Emerging Tech
Deadline Approaching for DARPA’s $850M Support Contract
The research agency lowered the minimum order value ahead of the proposal deadline.
Cybersecurity
Students Around the World Prepare to Celebrate Safer Internet Day
The internet will never be risk-proof.
Emerging Tech
To Master Health Care, Amazon Must Master Information And Communication
Health care is a little different than selling books.
Emerging Tech
A Long-Lost NASA Spacecraft Rises From the Dead
After 13 years of silence, scientists hear a mission calling home.
Emerging Tech
Big Rideshare Says Your Cars—Not Theirs—Are the Enemy of Public Transit
Fifteen of the world’s leading transport and technology companies announced their shared resolve to help keep cities livable.
Digital Government
The CDC Is About to Fall Off a Funding Cliff
It's already planning to pull back on work that protects the world from pandemics.
Emerging Tech
The Case for Locking Up Your Smartphone
Lockers and sleeves for phones can feel like an infringement on personal rights, but they also might save people from their worst habits.
Emerging Tech
GAO: GSA Hasn’t Been Smart About Smart Buildings Program
Smart building technologies might pay for themselves in cost savings but the government’s landlord hasn’t been able to make the case.
Digital Government
UNICEF Recruits Gamers To Mine Cryptocurrency for Syria
Play Overwatch and help some children.
Emerging Tech
The U.S. Government Just Gave Someone a $120 Million Robotic Arm to Use For a Year
There are plans to help others with limb loss soon.
Digital Government
I Scanned My Social Media Like a Potential Employer, and the Results Were Scary
Even a few curse words could be a problem for potential employers.
Emerging Tech
Facebook’s Algorithm Change Could Affect How Cops Speak to Citizens
Facebook has already become a critical communications tool for police and fire departments as well as local governments across the United States.
Emerging Tech
Could Self-Driving Trucks Be Good for Truckers?
That’s what a new study from Uber’s self-driving-truck team says, and a variety of trucking experts think they might be right.
Digital Government
How to Spot the Angry Citizens in a Troll Storm
When mean tweets start pouring in, federal social media managers need to be able to tell the difference.
Artificial Intelligence
How Fake Data Can Help the Pentagon Track Rogue Weapons
The Air Force Research Laboratory bought software that trains machine-learning tools to spot groups amassing biological, nuclear and chemical weapons.
Emerging Tech
Citizens Aren’t the Only Ones Who Expect Good User Experiences
For some agencies, citizens are not their customers.
Emerging Tech
What Will Big Tech Do With All Its Repatriated Cash? Buy Everything.
Corporate wallets are bulging.
Emerging Tech
All Followers Are Fake Followers
A New York Times exposé of a “black market” for online fame diagnoses the symptom of social-media despair, but misses its cause.
Emerging Tech