Cybersecurity
Russia, Too, Is Building a Giant War Cloud
It’s the latest improvement in the Russian military’s ability to operate off the rest of the world’s grid.
Digital Government
OPM Information Request Sheds Light on Planned Employee Digital Record
Agency will host an event with industry leaders to discuss implementation of the management agenda priority item.
Artificial Intelligence
Report: Trust in Data, Computing Power Are Keys to Embracing Emerging Tech
Agencies should strengthen endpoints to handle new technologies like AI and extended reality, a report suggests.
Emerging Tech
Microsoft Has Agreed to Buy GitHub for $7.5 billion
The acquisition of GitHub will likely strengthen Microsoft’s cloud services offerings.
Cybersecurity
Mozilla Introduces DNS Privacy to Firefox
Updating the Domain Name System for the 21st century.
Emerging Tech
Facebook Is Killing its “Trending” Feature, Proving Algorithms Aren’t Always the Answer
Algorithms can’t always do the job of a human.
Emerging Tech
DHS Wants to Take a Page from the Startup Community
The agency's goal is to get ahead of emerging tech.
Modernization
Another Defense Agency to Tap CIA's Commercial Cloud
Documents indicate the Army’s National Ground Intelligence Center aims to provision secret and top secret cloud services from the Amazon-developed C2S Cloud.
Emerging Tech
Next-Gen Weather Satellite Goes Online; NASA Orders Two More for $460M
The first satellite in the new Joint Polar Satellite System passed all its tests and is fully operational.
Digital Government
A New Open-Source Framework for Government Projects
Louisville, Kentucky is making the infrastructure for analyzing historic Waze data available to anyone who partners on the process.
Cybersecurity
White House: Federal Agencies Remain Highly Vulnerable to Data Breaches Three Years After OPM
Many agencies could not detect if a hacker stole large amounts of sensitive data, the report found.
Artificial Intelligence
Uber’s Self-Driving Car Didn’t Malfunction, It Was Just Bad
There were no software glitches or sensor breakdowns that led to a fatal crash, merely poor object recognition, emergency planning, system design, testing methodology, and human operation.
Artificial Intelligence
This Startup’s Racial-Profiling Algorithm Shows AI Can Be Dangerous Way Before Any Robot Apocalypse
The new algorithm which promises to accurately look at images of people and determine their ethnic background.
Emerging Tech
NOAA’s Newest Weather Satellite Isn’t Working Right
The satellite's “premiere” instrument gets too hot at night and engineers are struggling to find out why.
Artificial Intelligence
The Future of AI Depends on High-School Girls
Women make up one-quarter of computer scientists. But in the field of artificial intelligence those numbers are likely much lower.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Acquired an AI Startup That Helps it Take on Google Duplex
Now it’s just a matter of who can build that technology fastest.
Cybersecurity
Teen-Phone Monitoring App Leaks Info About Teens and Parents
Have the monitors become the monitored?
Modernization
Microsoft Scores Big Cloud Deal with Intel Community
The announcement could improve the company’s chances for the Defense Department’s JEDI competition.
Emerging Tech
The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine
Are electronic medical records and demanding regulations contributing to a historic doctor shortage?
Artificial Intelligence