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.

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.

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.

Digital Government

Lawmakers Question Role of NTIA in Re-authorization Hearing

The independent agency's last re-authorization was in 1992.