Artificial Intelligence
Apple’s First Research Paper Tries to Solve a Problem Facing Every Company Working on AI
It addresses a core problem: training a machine takes a huge amount of data.
Digital Government
Europe's Newly Launched Satellite Navigation System Is Precise Down to a Few Centimeters
This is after 17 years of development and billions spent.
Emerging Tech
How to Become a Rocket Scientist
For would-be scientists and engineers underrepresented in those fields, interning at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is often a key first step.
Cybersecurity
Here’s How Cyber (In)security Rocked 2016
Much more than election hacks and encryption showdowns went down this year.
Emerging Tech
The Urban Drone Invasion is Nigh
Will unmanned aerial vehicles make city life easier, safer or just weirder?
Emerging Tech
Video: Actors of 'Passengers' Quiz NASA Scientist
"Is there a possibility that every star we look at is just our own sun?"
Digital Government
Video: Hyundai is Bringing Exo-Skeletons to the Masses
The company hopes to expand the notion of mobility.
Cybersecurity
NIST Wants Help ‘Future-Proofing’ Data Security
The standards agency is seeking citizens' aid in building encryption algorithms that can withstand attacks by quantum computers.
Emerging Tech
Virtual Reality Is Disorienting People Into Questioning Reality
After exploring a virtual world, some users can’t shake the unsettling sense that the actual world isn’t real, either.
Emerging Tech
Peter Thiel is Pushing Donald Trump to Use Private Space Companies at NASA
The move could prove vital in a battle over NASA’s priorities and multi-billion-dollar budget.
Cybersecurity
Don’t Undermine Encryption, Bipartisan Congressional Report Warns
Lawmakers suggest workarounds to undermining encryption such as legal hacking and relying on metadata.
Digital Government
Advocacy Group to Tech Companies: Delete Your Records Before Trump Gets To Them
The Electronic Frontier Foundation took out a full-page ad in Wired's January 2017 issue.
Cybersecurity
Police Use of Phony Cellphone Towers Needs to be Reined in, Lawmakers Warn
The federal government should refuse to OK sale of the fake towers to state and local cops who don’t pledge not to use them without probable cause, a bipartisan report urges.
Emerging Tech
Trump Doesn’t Need Silicon Valley to Eliminate Government Waste
He would do better to confer with the Government Accountability Office, the independent, nonpartisan federal agency that supports Congress to meet its constitutional responsibilities, and improves performance and ensures accountability on behalf of all Americans.
Digital Government
Garment Originally Made for Astronauts is Saving Lives of New Mothers in Developing Countries
"It’s simple, reusable and affordable.”
Emerging Tech
Alphabet’s New Self-Driving Minivans Will be on Public Roads in 2017
The future of automotive technology looks a lot like one of the most popular types of cars from the 1990s.
Artificial Intelligence