Digital Government
The Algorithms That Tell Bosses How Employees Are Feeling
Sentiment-analysis software can help companies figure out what’s bothering workers—or what they’re excited about.
Emerging Tech
Virtual Classrooms Can Be as Unequal as Real Ones
Online courses are praised for their potential to make education accessible to everyone—but they’re leaving students behind.
Digital Government
Would Obama Pardon Edward Snowden?
It’s a long shot, but who knows what the president might do in his last months in office.
Cybersecurity
The Strange Way People Perceive Privacy Online
Internet users make weaker passwords when government surveillance is on their minds.
Emerging Tech
How Electronic Voting Could Undermine the Election
As foreign hackers target election data, voters may lose faith in digital ballots.
Cybersecurity
Update Your iPhone Now
Apple just released a patch that fixes three giant vulnerabilities in iOS.
Cybersecurity
All the Ways Your Wi-Fi Router Can Spy on You
It can even be trained to read your lips.
Cybersecurity
Yup! NSA Got Hacked
Internal documents appear to confirm this week’s leak came from the agency.
Cybersecurity
Did NSA Get Hacked?
A group calling itself the “Shadow Broker” is auctioning off what it says are the agency’s cyberweapons.
Modernization
How Phones Can Help Predict Thunderstorms
A meteorologist is harnessing data from the devices’ barometers to improve local forecasting.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Can Spy on Wireless Keyboards From Hundreds of Feet Away
There’s a gaping security hole in eight popular models.
Digital Government
Trump Doesn’t Understand Cyberwar
The nominee is woefully unprepared for questions about the future of digital conflict.
Digital Government
America’s Network of Secret Bomb Detectors
Can a mysterious device help the government protect Northern Virginia from nukes?
Digital Government
Social Media Goes Dark During Chaos in Turkey
For a brief period, confusion in the country was compounded by a Facebook and Twitter blackout.
Modernization
What If Cameras Stopped Telling the Truth?
New technology to block photography at concerts hints at an alarming future for smartphones.
Cybersecurity
Foreign Hackers Target Thousands of Gmail Users Every Month
Google revealed that it sends 4,000 warnings monthly about state-sponsored cyberattacks.
Cybersecurity
When Should Hacking Be Legal?
A group of academics and journalists say a federal computer-fraud law criminalizes their work.
Digital Government
Should Border Agents Scroll Through Foreigners’ Facebook Profiles?
A proposed change to a common U.S. customs form would allow the government to vet travelers’ social media accounts.
Emerging Tech
How to Get People to Embrace Technological Change
Facebook users threaten violent revolution every time the site tweaks its design. Is there a way to innovate without upsetting anyone?
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