Emerging Tech

Federal Agencies Flirt with Blockchain

Agencies brainstormed at least 200 potential federal use cases.

Emerging Tech

Tech Firms Are Forgetting About STEM and Focusing on STEAM

The "A" represents the “arts” and tech firms are quickly realizing its importance.

Digital Government

US Air Force Wants Robots Watching Twitter

Tomorrow’s operations will be shaped by automated analysis of the world’s open-source data, says the service’s chief of staff.

Emerging Tech

Why Zuckerberg and Musk Are Fighting About the Robot Future

It looks like the two tech titans are arguing about AI’s impact on humanity. Really they’re protecting their personal brands.

Emerging Tech

Security Fears Over Chinese Involvement Are Prompting Australia to Halt an Undersea Cable Project

Huawei, a smartphone and telecommunications equipment maker based in Shenzhen, was supposed to lay the Internet cable.

Emerging Tech

FDA Is Looking Into Drones for Health Inspections

But how drone-collected data will figure into the agency's old school processes is still being worked out.

Emerging Tech

The SEC Has Finally Weighed in on the Crypto-Token Frenzy, and Nobody’s Going to Jail—Yet

The agency found that the “initial coin offering” last May that kickstarted the current cryptotoken gold-rush was subject to U.S. securities laws.

Cybersecurity

After a Series of Hacks, Cryptocurrency Issuers May Turn to Old-Fashioned Bank Vaults for Security

It's difficult to keep even the most sophisticated new technology safe and secure.

Emerging Tech

The Algorithm That Makes Preschoolers Obsessed With YouTube

Surprise eggs and slime are at the center of an online realm that’s changing the way the experts think about human development.

Modernization

Google's SOS Alerts Can Help You During An Emergency

The tech company is helping provide citizens with important information through Google search results.

Digital Government

US Navy Gunners Are Testing A Wearable Heads-Up Display

A service lab has turned a lieutenant’s brainstorm into a testable prototype dubbed the GunnAR augmented-reality headset.

Emerging Tech

Windows 10 Users, Here's How to Increase Your Privacy

If you rely on system defaults, you may be sharing more than you realize.

Emerging Tech

Immigration Agency Wants to Blend Data Science, Agile and Security

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services wants information about applying agile development to big data, analytics and machine learning.