Podcasts
Critical Update: How to Build a Tech Team Designed to Succeed
Pro tip: They won't all be coders.
Emerging Tech
DHS-Funded Company Wants to Use Blockchain at the Border
DHS may soon use blockchain technology to protect all sorts of data it collects in protecting U.S. borders.
Digital Government
What Trump’s Space Force Announcement Means
New plan would create sixth service branch, and annoy the Air Force.
Digital Government
Apple's New OS Will Automatically Share Your Location During Emergency Calls
First responders will be able to find callers faster.
Emerging Tech
Someone Flew a Drone Too Close to a Wildfire, Again
Firefighters in Colorado had to ground their aircraft for an hour.
Digital Government
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.
Emerging Tech
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.
Emerging Tech
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.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Asks for Ideas on Building a Universal Telehealth Network
That includes looking at tech that connects patients with providers.
Digital Government
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.
Emerging Tech
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.
Emerging Tech
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.
Artificial Intelligence
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.
Digital Government
Do You Know Who’s Using Your DNA Data?
Public genealogy databases have some downsides.
Cybersecurity
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.
Emerging Tech
Amazon Has Already Begun Automating Its White-Collar Jobs
It’s indicative of a wider trend in analytics-based jobs.
Digital Government
Why Your Agency Needs a Chief Product Officer
Sometimes an IT problem is really an answer.
Cybersecurity
DISA Plans to Change How Pentagon Employees Browse the Internet
Officials are looking to isolate the internet from agency networks by pushing web browsing to the cloud.
Digital Government