Digital Government
Congress Will Let Internet Providers Sell Your Data—So Rebels Devised a Way to Fool Corporations
These tools help people seed their online activity with “noise,” or random web searches and sites that obscure their true browsing habits.
Emerging Tech
Elon Musk has Officially Taken the New Space Race Between SpaceX and Blue Origin into Orbit
SpaceX has officially started space recycling.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX Will Fly its First 'Flight-Proven' Rocket Tonight to Make Space History
“We’re at the edge of quite a significant bit of history here.”
Emerging Tech
What It Takes to Make NASA’s Top Gun
Flying jets and unmanned systems in the name of science still takes a lot of training.
Emerging Tech
CBP Asks: What If There is a Perfect Dog for the Job?
Real-time data can help DHS understand canines.
Emerging Tech
AT&T Scores $6.5B Contract to Build Nation's First Public Safety Broadband Network
The company will spend about $40 billion on building, deploying and operating the network.
Digital Government
NASA Just Made a Tiny New Robot Companion for the Mars Rover
It’s built to manage all kinds of situations.
Emerging Tech
Trolls Are Winning the Internet, Technologists Say
And they're pushing the rest of us toward a “Potemkin internet,” a mere shell of the web we know today.
Digital Government
IT Subcommittee to Focus on Buying Better Tech Faster
“It’s time we align best practices in government with industry in acquisition,” Rep. Will Hurd said.
Artificial Intelligence
The Next Big War Will Turn on AI, Says US Secret-Weapons Czar
William Roper says the military must get better at feeding the voracious learning algorithms that will fight future battles.
Emerging Tech
A Timeline of When Self-Driving Cars Will Be on the Road, According to the People Making Them
“It will happen in very discrete baby steps.”
Artificial Intelligence
In the Great Robot Job Takeover, Women Are Less Likely to Suffer Than Men
Fields such as manufacturing and transport tend to be dominated by men.
Emerging Tech
Nextgov Event: Experience the True Power of Digital Government
Learn how agencies are improving their digital service delivery, basing decisions on mission outcomes and customer satisfaction.
Digital Government
We Can Now Work Next to Our Robot Colleagues Without Getting Mauled to Death, Thanks to an Airbag
German researchers at the DLR Robotics and Mechatronics Center are working to create a safer workplace for both man and robot.
Digital Government
Why Fake News Spreads: A Neurological Explanation
The logical part of your brain really, really likes listening to the social part, which just wants to fit in
Artificial Intelligence
Why American Jobs Have a Higher Risk of Automation Than Jobs in Germany, the UK and Japan
You’ve been warned before—robots are coming for your American job.
Emerging Tech
Nextgov Event: Join Us March 29 for Tech Refresh
Learn lessons from agencies that successfully modernized their tech systems.
Emerging Tech
This is the Job-Killer the Trump Team Should Worry About, Obama Adviser Says
Nextgov chatted with Terah Lyons, formerly an adviser to the federal chief technology officer.
Emerging Tech