Emerging Tech

DHS-Funded Company Wants to Use Blockchain at the Border

A member of the Central American migrant caravan, holding a child, looks through the border wall toward a group of people gathered on the U.S. side, as he stands on the beach where the border wall ends in the ocean, in Tijuana, Mexico, April 29, 2018.

DHS may soon use blockchain technology to protect all sorts of data it collects in protecting U.S. borders.

  • By Jack Corrigan

What Trump’s Space Force Announcement Means

New plan would create sixth service branch, and annoy the Air Force.

  • By Marcus Weisgerber and Patrick Tucker, Defense One

Apple's New OS Will Automatically Share Your Location During Emergency Calls

First responders will be able to find callers faster.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
a helicopter drops water on a brush fire that broke out in Topanga State Park, Los Angeles. a helicopter drops water on a brush fire that broke out in Topanga State Park, Los Angeles.

Someone Flew a Drone Too Close to a Wildfire, Again

Firefighters in Colorado had to ground their aircraft for an hour.

  • By Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic

Scandal-Ridden Cambridge Analytica Is Gone But Its Staffers Are Hard At Work Again

The company appears to be putting a new face on its same old data-gathering gig.

  • By Ephrat Livni, Quartz

The U.S. FDA Says It’s Taking the Lead on the Regulation of Cell-Cultured Meat

A different kind of meat could get a different kind of regulation.

  • By Chase Purdy, Quartz
A Boston Dynamics SpotMini robot is walks through a conference room during a robotics summit in Boston. A Boston Dynamics SpotMini robot is walks through a conference room during a robotics summit in Boston.

There’s About to Be A Lot More Creepy Boston Dynamics Robots in the World

The company may soon begin to turn its decades-long robotics research into an actual business.

  • By Mike Murphy, Quartz

Pentagon Asks for Ideas on Building a Universal Telehealth Network

That includes looking at tech that connects patients with providers.

  • By Jack Corrigan

A U.S. Court Rejected Google Translate as a Means of Providing Consent to a Cop

Courts around the world are increasingly considering relying on machine translation during legal proceedings.

  • By Ephrat Livni, Quartz

Defense Department Awards 14 Spots on $7.5B Innovative Tech Contract

DISA announced winners for the unrestricted portion of the SETI contract, with small business awards schedule for later this year.

  • By Aaron Boyd
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the Philippine Sea The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the Philippine Sea

Navy Wants Experimental Tech to Streamline Operations in Port and at Sea

SPAWAR is using its other transaction authority to solicit prototypes through the TReX consortium.

  • By Aaron Boyd

These Police Dogs Sniff Out Electronic Devices

The nose knows.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

New Data Could Help Siri And Alexa Know When They’re Being Unhelpful

Knowing when there isn’t enough information to provide an accurate answer is a tricky skill to learn.

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz

Do You Know Who’s Using Your DNA Data?

Public genealogy databases have some downsides.

  • By Ephrat Livni, Quartz

Are Federal Cyber Workers Up to Snuff? Many Agencies Don't Know.

Some still aren’t sure who counts as a cyber worker and who doesn’t.

  • By Joseph Marks

Amazon Has Already Begun Automating Its White-Collar Jobs

It’s indicative of a wider trend in analytics-based jobs.

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz

Mozilla Is Developing a Voice-Controlled Browser

"Hey, open a new tab!"

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

The Unbearable Awkwardness of Automation

The machine age is changing the nature of work. In the process, it is also transforming buildings, and making them less hospitable for human use.

  • By Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic

Samsung’s Latest Venture Fund Us Looking For the Next Big Way to Build AI

The company hopes to find new ways of making decisions with computers.

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz

Google Translate Is Getting An Upgrade

An offline mode could help travelers when they need it most.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild