Digital Government
What Makes a Smart City Truly Smart?
Kansas City has streetlights equipped with sensors and plans to make roads pay for themselves. But its chief innovation officer says there’s nothing smart about them.
Emerging Tech
Adopting Agile
This Nextgov ebook dives into the ups and downs of agencies' agile projects.
Emerging Tech
Virtual Assistants Don’t Always Understand You. That’s a Problem.
The Homeland Security Department’s chatbot “Emma” sometimes struggles to process some Spanish language requests because not everyone says green card the same way.
Artificial Intelligence
Using AI to Identify Protestors Hiding Behind Hats or Scarves Is Entirely Possible
Artificial intelligence is giving rise to unprecedented capabilities for surveillance.
Modernization
Army Logistics Renews $135M Cloud Contract—And Gets Watson
Watson will analyze sensor data from vehicles to improve the service's predictive maintenance.
Digital Government
Will Privacy Rights Shut Down the World's Largest Biometric Database?
A new ruling in India could jeopardize the country’s controversial collection of citizens’ fingerprints, photographs, and iris scans.
Artificial Intelligence
How the City of Las Vegas Uses AI to Protect Against Hackers
When Las Vegas hosts annual hacker conventions, it prepares its smart infrastructure.
Artificial Intelligence
This Aid Agency Is Using Chatbots to Beat World Hunger
Turning smartphones and social media into lifelines for the most vulnerable of refugees.
Digital Government
With a New Designation for Ecstasy, the US Government Is Finally Acknowledging its Potential to Treat PTSD
Unfortunately, whether this trial will be actually be conducted out depends on whether enough money can be raised.
Digital Government
In China, Facial Recognition Is Used to Buy KFC, Board Planes, and Catch Drug Users
The speed of the rollout is a sign of how China’s ambitions in artificial intelligence are advancing rapidly.
Digital Government
Samsung’s Newest Phones Could Legitimately Replace Your Desktop Computer
Smartphones are getting much more powerful.
Digital Government
Future Spy Satellites Just Got Exponentially Smaller
By changing the way microchips measure light, researchers are shrinking the size of space-based telescopes.
Artificial Intelligence
Vladimir Putin Believes Artificial Intelligence Could Lead to Global Monopolies and Drone Wars
Russian companies have been actively researching autonomous weapons, such as drones, robots and missiles, which would be able to pick targets and fire on their own.
Emerging Tech
China Aims to Build a Supersonic “Flying Train” That Would Put Elon Musk’s Hyperloop to Shame
This mode of transportation would be 10 times faster than the world’s fastest bullet train.
Cybersecurity
People Are Uploading Memes and Fake Documents to the FCC Website Using API Keys the Agency Gave Out
There’s no hacking involved here.
Emerging Tech
Trump’s Tech Team Shares Plans For Modernizing Government
The White House wants to know what's missing and will keep commenting open until Sept. 20.
Digital Government
First-time Wheelchair Users Could Learn to Navigate the World Through Virtual Reality
The virtual urban environment that realistically simulates the common spatial negotiation tasks that a first-time wheelchair user might encounter.
Emerging Tech
These Alternative Browsers Could Change Your Internet Experience
Some have improved organization, others add more security.
Digital Government
A Three-Day-Old Crowdsourcing Website Is Helping Volunteers Save Lives in Hurricane-Hit Houston
The site lets people in need register their location.
Emerging Tech