Emerging Tech

Google Will Finally Release a Device Apple Doesn't Make: A Touchscreen Laptop

The machine will be powered by the Chrome operating system.

Digital Government

The FDA Just Approved a Bionic Eye that Lets Blind People See

The device uses a video camera attached to a pair of glasses that communicate with electrodes implanted in the retina.

Digital Government

Did Bing Just Reveal the Location of the Secret Saudi Drone Base?

The base's hangars bear a remarkable resemblance to similar structures on other American drone outposts.

Cybersecurity

Somebody hacked the Fed during the Super Bowl

During the hack, information was obtained by exploiting a temporary vulnerability in a website vendor product.

Cybersecurity

Obama is now America’s hacker in chief

As the possibility of destructive cyberwarfare inches towards reality, the government is scrambling to figure out who holds the keys to America's malware arsenal.

Digital Government

Why did the lights go out at the Super Bowl?

Entergy New Orleans who provides power to the Super Dome called the outage an abnormality.

Cybersecurity

China hacked the New York Times for four months straight

Hackers managed to steal the passwords of every single Times employee.

Digital Government

North Korea's plan to target the U.S. in a nuclear test

North Korea's National Defense Commission threatened a "full-fledged confrontation" with the U.S.

Modernization

Google wants to own the airwaves, now

The search company is asking the FCC for a license to create an experimental radio service.

Digital Government

Evidence that Syria used chemical weapons is stacking up

Reports suggest the Assad regime has already crossed Obama's "red line," an offense offensive enough to spur a U.S. military intervention.

Digital Government

On its way out, the U.S. will give Afghanistan its own fleet of drones

Although the type of drones hasn't been specified, the unmanned vehicles will be unarmed.

Modernization

iPhone fever is fading

Apple has cut its iPhone orders by about 50 percent due to weaker-than-expected demand.

Emerging Tech

Astronomers discover a planet almost identical to Earth

Planet is roughly 50 percent larger than Earth and orbits a star that closely resembles our own sun.

Modernization

New online privacy loophole lets Facebook advertise to kids

FTC updated the controversial Children's Online Privacy Protection Act this week.

Digital Government

What happens if the Syrian rebels steal Assad's chemical weapons?

The Pentagon has drafted up several plans for how to deal with different scenarios involving the weapons.