Digital Government
Robot Exoskeletons Are Finally Here, And They’re Nothing Like the Suits From 'Iron Man'
After years of tinkering and military adventures, the first exoskeleton suits are finally walking out of the lab and into the market.
Emerging Tech
How Removing Drivers from Trucks Leads to Flying Cars
If we can figure out self-driving vehicles on the ground, the next step might be taking to the skies.
Digital Government
Space: Trump's Least Controversial Frontier
Unlike in other policy areas, the president can pay significant attention to the U.S. space program with little risk of backlash.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX's Secretive Satellite Launch
The space company expands its reach within the government
Emerging Tech
The Internet of Things Needs a Code of Ethics
Technology is evolving faster than the legal and moral frameworks needed to manage it.
Digital Government
The Rise of the Health Care Robots
The robots are coming and they want you to get well soon.
Cybersecurity
Ransomware is On the Rise and Getting More Expensive
Americans are more willing to pay up, a survey found.
Digital Government
Powerful Algorithms Need a New Formula, Not More Transparency, To Be Kept in Check
Algorithms are complicated so exposing the code behind them won’t make them more understandable, says Microsoft.
Artificial Intelligence
How Should We Treat Our Military Robots?
Increasingly human-like automated weapons demand an honest accounting of our emotional responses to them.
Digital Government
US Space Firms Tell Washington: China Will Take Over the Moon If You’re Not Careful
The US space industry is prodding the US government into refreshing its outdated laws on commercial activity beyond Earth.
Cybersecurity
A Trick That Hides Censored Websites Inside Cat Videos
The technique uses popular sites as camouflage for banned ones.
Emerging Tech
Waymo Is Hitting Uber Where it Hurts
Waymo has launched its first public trial of self-driving cars in the Phoenix area of Arizona
Digital Government
Criminals Will Need a 'Face Off' Machine to Beat Biometrics If IARPA Project Succeeds
The intelligence community’s R&D unit awarded a few groups funds to prevent criminals from tricking biometric scanners.
Emerging Tech
Record-Breaking NASA Astronaut Chats With President About Unusual Drinking Habits
Astronaut Peggy Whitson has spent 534 days in orbit and counting
Emerging Tech
There’s No Such Thing As a Flying Car
Some companies believe they’re about to change that.
Emerging Tech
How to Slingshot a Spacecraft Between Saturn's Rings and Crash It
The Cassini spacecraft takes it final lap.
Emerging Tech
The Israeli Finalist in Google’s $20 Million Race to the Moon Won’t Make It to the Starting Line
The Google Lunar XPrize is a contest offering $20 million to the first private team to send a robot to the moon.
Cybersecurity
Quantum Computing Could Make the Encryption Behind Every Internet Transaction Obsolete—Someday
Cryptographers aren’t just giving up, though.
Emerging Tech