Digital Government

Wearing Shorts at the Pentagon: Inside DOD’s Digital Service Team

Google’s Matt Cutts went to Quora on Tuesday to answer questions about his work at DOD.

Emerging Tech

Intelligence Community Wants Multilingual Text Search

IARPA is looking for a system that can search databases in other languages.

Digital Government

White House Drops Final Federal Source Code Policy

OMB says Code.gov, a repository for federal open source software code, is coming in the next few months.

Digital Government

Why the World’s Most Tech-Obsessed Nation Is Resisting Virtual Doctor’s Visits

Not everyone embraces telemedicine.

Emerging Tech

Delta Flights Worldwide Halted Because of Computer Outage

Flights already en route appear to be operating normally.

Digital Government

Most Americans Think Technology Developed to Hack Our Bodies Will Just Benefit the 1%

Upgrades are not just for software anymore.

Emerging Tech

Election Cyber Gaffes: Which Party's Has Been Worse?

An identity protection company ranks the cybersecurity problems of each candidate.

Emerging Tech

What VR Proponents Think Congress Needs To Know

A group of virtual reality companies convened at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday to demo their technology.

Emerging Tech

Education Official: Virtual Reality Can Reduce Reliance on the Classroom

Virtual reality headsets can be for more than 3-D movies.

Emerging Tech

US Government Has Approved the First Private Moon Landing

They're hoping to launch in 2017.

Cybersecurity

DARPA Funds IoT Malware Detection Project

Researchers developed a way to monitor devices' thermal emissions to detect program irregularities.

Emerging Tech

Can Encryption Protect Government Files Forever?

Suddenly, just like athletes who might initially be able to hide their doping only to later get caught by improved testing standards, the government found itself relying on a protection scheme that could no longer keep hidden its secrets.

Emerging Tech

White House Ramps Up Federal Drone Programs

The Interior Department will soon use drones for search and rescue missions.

Emerging Tech

FAA Says Over Half a Million Drones Have Been Registered in Just 8 Months

According to the agency, it took 100 years for about 320,000 regular aircraft to be registered with US officials.

Emerging Tech

NIST Tries to Define ‘Internet of Things’

Technologists can’t really agree on what qualifies as part of that network of devices and sensors.