Eleven leading tech firms pledged to provide $2.4 billion in compute credits to help drive scientific research and technological innovation through the use of artificial intelligence and other emerging capabilities.
The department announced $159 million in new phase II Genesis Mission project awards, $96 million for early-career researchers and a new graduate fellowship program, along with an effort to advance the development of fault-tolerant quantum computers.
The cloud security program is looking to educate both agencies and private companies on the ways the revamped program differs from previous requirements.
Vice President J.D. Vance calls Microsoft the "biggest abuser" as the administration freezes new and pending H-1B and PERM applications for eight companies.
Two pacts for the Census Bureau Transformation & Application Modernization effort are nearly ready to go as the agency keeps working on the other pair.
Organizers of a cyber conflict exercise say Washington needs to prepare for attacks that both disrupt civilian services and pressure Taipei without triggering outright military conflict.
Familiar threats like phishing and ransomware have not gone away, but NIST’s 2026 Cybersecurity Awareness Month activities are increasingly confronting newer risks involving AI agents, secure software development and digital identity.
The bureau’s cyber chief blamed a contractor’s failure to apply an available fix for an intrusion that may have exposed sensitive employee information.
Unauthorized users accessed sensitive records for roughly nine months before discovery, exposing another government personnel data fiasco as the FBI confronts its own breach incident.
A new task force led by the director of national intelligence will have 120 days to analyze and report on AI’s risks and opportunities, amid growing global calls for AI safety measures.
Lawmakers introduced a slew of measures this week that looked to rein in AI risks and provide new oversight and guardrails around the construction of new data centers.
Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., who has expressed skepticism about Transportation’s rollout of an AI-powered tool at D.C.-area airports, said he had “a good conversation” with FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford about the new capability that helped to alleviate some of his worries.
