Digital Government

Mission Possible: A Spy Agency Builds a Tech Scout Network

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is embedding in startup incubators.

Digital Government

A Computer’s Hot Take on the 2016 Election

An artificial intelligence found Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton seemed to get “happier” coverage than Donald Trump. But is that evidence of media bias? Not necessarily.

Emerging Tech

Got a Drone Problem? Call the Drone Busters

About as long as drones have been popular, there have been people who want to knock them out of the sky.

Emerging Tech

The Low-Tech Way to Colonize Mars

NASA researchers are modeling Martian settlements after early American colonists.

Modernization

Apple Scales Back its Autonomous Car Ambitions and Focuses on Creating Self-Driving Software

A project to develop an autonomous driving system will give Apple flexibility to partner with existing carmakers.

Modernization

Coming Soon: VMware on Amazon

Customers can expect a new hybrid cloud service mid-2017.

Digital Government

Facebook Is Ramping Up its Counterterrorism Strategy

The world’s largest social network has posted a job description on its site for at least one Counterterrorism Researcher.

Emerging Tech

Is Silicon Valley a Meritocracy?

Obviously not. But maaaybe? (Still no.)

Digital Government

USAID Funds Zika-Fighting Drone Projects

The agency selects additional projects from its health innovation challenge.