Digital Government
Madison Square Garden Has Been Secretly Scanning Fans With Facial Recognition
The arena matches faces to a database to identify individuals and determine if they are “considered a problem.”
Emerging Tech
A Google Founder’s Dream of Autonomous Flying Taxis Is Taking Off in New Zealand
The aim is to be able to carry passengers in three years.
Emerging Tech
Bitcoin Mining Turns Electricity Into Money
A close-up portrait of bitcoin miners in eastern Washington reveals the real hustle at the heart of cryptocurrencies.
Digital Government
TSA Sued Over Electronic Devices Screenings
The American Civil Liberties Union wants to know the agency's intentions behind searching domestic travelers' devices
Emerging Tech
You Can Now 3D-Print a House in Under a Day
It's fully up to code and permitted for people to inhabit.
Emerging Tech
FAA Expands Instant-Approval Flight Plan Program for Drones
Once deployed, the system would authorize drone flights in minutes instead of months.
Emerging Tech
A New Way Drone Hobbyists Are Endangering First Responders
Amateurs flying unmanned aerial vehicles have previously grounded firefighting aircraft. Now, their devices are actually sparking wildfires.
Digital Government
British Airways To Expand Boarding Gate Biometrics
Biometrics is becoming more common in U.S. airports.
Emerging Tech
A New Report Says Egypt Is Secretly Forcing Citizens to Mine Cryptocurrency
The techniques involved are especially difficult to detect.
Digital Government
Your Next Work Computer Could Be Your Phone
This could change the nature of work computing.
Emerging Tech
How Well Does Trump Understand NASA?
As he praised the work of SpaceX, the president seemed to undermine the efforts of his own space agency.
Digital Government
Women Are Powering the Blockchain
A quick scan of the blockchain frontier reveals many women in key roles as developers, investors, and business leaders.
Emerging Tech
USAID Launches Program To Bring More Women Online
The WomenConnect Challenge is offering $1 million to projects that address why women in low- and middle-income countries are offline.
Ideas
5 Building Blocks Influencing the Cloud Evolution
Combining these technologies can result in more agile and nimble data and networks.
Emerging Tech
Drone Swarms Are Going to Be Terrifying and Hard to Stop
“Now the improvised explosive devices will find our warfighters."
Policy
White House Wants To Let Law Enforcement Bring Down Civilian Drones
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a small drone that poses a threat!
Digital Government
This is What The White House Science And Tech Office Has Been Up To
The president’s science and technology advisers released a rundown of major milestones over the last year, from creating the American Technology Council to the passage of the Modernizing Government Technology Act.
Digital Government
The Office of the Future Will Be a Distracted Dystopia. We Have Some Better Ideas
There is a clear friction between technology and how offices are currently designed.
Digital Government
For 10 Years, I Read the Comments
Farewell to my stressful, dispiriting, but occasionally awesome life as an internet comment moderator.
Digital Government