http://www.nextgov.comen-usTue, 18 Jun 2013 12:03:06 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2013/06/china-may-soon-peddle-discount-drones-developing-world/65087/Chinese aerospace companies aren't hindered by rules against selling UAVs.Tim Fernholz and Lily Kuo, QuartzTue, 18 Jun 2013 12:03:06 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2013/06/china-may-soon-peddle-discount-drones-developing-world/65087/DefenseA truck loaded with the Chinese made drone, the ASN-207, takes part in a military parade in Beijing, China.Vincent Thian/AP File Photohttp://www.nextgov.com/mobile/2013/06/bitcoin-lovers-what-it-looks-when-us-wants-destroy-currency/64958/Last week the U.S. Treasury placed a new package of sanctions targeting Iran's currency.Tim Fernholz, QuartzFri, 14 Jun 2013 16:16:37 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/mobile/2013/06/bitcoin-lovers-what-it-looks-when-us-wants-destroy-currency/64958/MobileA 2,000 rial Iranian banknote showing the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah KhomeiniAPhttp://www.nextgov.com/defense/2013/06/drone-builders-prepare-create-immigration-reforms-lucrative-border-panopticon/64739/Congress is moving toward a more drone-based border system.Tim Fernholz, QuartzWed, 12 Jun 2013 10:54:59 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2013/06/drone-builders-prepare-create-immigration-reforms-lucrative-border-panopticon/64739/DefenseUnited States Customs and Border Protectionhttp://www.nextgov.com/mobile/2013/05/obama-bets-computers-sat-phones-and-crypto-software-will-make-irans-elections-more-democratic/64043/The US government hopes that increased technology in the country will help Iranians communicate among themselves.Tim Fernholz, QuartzFri, 31 May 2013 12:43:38 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/mobile/2013/05/obama-bets-computers-sat-phones-and-crypto-software-will-make-irans-elections-more-democratic/64043/MobileAn Iranian cleric arrives at the election headquarters of interior ministry to register his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election.Vahid Salemi/APhttp://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/05/meet-only-company-still-thinks-manned-spacecraft-should-fly-back-earth/63686/Dream Chaser is that rare piece of technology that is both a leap forward and a throwback.Tim Fernholz, QuartzFri, 24 May 2013 13:07:12 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/05/meet-only-company-still-thinks-manned-spacecraft-should-fly-back-earth/63686/Emerging TechAn artist's conception of the Dream Chaser.Sierra Nevada Corporationhttp://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/05/how-startup-will-stream-video-space-without-paying-satellite/63001/The company struck a deal with a Russian contractor to install cameras on the International Space Station.Tim Fernholz, QuartzTue, 07 May 2013 07:27:46 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/05/how-startup-will-stream-video-space-without-paying-satellite/63001/Emerging TechNASAhttp://www.nextgov.com/mobile/2013/05/apple-and-others-could-stop-smartphone-theft-heres-why-they-dont/62959/According to the FCC, 30% to 40% of robberies in major US cities involve smartphones.Tim Fernholz, QuartzFri, 03 May 2013 11:12:45 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/mobile/2013/05/apple-and-others-could-stop-smartphone-theft-heres-why-they-dont/62959/Mobilehttp://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/05/spacex-takes-hit-nasa-chooses-russias-space-agency-instead/62912/Blaming budget cuts, the U.S. space agency has inked a deal for Roscosmos to ferry six astronauts to the International Space Station.Tim Fernholz, QuartzWed, 01 May 2013 11:58:51 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/05/spacex-takes-hit-nasa-chooses-russias-space-agency-instead/62912/Emerging TechThe SpaceX Dragon spacecraft inside a processing hangar at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA/APhttp://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2013/04/could-taking-down-zombie-satellites-be-lucrative-launching-them/62826/The $100 billion worth of satellites orbiting earth are in more danger than ever from space junk.Tim Fernholz, QuartzFri, 26 Apr 2013 15:03:55 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2013/04/could-taking-down-zombie-satellites-be-lucrative-launching-them/62826/CloudA computer simulation of the distribution and movement of space debris at present and in future. TU Braunschweig/AP File Photohttp://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2013/04/facebooks-immigration-lobbying-because-it-cant-find-workers-or-just-wants-pay-them-less/62614/It’s a hard argument to resolve.Tim Fernholz, QuartzThu, 18 Apr 2013 09:29:03 -0400http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2013/04/facebooks-immigration-lobbying-because-it-cant-find-workers-or-just-wants-pay-them-less/62614/CIO BriefingPan Xunbin/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.nextgov.com/mobile/2013/03/could-satellite-company-decongest-american-wi-fi-and-save-itself-process/61671/You could soon be sharing your Wi-Fi spectrum with a communications satellite.Tim Fernholz, QuartzTue, 05 Mar 2013 11:28:15 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/mobile/2013/03/could-satellite-company-decongest-american-wi-fi-and-save-itself-process/61671/MobileAn artist rendering of the AEHF-1 satellite in orbit above the earth. U.S. Air Force/APhttp://www.nextgov.com/big-data/2013/02/can-america-code-its-way-more-factories/61450/Software is eating manufacturing right in front of us.Tim Fernholz, QuartzThu, 21 Feb 2013 14:59:52 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/big-data/2013/02/can-america-code-its-way-more-factories/61450/Big DataRosser Pryor, Co-owner and President of Factory Automation Systems, sits next to a new high-performance industrial robot at the company's Atlanta facility.David Goldman/APhttp://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/01/private-drone-industry-apple-1984/60897/You never forget your first drone.Tim Fernholz, QuartzFri, 25 Jan 2013 20:18:02 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/01/private-drone-industry-apple-1984/60897/Emerging TechMatthias Schrader/APhttp://www.nextgov.com/mobile/2012/11/why-belarus-only-country-where-opera-most-popular-browser/59656/Authoritarianism.Tim Fernholz, QuartzTue, 20 Nov 2012 13:00:00 -0500http://www.nextgov.com/mobile/2012/11/why-belarus-only-country-where-opera-most-popular-browser/59656/MobileFlickr user Johan Larsson