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Oracle Has Now Spent Seven Years Claiming That Google Plagiarized its Code
The company filed another appeal yesterday in its never-ending lawsuit.
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GSA moves one step closer to replacing DUNS
The General Services Administration released an RFI looking for input on an open numbering system for federal procurement.
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An Algae That Survived Two Years in Outer Space May Hold the Secret to Growing Food on Mars
Algae produce proteins and oxygen, both key ingredients for surviving once humans leave the blue planet.
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Forrester Predicts Less Money for Federal Tech, More for State and Local
However, total public sector spending in 2017 and 2018 is still expected to grow by 2 percent.
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Lawmakers Show Love to Blockchain, 'Star Wars,' But Question FBI FOIA Changes
They're also proposing a way to slow down any presidential efforts to remove sanction on Russia.
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'Give Us Your Passwords'
What happens if border agents are allowed to demand access to your phone and online accounts—and turn you away if you don’t comply?
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For the Army, ‘Cyberwar’ Is Quickly Becoming Just ‘War’
Combat brigades will soon head into firefights with cyber specialists… and possibly IT lawyers.
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These Tiny Drones Can Pollinate Plants So Bees Don’t Have To
Bumblebees are currently listed as endangered in the U.S.
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Congress Wants Quarterly Reports on VA’s Tech Investments
The House committee leaders want more frequent updates on major IT investments, projects and programs.
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Guerrilla Archivists Developed an App to Save Science Data From the Trump Administration
The data rescue movement is growing up fast.
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Programming While Black Will Cost You $10,000 in Salary
Racial discrimination may be alive and well in the technology industry.
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GAO: HUD's Legacy Tech Hogs 95% of IT Budget While Agency Struggles to Price Upgrades
“Significant weaknesses” plague the agency's cost-estimating practices for investments aimed to revamp IT infrastructure.
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San Francisco Is Actually One of the Worst-Paying Places in the US for Software Engineers
The cost of living in the Bay Area is high
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The uncomfortable truth about tech in China
The lack of political and civic freedom is not preventing Chinese firms from producing game-changing IT, Steve Kelman writes. Is it time to rethink our assumptions about innovation?
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Mapping Countries That Censor the Internet
A new app can test networks around the world for government interference.
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Cellphone Spy Tools Have Flooded Local Police Departments
Major cities throughout the U.S. have spent millions on mobile surveillance tools—but there are still few rules about what happens to the information they capture.
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Facebook Poised to Become Major Player in Disaster Response
It’s been more than two years since Facebook introduced “safety check,” a tool that lets users mark themselves as “safe” after a natural disaster or other crisis.
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NASA Research Has Uncovered Pockets of Airborn Radiation That Could Be Dangerous to Flyers
The concept of low-level cosmic radiation in our atmosphere is nothing new, but this is something different.
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Video: DARPA Tests Drone-Catching Prototype
The defense research arm is developing a way to catch unmanned aerial vehicles midflight.
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