Digital Government
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Digital Government
One Day, Sensors Could Text You Directly If You're Near A Flood Zone
DHS is experimenting with flood sensors that could activate an emergency alert system.
Emerging Tech
We May Finally Make Our Homes Smart by Listening to the Flow of Their Electricity
Every appliance speaks a secret language. Now we know what they’re saying.
Cybersecurity
It Will Soon Be Legal to Hack Your Tesla (And Every Other Car) in the US
The modern automobile, say cybersecurity experts, is not a car with a computer in it. It’s a computer with four wheels and a motor.
Emerging Tech
Congress is Taking Aim at Bots that Help Ticket Scalpers Profit
Should another Hamilton come along in this lifetime, scalpers are likely to have a much harder time.
Emerging Tech
'To Have Strong Innovation, You Need a Strong State': How Silicon Valley Gets the Future Wrong
Will we all have a Jetsons life if we just let Silicon Valley do its thing?
Modernization
Video: Tesla's Improved Software Interface
Update your car the way you update your phone.
Artificial Intelligence
Stealing an AI Algorithm and its Underlying Data is a 'High-School Level Exercise'
Billions of dollars are being poured into building sophisticated artificial intelligence algorithms. But they could all be snatched away if even a tiny door is left open.
Emerging Tech
White House Unveils Data Sharing Platform for Climate Change Research
A public-private partnership, including Microsoft, Google and Amazon Web Services, aims to open up climate-related data.
Emerging Tech
Video: White House, NASA Officials Discuss Asteroid Redirect Mission
The mission's robotic spacecraft will launch in 2021 and fly to an asteroid and capture a chunk of it using an enhanced gravity tractor to bring it back to orbit our moon.
Modernization
Scientists Have Invented a Fabric that Powers Mobile Devices With Your Movements
Your phone inevitably runs out of juice when you need it most, but soon your clothes could keep personal tech perpetually powered.
Modernization
Your Wearable Device Won’t Do the Thing You Desperately Want it to Do
If weight loss is your goal, a new study shows that you may be better without one.
Emerging Tech
A New Era for the Automobile
In long-awaited federal guidelines on self-driving cars, officials hint at a new kind of DMV.
Emerging Tech
How to Win Friends and Influence People… Using Robots
Advances in tele-operated robots are now allowing people who are confined by circumstance to have a presence in a whole range of places.
Modernization
How Design Thinking Can Benefit Government Agencies
The approach calls for agencies to be empathetic toward people’s needs while being open to continuous learning and a willingness to fail—fast.
Artificial Intelligence
Video: Siri Has a New Trick Up Her Sleeve for iOS 10
Users might be using the digital assistant much more often.
Digital Government
Innovation After Hours: Check Out Nextgov’s Newest Event
We’ve themed our first program in this series of events around open source and analytics.
Modernization