Emerging Tech

How to Reduce Your Screen Time in 2018

If your New Year's resolution is to fight that tech addiction, here are some helpful tips.

Digital Government

8 Overly Confident, Mostly Pessimistic Predictions About Tech in 2018

The bankification of Big Tech, a strange profusion of wheeled vehicles, and more predictions about the year to come.

Emerging Tech

China’s First Space Lab Is Falling to Earth, Will Probably Miss You

Don't worry too much about falling debris.

Emerging Tech

All the Things You Can—and Can’t—Do with Your WeChat Account in China

It may even make the government's physical identity cards a thing of the past.

Emerging Tech

There’s a Reason Why iPhones Get Slower After Every iOS Update

It’s happening on purpose.

Ideas

3 Predictions for Government Tech in 2018

Here's which tech will move from buzzword to implementation.

Emerging Tech

Can the Blockchain Tame Moscow's Wild Politics?

Critics say that the city’s Active Citizen app, which allows residents of the Russian capital to vote on municipal projects, is vulnerable to manipulation. The solution? Put it on the blockchain.

Emerging Tech

Virginia Beach Is Using an IoT-Enabled Sensor Network to Predict Flooding in Real Time

Local officials are hoping high-resolution, hydrodynamic models using fluid physics will improve preparedness and response in a low-lying region vulnerable to flooding.

Emerging Tech

In 9 U.S. Cities, Airport Security Is Now Scanning Your Face

“DHS should not be scanning the faces of Americans as they depart on international flights—but DHS is doing it anyway,” warns a new report that finds facial recognition practices may be violating the law.

Digital Government

FTC 'Do Not Call' Numbers Get 375,000 Robocalls Every Month

New tech is making it easier for telemarketers to make calls and hide from law enforcement.

Ideas

Why Intelligent Automation Is Critical for the Future of Government

Leaders should keep in mind that IA can mean jarring changes for their agencies.

Emerging Tech

The People Who Read Your Airline Tweets

“There are a lot of whiners, but the good thing is we help the whiners, too.”

Cybersecurity

Lawmaker Tasks DHS With Finding a ‘Balance’ on Encryption

There’s a middle ground between personal privacy and effective law enforcement, Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul says.

Emerging Tech

US Lifts Ban on Super-Virus Studies

But that doesn't mean there will be genetically modified strains of ebola in a test tube near you.

Emerging Tech

Everything Apple Will Be Working on in 2018

Will there be any gadgets that inspire a technological revolution?