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.
Emerging Tech
Video: This Bionic Leaf Produces Fuel Using Sunshine and Water
This invention might do it better than a real leaf.
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.
Modernization
Video: Top 5 Features iOS Should Steal From Android
The popular operating system could afford some flexibility.
Emerging Tech
Would You Pay $800 for a Robot that Can Fold Your Laundry?
No matter is too trivial to be monetized.
Emerging Tech
Nextgov Ebook: Federal Agencies Adapt to the Internet of Things
The challenges are innumerable, including protecting the data the internet of things collects and thwarting cyberattacks on that ecosystem.
Digital Government
US Spies Train Computers to Spot Suspicious Activity in Live Videos
A research project will attempt to automatically detect suspicious activities, with the help of live video pouring in through multiple camera feeds.
Cybersecurity
Who Are the Hackers Who Broke into Mark Zuckerberg's Social Media Accounts?
The purpose of the attacks remain unclear.
Digital Government
Facebook Built a Chat Bot Called “Crisis Bot” to Monitor Global Crises
The bot will monitor when its Safety Check feature is activated.
Digital Government
Can the Navy’s Electric Cannon Be Saved?
The Pentagon’s futuristic railgun may be obsolete before it arrives. But not its high-tech bullets.
Emerging Tech
Video: Inside Silicon Valley's Secret Test Track for Self-Driving Cars
What was once a former military weapons depot is now a guarded space with 20 miles of roads filled with intersections for self-driving cars to log miles.
Emerging Tech
IBM Has Been Awarded an Average of 24 Patents Per Day so Far in 2016
The company is in the middle of a reinvention, that sees the company shifting further away from hardware sales into cloud computing, analytics and AI services.
Emerging Tech
Privacy Groups -- and Uber -- Challenge FBI’s Attempt to Bypass Privacy Act
Under a proposed exemption, people whose information was stored in FBI’s massive biometric database would not be permitted to know.
Cybersecurity
Fashion Industry Tells Feds: We Need Better Cybersecurity for Internet-Connected Clothes
The fashion industry is also urging Washington not to hinder creativity.
Digital Government
TSA Wants New Scanners That Will Allow Fliers to Keep their Shoes On
The agency also asked for proposals for a different breed of carry-on luggage screener that would use advanced computer algorithms to spot suspicious liquids and laptops.
Emerging Tech
You Could Be Vacationing in This Inflatable Space Hotel Within a Decade
It's a literal moon bounce.
Emerging Tech