Digital Government

DOD Plans to Eliminate Common Access Cards

Halvorsen said the Pentagon will move to “true multifactor” authentication that would increase DOD’s agility and cut costs and the time to issue the cards themselves.

Digital Government

Navy Is Making a New GPS for Drone Submarines

Right now, GPS signals can barely travel below the surface of the ocean.

Emerging Tech

Facebook Is Predicting the End of the Written Word

“The best way to tell stories in this world, where so much information is coming at us, actually is video."

Emerging Tech

Where Google’s Driverless Cars Should Wind Up Next

If the company’s not ready for snow, it should head to a sunny place where traffic problems and road safety are particularly bad.

Digital Government

Industry to DOD: There’s Innovation in the Beltway, Too

The West Coast outreach doesn’t sit well with some members of the Beltway’s defense contracting base who feel ignored.

Emerging Tech

Microsoft Is Buying LinkedIn

The tech giant halted trading of its shares Monday morning to announce its intention to purchase the social network for $26.2 billion in cash.

Emerging Tech

Silicon Valley Group Has Serious Plan for Creating Totally New US Stock Exchange

U.S. tech startups have long wanted to overhaul the process for firms to list their shares and to find ways to minimize pressures on public companies.

Emerging Tech

Spy Agency Wants Tech That Shows How Well Its PR Team Is Doing

The NGA wants Sentiment Analysis tech to gauge its external communications efforts.

Cybersecurity

How These Two Security Companies Aim to Fight the Car-Hacking Threat

“A huge problem with vehicle security is that once a threat gets into one system, it’s very easy to move horizontally to all the others,” said Ami Dotan, CEO of Karamba Security.

Emerging Tech

You May Soon Be Able to Check Your Snail Mail via Email

Called Informed Delivery, the service allows Postal Service customers in participating regions to receive emailed images of the front side of all mail pieces that will be delivered to the home that day.

Emerging Tech

Google Seems to Be Working on Warehouse Robots Like Amazon’s

The tech giant outlined a theoretical strategy for ensuring that autonomous and remote-controlled robots in a warehouse facility aren’t overloaded as they move cargo around the warehouse.

Emerging Tech

TSA Curb-to-Gate Security Monitoring Is Coming, Agency Administrator Says

One proposal: RFID-tagged bins for carry-on luggage that roll down automatic conveyor belts for X-ray inspection.