Digital Government
Facebook Is Quickly Closing in on 2 Billion Users
Soon, there won’t be any internet users left to join Mark Zuckerberg’s club.
Emerging Tech
Botched VA Contract Shows How Not to Do a Cloud Broker Program
A lesson in how not to manage a project.
Artificial Intelligence
Scientists Are Weaving Futuristic Artificial Muscles Using Traditional Textile Techniques
These fake muscles move like human muscles and can be worn under clothing.
Digital Government
By Lifting Sanctions, Trump Could Hand Russia’s Military a Lethal Technological Advantage
If Trump walks back sanctions, some fear key arms and military technologies could be next.
Digital Government
How Navy’s Warship Shop Uses Data to Do More with Less
A Navy program office turned to an analytics and visualization tool to help explain its workforce decisions.
Digital Government
Virtual Reality Can Make the Pain of Surgery Easier to Bear
By distracting patients, VR could minimize the cost and risk of operations—and allow doctors to operate on patients outside the hospital.
Emerging Tech
A Grocery Store Is Testing Squishy Robot Hands to Pack its Bags
We’re getting really close to completely automated deliveries.
Digital Government
The Internet Is Mostly Bots
More than half of web traffic comes from automated programs—many of them malicious
Emerging Tech
IARPA Wants Autonomous Fingerprint Tech
The intelligence research arm is offering up cash for cutting-edge ideas on capturing complete fingerprints.
Digital Government
Will Your Next Job Be Piloting Drones?
With commercial use expected to surge, would-be operators have more options for training.
Digital Government
MIT Economists Are Combating Groupthink With Algorithms
The 'wisdom of the crowd' isn't always wise.
Emerging Tech
Energy Dept. Wants To Grow Local ‘Innovation Ecosystems’ Across U.S.
Industrial clusters could help translate energy research into products.
Ideas
Congress Needs to Adopt Tech's Commercial Pace to Better Support Government Organizations
How do you predict the unpredictable?
Emerging Tech
Video: Boeing Introduces New Kind of Space Suit
A snazzier outfit for NASA astronauts.
Digital Government
Trump Tech Leaders to 18F: 'We Have Your Back'
A tweet from the new White House chief digital officer suggests support for the program.
Emerging Tech
Elon Musk Says He’s Going to Tunnel Under His SpaceX Factory Soon
Is there anywhere Elon Musk won’t go to start a business?
Emerging Tech
An Initiative to 'Clean Up' China’s Internet Will Make it Even Harder to Jump the Great Firewall
A possible crackdown on virtual private networks is coming.
Ideas