Digital Government
Here's Where You're Most Likely to Die From Air Pollution
A new NASA map of the planet lays out the depressing geographies of smog and premature death.
Cybersecurity
Mark Zuckerberg's Advice to the NSA: Communicate
Facebook learned the power of transparency the hard way. Now, it wants the government to benefit from its education.
Cybersecurity
Obamacare Data Hub Security Review Blasted
HHS inspector general did not examine risk assessment.
Management
Former Convicts Make Bad Employees — And Other Hiring Myths Big Data Expose
Think experience matters? It doesn’t. Concerned that job-hoppers, the long-term unemployed, or even ex-convicts make bad hires? They don’t.
Modernization
An App to Nab Jerks Who Illegally Use Disabled Parking
Your city could probably use your help.
Digital Government
Will Social Media Get Obama Off the Hook on Syria?
U.S. intel report relies heavily on messages from the public and on videos to overcome America's credibility problem.
Digital Government
Twitter and Facebook’s Global Impact as Told Through Which Governments Want Their Data
The United States requests more user data from each company than any other country—by far.
Emerging Tech
NASA's Satellites Are Watching the Rim Fire Creep Into Yosemite
Nighttime images show the gradual spread of the tremendous wildfire, which is burning brighter than the city lights of Reno.
Emerging Tech
Why We Should Build a National Internet System Under the National Highway System
The connectivity of the entire United States is still lacking.
Emerging Tech
How Much Good Will Facebook's Internet-for-Everyone Plan Do?
Social media giant and telecom companies are trying to connect 4 billion.
Modernization
Prepare for the Coming Deluge of Digital Currencies—and Meet the People Who Would Control Them
Watch out for Litecoin, the silver to Bitcoin's gold.
Emerging Tech
Watch This Adorable Robot Scoot Down Utility Lines Searching for Damage
Meet the "SkySweeper."
Emerging Tech
The U.S. Has a Huge Backlog of Untested DNA Evidence
And the Supreme Court might have made it worse.
Cybersecurity
Hack Linked To Feds Probably Yielded a List of Tor Users
Developers of the identity-masking Web browser are weighing their options for response.
Modernization
How Computer Clouds Could Help Cure Cancer
The National Cancer Institute is funding pilot computer clouds that will help researchers crack cancer’s genetic code.
Cybersecurity
Why Wasn't the NSA Prepared?
Contingency planning is critical to covert operations, and the NSA's failure to anticipate or effectively mitigate its recent leak is inexcusable.
Cybersecurity
Federal Agencies Want NSA Data to Help Nab Copyright Violators
Justice is seeking information on those who abet the sharing of copyrighted media.
Modernization
Amazon Sues Over CIA Cloud Deal
IBM successfully fought CIA’s award of the $150 million cloud and is intervening in the lawsuit.
Cybersecurity
Cybercrime Costs the US $20 Billion Each Year. Or $70 Billion. Or Maybe $140 Billion
A new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies has suggested several numbers for the true cost.
Cybersecurity