounding the facility. The back-to-back competitions close out the county’s eight-week indoor track season and underscore Alachua County’s growing reputation...

Artificial intelligence may be better than people at spotting fake faces in photos — but humans still have the upper hand when those fakes start moving. In a large recent study, psychologists and computer scientists at the University of Florida found that AI programs were up to 97% accurate at detecting pictures of deepfake faces....

​The Alachua County Youth Fair and Livestock Show Association has announced the return of the upcoming 2026 Alachua County Youth Fair & Livestock Show. Youth Fair & Livestock Show – March 5-10, 2026, at the Alachua County Agriculture and Equestrian Center (23100 W. Newberry Road, Newberry). The fair is a free, educational platform for youth...

The Oak Hammock Institute for Learning in Retirement, or ILR, recently hosted a special series on Artificial Intelligence, or AI, offering members an in-depth look at this rapidly evolving field. The ILR, operated through Oak Hammock, is a vibrant community of retirement-age members dedicated to lifelong learning, personal enrichment and continuing education. Since 2001, ILR...

The City of Gainesville invites local youth and their families to attend Summer Blitz 2026, a free community event designed to connect students with summer camps, enrichment programs and job opportunities — all in one place.  Summer Blitz 2026 is free and open to the public. No registration is required.  When: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Sat.,...

Milestone marks first clinical use of navigation to support central screw placement in shoulder arthroplasty Advita Ortho, a global medical technology leader, has announced the successful completion of the first surgical case using Advita GPS™ in combination with the Central Screw Baseplate (CSB). The procedure was performed by fellowship-trained shoulder surgeon Andrew S. Neviaser, MD,...

Caspia Technologies has announced broad availability of its flagship security verification product CODAx. New and unique capabilities delivered by the product were described, along with its impact on the customer base. The company also provided a preview of its plans to build agentic security verification workflows. CODAx is Caspia’s security-aware auditing solution that analyzes early...

Haig Partners LLC, a leading buy-sell advisory firm to auto retailers, served as the exclusive buy-side advisor to E1T1 Automotive Group on its acquisition of Audi Gainesville from Warren Henry Automotive Group. Audi Gainesville is located in a rapidly growing area of Florida. The transaction represents E1T1 Automotive Group’s first acquisition in Florida and its...

Infotech, a leader in infrastructure construction software and bridge-to-data intelligence, has announced the appointment of Terry Bills as Strategic Consultant. A renowned expert in transportation and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Mr. Bills will spearhead Infotech’s strategic expansion into Tribal Nation infrastructure and deepen the company’s technical integration with Esri’s location intelligence ecosystem. Mr. Bills joins...

The City of Gainesville has hired Ralph Hilliard as its development services advocate, a position designed to assist residents, small business owners and developers with permitting, planning and zoning processes. He began in the new role Feb. 16. Hilliard returns to the city after serving most recently as a planning manager in the Department of...