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To model the simplest microbe in the world, you need 128 computers
What a pathbreaking computer simulation tells us about the future of biotechnology.
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Archivist names new director of the Office of the Federal Register
OFR gets a new leader.
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Video: Longest running Earth-imaging satellite turns 40
Landsat has tracked climate change, deforestation and urbanization.
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Data analytics won’t stop a madman
Law enforcement officials lack the technology and the authority to predict and prevent mass killings.
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What comes after Networx?
The next federal telecom contract will focus on mobility, cloud and flexibility.
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Navy money will get new tech in the field faster
Rapid Innovation Fund will dish out $50 million in awards of up to $3 million each.
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Video: Lieutenant General Mary Legere on military intelligence
The senior officer outlines opportunities and dangers provided by new technologies
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Pressure on Lockheed over F-35 is mandatory, general says
First four contracts for F-35s are exceeding their target cost by $1 billion.
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Mitt Romney's algorithmic campaign
The Republican contender wants to reverse engineer the Obama team's data-driven tactics.
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DARPA wants to prevent overheating in military chips
Venture wing has created new funding program.
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Baby steps: The drone industry's code of conduct skips over key questions
A trade group's set of best practices is a start, but unmanned vehicles -- like the car and airplane before them -- will require revising old laws.
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Lieberman re-introduces cybersecurity bill
Revised cybersecurity bill emphasizes sharing of threat information, monitoring and offers more carrots than sticks, GCN reports.
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Half of technology leaders are bullish on big data
Others worry the government and corporations will abuse it.
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Recovery board’s ‘wall of shame’ gets smaller
Stimulus recipients achieve lowest nonreporting rate yet.
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Is mobility the key to DOD’s future?
Mobile devices have quickly become an important defense asset, and now the department is looking to a mobile future.
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Can we wage a just drone war?
A response to a recent New York Times story called, "The Moral Case for Drones," which argued that lethal "offer marked moral advantages over almost any tool of warfare."
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Video: Lasers may soon keep drones perpetually aloft
New technology from Lockheed Martin and LaserMotive could keep drones in flight for 48 hours.
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Coming soon: An economic stats app from Census
2020 count is likely to include outside data.
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FBI is on track to book faces, scars, tattoos in 2014
Questions linger about the accurate identification of criminals.
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