Cybersecurity
Forget About the Cyberbunker Attack—Here’s How to Take an Entire Continent Offline
What if you could switch off 1.28 terabits with nothing more high-tech than an axe?
Cybersecurity
Congress’ Cybersecurity Crackdown on China Could Put Apple in the Crossfire
Congress has passed a bill that will make it more difficult for the US government to buy computer equipment from Chinese companies.
Modernization
BlackBerry's Not Selling Enough New Phones Yet
While the company's first earnings report since its new phone launched is mostly good, Blackberry still needs more subscribers.
Digital Government
White House Supports Rollback of Cleanup Standards for Nuclear Incidents
Administration would relax long-held standards for cleaning up radioactive material released through disaster or acts of terrorism.
Emerging Tech
How the Internet Is Making Us Poor
The replacement of knowledge workers with software, a decades-old trend, is starting to show in economic data.
Digital Government
Defense Continues to Use Brain Injury Assessment Tool Debunked in 2010
Institute of Medicine report blasts the Pentagon’s treatment of wounded troops.
Modernization
Interior Cloud Services Contract Gets Go Ahead After Protest
This is the second Interior cloud contract to be delayed by vendor disputes.
Cybersecurity
How 'Privacy' Killed Google Reader
The death of the RSS reader may be due to the firm's growing sensitivity to privacy lawsuits.
Digital Government
United Kingdom Eyes VA’s Electronic Health Record
Cost of adoption is pegged at $22 million to $30 million.
Emerging Tech
Here are Google's Plans to Put Itself at the Core of Burma's Nascent Internet Infrastructure
The company sees itself as a new services provider for the country, where people use much of the blockaded software via proxy servers.
Emerging Tech
Twitter Needs to Deal With Misinformation. Here's How
The social network needs a better way to deal with errors and corrections.
Emerging Tech
Robots Haven't Had Much Luck Walking On Sand -- Until Now
Researches design a fast-moving, six-legged lizard robot.
Modernization
BlackBerry's Last Stand at the Pentagon? Not Yet
Company says BlackBerry 10 will be the first device to pass new military mobile security requirements, amid rumors of a 650,000 bulk purchase of iOS devices.
Cybersecurity
Military Cyber Strike Teams Will Soon Guard Private Networks
Decision to prioritize forces to protect critical infrastructure follows assaults on the banking industry.
Modernization
The Touch-Screen Generation
Young children—even toddlers—are spending more and more time with digital technology. What will it mean for their development?
Cybersecurity
South Korean Websites Taken Down In Possible Cyberattack From North Korea
The web servers of three television networks and three major banks in South Korea were brought down.
Digital Government
House Lawmaker Wants VA Benefits Chief to Resign
Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman says Allison Hickey is ill-equipped to manage the claims backlog.
Emerging Tech
Empowering Innovation One Great Idea at a Time
Richard Boly is on a mission to identify future technology leaders at the State Department.
Digital Government