Emerging Tech

The 17-Year-Old Google Coding Winner Whose Cameroonian Hometown Has Been Cut Off From the Internet

His story, that of a young developer winning an esteemed hacking award, has been used as a rallying point for those campaigning against the shutdown.

Emerging Tech

IBM Researchers Have Created an “Impossible” Molecule That Could Power Quantum Computers

The molecule in question is called triangulene

Modernization

It’s Looking More Likely That the Next iPhone Will Have Wireless Charging

One of the most annoying things about smartphones is that they never last as long as we need them to.

Digital Government

An Algae That Survived Two Years in Outer Space May Hold the Secret to Growing Food on Mars

Algae produce proteins and oxygen, both key ingredients for surviving once humans leave the blue planet.

Emerging Tech

Service Robots Will Soon Be Making 'House Calls In Space'

DARPA this week picked a commercial partner to help build out the system.

Digital Government

Lawmakers Show Love to Blockchain, 'Star Wars,' But Question FBI FOIA Changes

They're also proposing a way to slow down any presidential efforts to remove sanction on Russia.

Modernization

Video: How Satellite Imagery Helped Save Chimps

A look at NASA's partnership with Jane Goodall Institute.

Emerging Tech

Trump's Advisers Want to Return Humans to the Moon in 3 Years

The plan could dramatically shift the mission of the space agency, prioritizing low-Earth orbit activity over distant exploration.

Emerging Tech

This Startup Thinks Future of Deliveries Is an Ostrich-Shaped Robot

This leggy robot that can traverse any awkward footings that come naturally, or at least more easily, to humans.

Artificial Intelligence

Tech Companies Are Building Tiny, Personal AIs to Keep Your Messages Private

We can carry these algorithms around on our smartphones and smartwatches

Digital Government

These Tiny Drones Can Pollinate Plants So Bees Don’t Have To

Bumblebees are currently listed as endangered in the U.S.

Modernization

Video: Smart Home Revolution Is Off to a Slow Start

Not everybody wants a fridge that tweets.

Digital Government

NASA Research Has Uncovered Pockets of Airborn Radiation That Could Be Dangerous to Flyers

The concept of low-level cosmic radiation in our atmosphere is nothing new, but this is something different.

Digital Government

Video: DARPA Tests Drone-Catching Prototype

The defense research arm is developing a way to catch unmanned aerial vehicles midflight.

Emerging Tech

The Ambitious Plan to Send a Spacecraft in Search of Life to Nearest Habitable Planet Beyond Our Solar System

The first attempt to reach the star will likely be from billionaire Yuri Milner.

Digital Government

Startup Execs: Trump's Travel Ban Will Cause 'Irreversible Harm' To Economy

In an open letter to the president, they called the travel ban "morally and economically misguided."

Emerging Tech

Documents Reveal Tesla Is Spending Nearly $1 Billion on Its Updated Gigafactory

Tesla is showing no signs of slowing.

Emerging Tech

Video: Uber Takes to the Skies

Where they're going, they don't need roads.

Digital Government

Google Remakes Satellite Business, By Leaving It

A startup says a 50-trillion-pixel image of Earth, refreshed daily, is coming later this year.

Digital Government

Companies Want to Make Drones Less Terrifying—Before They’re Flying Everywhere

When drones show up at the Super Bowl, it’s safe to say they’ve gone mainstream.