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Garment Originally Made for Astronauts is Saving Lives of New Mothers in Developing Countries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
Is Cybersecurity the Next Frontier for AI?
One contractor is chasing the federal market by investing more in cyber tech.
Emerging Tech
Government and Technology Predictions for the New Year
Between the election, the internet of things attack, vehicle hacking, the takeoff of drones and billions of compromised emails, you almost couldn’t get away from the next big story.
Ideas
Top Emerging Tech Every CIO Should Watch for in 2017
The risk of becoming irrelevant has never been greater. It’s the role of chief information officers to look beyond today's solutions and be ready for what lies ahead.
Emerging Tech
Will Populism Kill Your Jetpack?
What Trump and Brexit mean for self-driving cars, renewable energy, and future breakthroughs
Digital Government
Video: NASA Harvests Another Round of Veggies
It's time to break out the salad dressing.
Emerging Tech
Tools to Connect the Next Billion People to the Internet Have Been Hiding in Plain Sight
Nearly half the world remains offline, and broadband adoption rates have been slowing down
Modernization
First Amazon PrimeAir Drone Delivery Landed Today, 13 Minutes After Order Was Placed
The only human input on Amazon’s side was from the person who packed up the box the drone carried.
Digital Government
What Experts Wonder About Trump's Tech Agenda
We don't know much about the president-elect's plans and probably won't get much clarity soon, they say.
Digital Government
Video: This Tech Could Turn Your Car Into a Spy
Your Ford Focus might focus on other driver's information.
Digital Government
Imagining a Traffic-Free Future By Sending Driverless Cars Underground
A radical proposal to solve congestion might be too beautiful for this world.
Digital Government