Emerging Tech

Watch SpaceX Test-Fire its Reusable Falcon 9 Rocket for the First Time Ever

Elon Musk’s space company has taken another key step toward

Emerging Tech

How Donald Trump Beat Reddit

His first Q&A on the site seemed free-wheeling and open to all, but it was actually obsessively controlled.

Digital Government

EPA Tests Future of Public Comments

18F helped the agency build a system that lets citizens comment on specific paragraphs of proposed rules.

Emerging Tech

Video: Inside Tesla's Massive Gigafactory

It will be the largest building in the world, by footprint.

Digital Government

Pentagon Officially Opens Boston DIUx with Eye on Biotech

Carter also added tech heavyweights such as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to the Defense Innovation Advisory Board.

Emerging Tech

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Delivery Drone

The British government will allow Amazon to test a system that uses drones to deliver packages.

Cybersecurity

DISA Wants $9M to Fast Track Cyber Innovations

The agency's Rapid Innovation Fund is pursuing “mature prototypes” of cybersecurity technologies that could be operationalized within two years.

Emerging Tech

Why Federal Agencies Won’t Take Up the Internet of Things Anytime Soon

A new report suggests leadership vacuums and lack of an IoT strategy could hinder adoption.

Digital Government

CIA Director: Open Source a ‘Tremendous Advantage’

Combining data sets offers a clearer picture of an event, John Brennan said.

Digital Government

A Quick Guide to the Jihadist Communications Toolkit

A new report documents how extremist groups’ use of secure digital tools software has evolved.

Artificial Intelligence

Tech & Tequila: Explore the Potential and Pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence in Government

Join Nextgov over cocktails and hear experts chat about the possibilities and challenges AI could mean for the federal government.

Emerging Tech

Video: NASA Scientists and Astronauts Take on San Diego Comic-Con

Separating science fiction from science fact.

Modernization

With Its Takeover of Yahoo, Verizon Becomes King of the Internet for the Older Crowd

Across America, millions of people use dial-up connections to web portals as they surf the information superhighway.

Modernization

Japanese Servers Are Struggling to Keep Up With the Onslaught of Pokemon Go

By Friday evening, as more than 10 million people downloaded the app in Japan, servers crashed and the game went off the grid.