Emerging Tech
McKinsey: Robots Can Do About 30% of the Work at Banks, But They Won’t Necessarily Take Jobs
Tasks will be automated, not jobs.
Modernization
Big Banks Are Closing Branches and Investing in More Important Real Estate—Your Phone
More investment is being made in digital wallets.
Digital Government
The Street View From Space
The newest images on Google Maps were taken by an astronaut as he floated from module to module.
Emerging Tech
Bitcoin Is Booming Because a Split in the Cryptocurrency Has Been Narrowly Averted
Bitcoin has risen as much as 28 percent over the past 24 hours.
Emerging Tech
Trump Orders Extensive Study of Defense Industrial Base
The review will examine manufacturing capacity, workforce, and other priorities.
Emerging Tech
Drones Are Our Noisy Future: People Find Their Buzzing More Annoying Than Cars or Trucks
The delivery mode of the future sounds terrible.
Digital Government
3D-Printed Gun Designs Are Selling for $12 on the Dark Web
A new report shows just how easy it is becoming to download designs for difficult-to-trace arms.
Digital Government
The Federal Government Wants Developers' Help with Quality Control
It’s soliciting help from vendors to review Ruby On Rails applications.
Digital Government
How Federal Agents Took Down a $1.3 Billion Health Care Fraud Scheme
Using sophisticated data analytics, busts are getting bigger.
Modernization
A Tiny Update to iOS 11 Will Make Apple’s AirPods So Much More Useful
Currently, Apple’s AirPods aren’t particularly useful for controlling sound.
Digital Government
The Tech of Homeland Security
This Nextgov ebook highlights some of solutions DHS is working on to address cyber and physical threats.
Emerging Tech
Instead of Hacking Self-Driving Cars, Researchers Are Trying to Hack the World They See
A sticker applied to a stop sign could be disastrous.
Emerging Tech
U.S. Digital Service Shares First Priorities Under Trump
The tech team has new allies but many familiar projects.
Digital Government
Facial Recognition Coming to Police Body Cameras
An approach to machine learning inspired by the human brain is about to revolutionize street search.
Emerging Tech
Watch This Extorted Money Get Lost in the Expanse of the Blockchain
How to launder digital money.
Digital Government
One of the Most Popular Freelance Job Sites Has Added an Option to Hire a Bot
The site isn’t selling bots for hire directly, but it has created a database of people who can whip one up quickly.
Artificial Intelligence
How Will The Pentagon Create Its AIs? The Algorithmic-Warfare Team Is Charting a Path
Over the next 36 months, an algorithmic-warfare team will draw up a model for splitting the work between government and industry.
Artificial Intelligence
DOD Officials: Use AI-Fueled Systems to Inform Policy-Makers, Not To Kill
Artificial intelligence is taking on a growing role in intelligence analysis in North Korea.
Modernization